by Charles Cameron | Sep 9, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — keeping you in the “loopy” loop ] . There’s more ridiculous sloshing around on the web than I can hope to monitor, but my personal collection hit a couple of high points recently that I thought I should share with you....
by Charles Cameron | May 6, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — you can safely ignore this if you have zero interest in any or all of Bach, Eliot, Christianity and Sufism ] . It’s Sunday evening here, let’s start with Yehudi Menuhin playing Bach — the great Chaconne: ** This post...
by Charles Cameron | Mar 3, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — thinking today of the Church in terms of its “foreign policy” and the “Islamic world” ] . It’s worth looking at John Allen‘s list of papabili from the most recent conclave, the 2005 conclave that elected...
by Charles Cameron | Feb 11, 2013 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — the Pope announces his retirement — from a life of power to a life of prayer ] . ** The Code of Canon Law states in Canon 332, No. 2: If it should happen that the Roman Pontiff resigns his office, it is required for validity that he...
by Charles Cameron | Sep 16, 2012 | Monitor
[ by Charles Cameron — where to begin? let’s start with peace ] . Photo credit: Ciro Fusco, EPA. Pope Benedict XVI has been in the Lebanon these last three days, and after an extremely turbulent week in which many discordant religious and / or...