{"id":34,"date":"2007-05-25T21:11:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-25T21:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/?p=34"},"modified":"2010-10-21T18:04:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T01:04:54","slug":"roman-civilization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/roman-civilization\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Civilization"},"content":{"rendered":"

H<\/span>ow very odd to be posting twice in one day.<\/p>\n

This bit of news from Bloomberg<\/a> caught my eye:<\/p>\n

Philanthropist and retired hedge-fund manager Robert W. Wilson said he is giving $22.5 million to the Archdiocese of New York to fund a scholarship program for needy inner-city students attending Roman Catholic schools.<\/p>\n

Wilson, 80, said in a phone interview today that although he is an atheist, he has no problem donating money to a fund linked to Catholic schools.<\/p>\n

“Let’s face it, without the Roman Catholic Church, there would be no Western civilization<\/strong>.” (my emphasis)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow. That last line there is the money quote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How very odd to be posting twice in one day. This bit of news from Bloomberg caught my eye: Philanthropist and retired hedge-fund manager Robert W. Wilson said he is giving $22.5 million to the Archdiocese of New York to fund a scholarship program for needy inner-city students attending Roman Catholic schools. Wilson, 80, said in a phone interview today […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-moments-in-time"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1aGBK-y","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":107039,"url":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/amateurmonk\/saint-irenaeus-doctor-unitatis\/","url_meta":{"origin":34,"position":0},"title":"Saint Iren\u00e6us: Doctor Unitatis","author":"Thom","date":"28 June 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"post-Protestant friend of mine has a particular fondness for that great Doctor of the Church, Saint Iren\u00e6us of Lyons, whose feast day is today. 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