Baptismal font

Another shot of the interior of the Cathedral.

Crucis

This is from the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Sacramento, Ca. It's a new addition to the Cathedral, added as part of the recent renovation.

Gun rights is a human rights issue

If you need some convincing of this, please take a look at the article by Dave Kopel located here, entitled "Gun Bans and Genocide: The Disarming Facts". Kopel does an excellent job of describing how the government in Darfur is using gun control to expedite genocide. Here's the first paragraph... and don't forget to go read the whole article:

Gun Bans and Genocide: The Disarming Facts

By Dave Kopel

The international gun prohibition lobbies and their United Nations allies insist that there is no personal right of self-defense—that people should be forced to rely exclusively on the government protection. The prohibitionists also insist that there is no human right for people to possess the means of self-defense, such as firearms. But what are people supposed to do when the government itself starts killing people? The genocide in Darfur, Sudan, is the direct result of the types of gun laws which the United Nations is trying to impose all over the world. Millions of people have already died because of such laws, and millions more will die unless the U.N. is stopped. (more...)

Florida crime rate down to lowest level since '71

Okay, here's why it's a bad idea to deny our right to own guns...

Bush: Florida crime rate down to lowest level since '71

By BRENT KALLESTAD Associated Press Writer

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. —
Florida's crime rate dropped for the 14th straight year in 2005 to its lowest mark since 1971 because of tougher laws, increased financial support from the Legislature and law-abiding citizens with guns, Gov. Jeb Bush said Tuesday. (read more...)

Bomb blasts in Kashmir and Mumbai

This is very strange. Nary a peep in the news and hardly on blogs at all... what's up with this???

Christians Condemn India Bomb Attacks as 'Mindless Violence'

By Michelle Vu
Christian Post Reporter

Wed, Jul. 12, 2006 Posted: 08:31:54 AM EST

Indian Christian groups are speaking out against the series of bomb blasts considered one of the worst terrorist attacks in the country in recent years, condemning the act as ‘‘mindless violence.’’ (read more...)