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An interesting observation
13th February, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
One of the bloggers I read quite regularly, Dr. Joe McKeever, has started a series for visitors to his home town of New Orleans, in preparation for the 2012 Southern Baptist Convention which will meet in the city’s convention center in June. In his first post in the series he deals with misconceptions people have »Share on Facebook »continue
Stupidity or Malice?
9th February, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
What drives the FPÖ? Two officials of Austrian extreme-rightwing party FPÖ went on an excursion to the northern Caucasus region, where they were assured by Chechen President Kadyrov that Chechen refugees who returned had nothing to fear, even if they had been engaged in resistance against the regime, and that he would even be provide »Share on Facebook »continue
Clergy Honorifics?
31st January, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
The conservative Anglican blog Stand Firm today published a letter by the Catholic bishop of Trenton, NY, on the subject of the Obama Administration’s new healthcare directive which requires most Catholic charitable institutions in the US to pay for contraceptive and abortifacient drugs for their employees, an unprecedented threat to religious freedom in the “Land »Share on Facebook »continue
The end of the “Volkskirche” ?
31st January, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
Only 30% of Christians in the Churches … … this is the result of a study reported by Kath.net. The study was conducted by Freiburg Catholic University on behalf of Hessian Radio and found that not even every other inhabitant of the German state of Hesse believes in a “God who revealed Himself in Jesus”. »Share on Facebook »continue
Technological Hostage-Taking
23rd January, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
The Nonsense that is Apple Computer’s iBusiness Model After a long wait it finally arrived: the untethered jailbreak for Apple’s iOS 5 running on devices based on their newest CPU chip, A5, the iPhone 4S and the iPad2 — and I spent a long evening and part of this morning applying the jailbreak to my »Share on Facebook »continue
Not a path to unity!
8th January, 2012 - Posted by Wolf Paul - 3 Comments
On First Things Magazine’s blog “First Thoughts”, Matthew Cantirino suggests that the Personal Ordinariates created by Pope Benedict XVI for disaffected Anglo-Catholics in England and the United States (and possibly elsewhere) are a pathway to the eventual re-unification of the Christian church. These ordinariates were created with the laudable aim of providing a safe haven »Share on Facebook »continue
It’s been a while …
19th December, 2011 - Posted by Wolf Paul - 2 Comments
… because of a new job responsibility, which while only short-term is nevertheless challenging, and together with other responsibilities leaves me little time and energy for blogging. But there are a number of current issues which warrant comment: Vaclav Havel R.I.P. I have no idea where the man stood spiritually, but his personal integrity and »Share on Facebook »continue
Pope warns of Free Churches? Really??
3rd October, 2011 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
Currently an e-mail with the subject, “Pope warns of Free Churches” is circulating among Austrian Christians which quotes part of an Austria Press Agency (APA) report on the Pope’s speech to Protestant dignitaries in the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt, on the occasion of his visit to Germany a few weeks ago: At the same time »Share on Facebook »continue
Journalism …
3rd October, 2011 - Posted by Wolf Paul - No Comments
Among newspaper and radio headlines which do not actually match the content which they head up, two stand out during the past month. The first is an article currently circulating in evangelical and ecumenical circles here in Austria whose title claims that the Pope, during a speech to Protestant dignitaries on the occasion of his »Share on Facebook »continue
A Right-Wing, Christian Fundamentalist?
26th July, 2011 - Posted by Wolf Paul - 1 Comment
I find it very disturbing that news reports characterize the perpetrator of the Oslo bombing and the Utöya mass shooting as a “right-wing Christian fundamentalist”. I realize that he identifies himself as a Christian, but he also identifies himself as a righteous person concerned for the fate of his country and all of Europe, a »Share on Facebook »continue
