Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Met. Hilarion Alfeyev: Music and Faith in My Life and Vision
Source: Catholic University of America Talk given February 9, 2011 at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Mr. President, esteemed members of the Academic Senate, professors, teachers, students, dear friends! First of all, permit me to express my profound gratitude for this invitation. It is a great honour for me to be within the…
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Msgr Barreiro-Carámbula: The Morality of the Growing Public Debt
Source: Spirit and Life | Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro-Carámbula If we promote the family and the related idea of generosity with life, we have to be concerned with the ability of young couples to form and raise their families. In order to raise children, a family needs a degree of economic stability; and even more it…
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Emerging and Submerging Markets in the Third World
Source: Forbes | By Jerry Bowyer Reprinted with permission of the author. A couple of months ago I was shown a report published by a major Wall Street firm that placed Egypt at the top of a list of countries with attractive bond yields. Part of my job is to sit on investment committees for…
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AOI Observer Passes 30,000 Visit Mark in January, 2011
Last month (January, 2011), the number of monthly visits topped 30,000 for the first time. During 2010 AOI Observer traffic tripled to over a quarter million visits in 2010 (265,165 visits). Clearly AOI Observer is filling an important niche thanks to the many commentators that make the Observer a place of rich discussion and information.…
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ROC Issues Stricter Rules for Celibate Clergy
Source: Interfax 3 February 2011 The MP Archpastoral Council, at its present session in Moscow, found it necessary to limit the practise of ordaining young celibate men to the clerical state. In a special resolution published on Thursday, the bishops resolved, “We regard the practise of ordaining celibate men not in monastic orders, especially those…
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