6 of 6

• In Pittsburgh, saints preserved | I hadn't thought of it this way before, but I now realize that I, too, have a relic (The Washington Post)
  
  
• Catholic shrine demolished, Mannar tense | Muslim owned shops and businesses closed when reports of the attack on the shrine reached the town (TamilNet)
  
  
• Mexican march supports priest accused of drug ties | About 5,000 protesters, most dressed in white, marched toward the center of the western city of Guadalajara to back Cardinal Juan Sandoval (Reuters)
  
  
• Earlier: Mexico, church in dispute over probe (Associated Press)
  
  
• Women fill key roles in Catholic churches, feel strongly about participation | Experts say women are now strong majorities in many nonordained ministries in the Catholic Church (The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
  
  

The new cardinals:

• The new cardinals' virtues | Just about every news outlet in the world is united on two certainties about these new princes of the Catholic Church: They are all conservative, and they were named by the pope as part of his supposed plan to guarantee a conservative successor. The common wisdom is wrong on both counts (Editorial, The Washington Times)
  
  
• Archbishop is third Scottish cardinal since the Reformation | Catholic leader is relaxed about an end to celibacy vows (The Daily Telegraph, London)
  
  
• Pope leaves O'Malley off his list of 31 new cardinals | Some scholars had expected O'Malley to be included among this group of appointees, both because Boston's archbishops have traditionally been cardinals and because naming O'Malley a cardinal could signal the Vatican's support for him and for the Archdiocese of Boston as the new archbishop endeavors to heal the wounds caused by the clergy sexual abuse crisis (The Boston Globe)
  
  

L.A. public television station being purchased by Christian broadcasters:

• Local bid still on for KOCE | Despite a split with an Los Angeles-based station, officials say they are intent on keeping the public TV channel for 'the people of Orange County (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• KOCE bid partnership breaks up | KCET pulls out two weeks before the decision on who will buy the Orange County public television affiliate, leaving the KOCE-TV Foundation alone (Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• KOCE watchers debate: Sell high, or high road? | Colleges should impart wisdom, not simply take a price-is-right approach (Hall Davidson, Los Angeles Times)
  
  
• Students back top bidder for KOCE-TV | The district should use the money to restore classes, an OCC student trustee says (Los Angeles Times)
  
  

Copyright © 2003 Christianity Today. Click for reprint information.

Suggest links and stories by sending e-mail to weblog@christianitytoday.com

What is Weblog?

Check out Books & Culture's weblog, Content & Context.

See our past Weblog updates:

September 30 | 29

September 25 | 24 | 23 | 22

September 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15

September 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8

September 5 | 4 | 3 | 2

August 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25

August 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18

and more, back to November 1999

first page |  6 of 6

share this page

September (Web-only) 2003, Vol. 47