Notes: Tuesday-Wednesday, December 14-15, 2010

1. A good letter (1.1) to The Australian on abortion and infanticide and a bad (but significant) letter (1.2) to the same paper on euthanasia

1.1 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/is-keli-lane-a-victim-of-celebrity-culture/story-fn558imw-1225971154237 (the second of the letters)

1.2 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/pain-free-dignity/story-fn558imw-1225971157866

Excerpt:

Those who sanctify human life above all other [sic] and who persist with the myth that dying from a terminal disease can be dignified are wrong.

What an insult to the many people who have courageously and dignifiedly obeyed the natural law's prohibition of euthanasia.

2. Leo XIII. on religious error as "the main root of all social and political evils"

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35120
(second-last sentence of the last paragraph in the quote block in the thread-starter)

3. Bizarre justification for womenpriests

http://angelqueen.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=35109
(nicely refuted in the first comment after the thread-starter)

4. Mr. Rabich on the difference between identity and behaviour (in connection with 'gay rights')

http://www.billmuehlenberg.com/2010/12/14/christian-adultery-conference/
(second of the thirteen combox comments)

5. Council of the European Bishops' Conferences communiqué regarding the 2nd Catholic-Orthodox Forum (Rhodes, Greece, October 18-22, 2010, main theme: "Church and State Relations: from Historical and Theological Perspectives")

http://www.ccee.ch/index.php?&na=4,1,0,0,e,126134,0,0,
(brought to my attention by Mr. Schütz in this comment of his at his blog)

Reginaldvs Cantvar

Ember Wednesday in Advent, A.D. 2010