Religion

A Spanish bishop in Catalonia has told all his staff, including priests and monks, to get a special “anti-paedophile certificate” in order to work in his flock. Bishop Juan Piris Frígola said staff working within the parish of Lleida  must present the certificate, officially called the “Certificate of Sexual Offences” to prove that they are not paedophiles. The Local reports: Anyone in Spain can apply for the certificate – officially called the Certificate of Sexual Offences – a document which proves the holder has never committed a sexual crime.

Good interview in Plough magazine with Stanley Hauerwas. This caught my eye:

Matthew Milliner, an art history professor at Wheaton, has written a beautiful account of a visit he made earlier this year to Romania, with a group of academics. Excerpts:

I’m finishing up both the politics chapter of the Benedict Option book and the speech I’m going to deliver at the Academy of Philosophy and Letters conference in suburban Baltimore this weekend. I think it’s still possible to do a late registration online. The whole conference is going to be about the Benedict Option, and there will be some pretty high-level conservative theorists present. Check out the link, and if you’re in the area, please come.