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Millennials and Faith
Millennials continue to create their own path to adulthood. A Pew Research Center survey indicates that they are less likely than any other generations to be... Read more
The 10 april 2015 by Sandwichedboomers
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"Strawberries on the Cake": Why Women Wince When Pope Francis Opens His Mouth
At Religion News Service, David Gibson explains why many women wince when Pope Francis opens his mouth and speaks . . . about women:I would like to note, in... Read more
The 10 december 2014 by William Lindsey
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Thoughts Of An Atheist On The Pope's Visit
(Cartoon is by Steve Breen in the San Diego Union Tribune.) Regular readers of this blog will know I am an atheist. I don't just not believe there is a god --... Read more
The 26 september 2015 by Jobsanger
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Women in the Catholic Church: Critical Voices Engage the "Francis Revolution"...
In a New York Times article yesterday, Elisabetta Povoledo notes that, though Pope Francis has spoken of the importance of women in the life of the church,... Read more
The 07 march 2015 by William Lindsey
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Barbie Latza Nadeau on Vatican "Clarification" of Pope's Meeting with Kim...
At Daily Beast, Barbie Latza Nadeau is right on target with her assessment of today's Vatican (non-) statement about what the pope knew as he met with Kim Davis... Read more
The 02 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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Discussions That Should Be Placed Side by Side: Abuse Survivors Want Juan...
Two items I've read this morning strike me as a revealing synchronistic fit for one another. The first is Kristine Ward's editorial in today's edition of NSAC... Read more
The 17 april 2015 by William Lindsey
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Trivia Q&A: September 23
We had another fine turnout on Tuesday night at the Caledonia, with a full bar and another crowd really into the Trivia. The scores from "Three of Five Trivia"... Read more
The 24 september 2014 by Theomnipotentq
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Pope Francis, Pretty Words, and My Medicare Nightmare: A Report from the Ground
I am poped out, folks. And you?It doesn't help, surely, that I'm still battling pain from the root canal I had two days ago, and finding it difficult to muster... Read more
The 24 september 2015 by William Lindsey
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On How My Jesuit Education Taught Me I'm Not a Very Good Catholic: Implications...
I'm not a very good Catholic, you understand. One of the first ways I learned that lesson decisively, as a callow convert to the Catholic church studying at a... Read more
The 01 february 2015 by William Lindsey
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Jerry Slevin on Pastoral Treatment of Divorced and Remarried Catholics, and Pope...
In a recent posting at his Christian Catholicism blog, Jerry Slevin points readers to William McDonough's Commonweal essay about Pope Benedict XVI and the... Read more
The 29 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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Weak Men and Old Hussies: Soap Opera Lessons Learned at My Grandmother's Knee,...
My grandmother, the half-Irish one, was not a churchgoer (the other one, who was a convicted Southern Baptist, very decidedly was a churchgoer). Read more
The 04 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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In the News: Matters Churchy, Especially the Synod on the Family, at Week's End
And now, an end-of-week summary of news (and other) commentary on matters churchy, especially the Catholic synod on the family:Kate Childs Graham at National... Read more
The 10 october 2014 by William Lindsey
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Social Christians, and Their Self-denial of True Christianity
By RF SchattenIn the book "Lead by Humility" by Jeff Krames, you explore 12 lessons of leadership in life, based on the principles of Pope Francis I. Among... Read more
The 05 august 2014 by Rfschatten
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"Allah’s Nature is So Transcendent That It Goes Beyond Any and All Categories,...
Fr. Robert Barron is weighing in on the persecution of Christians by ISIS and more broadly, is speaking to the irrationality of the religion of Islam, all of... Read more
The 23 july 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Tom Gallagher on Who Dunnit of Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis: Kurtz and Lori Den...
Tom Gallagher reports yesterday evening for National Catholic Reporter about his attempts to gather more information about who initiated the "highly secret... Read more
The 08 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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A Problem-Solving Exercise for the Weekend: The Gospel and the Gays — When...
Here's a little exercise in problem-solving for you on an August weekend that will be, for many readers as for me, lazy and warm:If the very center of the... Read more
The 15 august 2015 by William Lindsey
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Poll: Hillary Clinton Most Admired Woman, Obama Most Admired Man
CNN Hillary Clinton takes the top spot on a list of admired living women for the 13th year in a row, according to an annual survey released by Gallup on Monday. Read more
The 01 january 2015 by Mikeb302000
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More on Gender Complementarity and Catholic Teaching: Michael Mullins and Todd...
