Sierra Leone 'blood diamond' rebels found guilty of war crimes

Three Sierra Leone rebel leaders were convicted today of war crimes including murder, rape and sexual enslavement. Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao were all thought to have ordered their troops to cut off opponents' hands or other limbs to get their hands on what...

Police: Fla. driver's beer was buckled up, infant was not

On Super Tuesday, a reminder of how dumb people are."A St. Augustine, Fla., woman stopped for suspected drunken driving on Super Bowl Sunday made sure the seat belt was snugly around her front-seat passenger: a case of Busch beer. Trouble is, according to First Coast News,...

Man Found Dead, Stuck In Cat Door

What some men do for love.   "ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- St. Johns County deputies recently launched an investigation into what they called one of the strangest accidents they've ever seen when a man was...

Fr Bux on St Augustine and the Church's catholicity

The Fides press agency published a dossier of St Augustine-related texts (in Italian only, alas) to accompany the Roman Pontiff's visit to Pavia this past weekend, including this essay by Father Nicola Bux on St Augustine and the catholicity of the Church which is quite good...

Fr Bux on St Augustine and the Church's catholicity

The Fides press agency published a dossier of St Augustine-related texts (in Italian only, alas) to accompany the Roman Pontiff's visit to Pavia this past weekend, including this essay by Father Nicola Bux on St Augustine and the catholicity of the Church which is quite good...

Semel ergo breve praeceptum tibi praecipitur...

At Cornell Society, a lovely essay on the famous passage from the seventh homily of St Augustine on the First Epistle of St John ad Parthos: "Dilige, et quod vis fac"--'love, and do what you will'.  "For the source of love is within, and nothing but good can derive from...

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