Sunday, May 12, 2002

Maggie and Frank:Posted here 11:43:21 PM    comment []

I am curious to see a breakdown of where the vatican gets its money.  How big a slice of the pie do Americans contribute?  I found this interview with Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, the Chief Administrator of Vatican City that indicates that U.S. Catholics are a close second to Germany in financial contributions to the Vatican and by far the largest when it comes to supporting missions.  So we do have leverage in spite of the tricky "infallibility" stuff that is so hard to argue with. 4:46:01 PM    comment []

I went to church at the Basilica today with a little card in my pocket that said "I will not give until women are allowed to be priests" and signed my name.  I put the card in a little collection envelope and sealed it.  Then when the basket was passed, I put my card in.  Kate asked what I was grinning about on the way out.  Uh Oh!  Daddy's putting funny little notes in the collection basket again! 4:02:46 PM    comment []