Archive for July 28th, 2008

Vatican approves new English translation for Mass

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Catholic World News is reporting that the Vatican has approved new English translations of texts for the Mass. The project of correcting the translation of the entire Roman Missal is expected to last until 2010.

It appears to me that this project is simply trying to get the translation closer to what it says in the original Latin, thereby losing any inculturation. If being closer to the Latin is such a big deal, why not skip English altogether and use the Latin? Otherwise, I fail to see the point in this exercise.

Nice

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Found this pro-life/pro-family commercial on Jennifer’s Favorite Links, and liked it. So, I’m reposting.

WhiteKnightTwo revealed

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Virgin Galactic today unveiled WhiteKnightTwo. Christened “Eve,” this is the aircraft that will lift SpaceShipTwo aloft.

Here’s a video of how tourists will take suborbital trips aboard Virgin Galactic:

Update (11:30 pm): More here.

Some pictures

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Here’s a few pictures I took on Saturday of my nearly-finished house.

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Heh

Monday, July 28th, 2008

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Suburbs begin dropping gun bans

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Morton Grove is dropping its gun ban.