Some quotations from articles hot off the (internet) press (for me, at least) that may be of interest to readers of Bilgrimage — these, about the issue of gende... Read more
The 08 december 2014 by William Lindsey
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New York Times on Pope's Comments About Bishop Barros in Chile: They Instill...
Pascal Bonnefoy reports for New York Times yesterday on the video about which I appended a note to Brittie Perez's great essay, which was shot by an Argentine... Read more
The 08 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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Why the Pope's Meeting with Kim Davis Is the Last Straw for Me: With Commentary...
Several days back, I received an email from America Magazine asking me to contribute financial support to America as a member of the America community. Read more
The 01 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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Christina Keneally on Bishop Robinson Before Australian Royal Commission: The...
As Christina Keneally has reported for The Guardian, in his testimony before the Australian Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual... Read more
The 26 august 2015 by William Lindsey
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"It Results in a Certain Formlessness, the Reduction of an Intellectually...
Fr. Longenecker is hitting us hard with truth, yet he's doing so because Love motivates him: Religion without dogma is like playing tennis without a net. Read more
The 27 october 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Links #256
Some habitual farters argue that they need to fart for medical reasons but that doesn’t mean my kids should have to smell their farts. – Peter WaltersAn... Read more
The 31 may 2015 by Maggiemcneill
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Pope's Powers Have Expanded to Forgive Abortions. Sweet!
SourceDid you know that priests in the Catholic Church are called alter Christus? It means another Christ. They have been granted certain powers by the church t... Read more
The 19 may 2015 by Elizabethprata
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Pope Francis to Bestow Knighthood on New York Rabbi Arthur Schneier (video)
this is just too strange.. an Orthodox rabbi from New York was just knighted by the Pope and was made a Knight of the Catholic Church. Read more
The 30 april 2015 by Gldmeier
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What Can Supplant All the Ugliness in the World?
I watched Monday night's happenings in Ferguson with the wife. I watched up until the looting and mayhem began in earnest, ironically at or about the same time... Read more
The 26 november 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Christmas and the Empty Crib: Recent Catholic Commentary on the Broken Church
What am I doing as Christmas approaches, besides baking cookies, fruitcakes, and cheese straws, you ask? And keeping the house running and in decent order as... Read more
The 18 december 2014 by William Lindsey
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Wiccan Warlock Gave Invocation at Alabama City Council
Huntsville, a historically Christian city in Alabama, with a population of 180,105, has gone Wiccan. On November 6, 2014, the City Council of Huntsville,... Read more
The 22 november 2014 by Eowyn
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Pope Francis on God the Almighty Father
“The Everlasting Father: No one or anything can separate us from His love. Go out and proclaim, go out and show that God is in your midst as a merciful Father... Read more
The 26 september 2015 by None
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Calls for Honest Catholic Conversations About Contraception: What Are We Really...
As the date for the final meeting of the synod on the family called by Pope Francis approaches, it's interesting to see calls being made by various lay Catholic... Read more
The 20 may 2015 by William Lindsey
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"Lethal to Faith"
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI has largely been quiet since resigning the papacy twent months ago but last week, he broke that silence and did so strongly: “The... Read more
The 28 october 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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"Listening Is Good. Hearing Is Better": Valuable Commentary on the Synod on the...
As I follow media and blog discussions of the relatio produced yesterday by the synod on the family to sum up its discussions thus far — follow to the extent... Read more
The 14 october 2014 by William Lindsey
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Bruno Latour on Laudato Si! – " The Immense Cry Channelled by Pope Francis"
The first two paragraphs, as translated by Stephen Muecke: The audacity of the Laudato Si! encyclical is equalled only by the multiple efforts to deaden as... Read more
The 26 october 2015 by Bbenzon
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Pope Francis on God the Father – 2
“God is like a gentle father who holds us by the hand and we need to become like a small child to have a dialogue with Him . . . First, love is more about givin... Read more
The 28 september 2015 by None
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Robert Mickens on Pope Francis, Contraception, and Neo-Malthusian Schemes of...
And then, of course, there's Robert Mickens's interpretation of Humanae Vitae and the ban on use of artificial contraceptives as being about protecting the... Read more
The 26 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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News in Catholic Abuse Crisis: Continued Outrage That Finn Will Ordain...
In the area of the abuse crisis in the Catholic church, several stories and pieces of commentary in recent days that deserve attention, I think:1. Read more
The 22 may 2015 by William Lindsey
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A Time to Give Thanks
He’s the one I like FOR the head of the hoteliers’ association in Rome, the announcement was “manna from heaven”. On March 13th Pope Francis declared an... Read more
The 24 march 2015 by Stizzard
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…Layer
Good morning, fellow crusaders, and welcome to Monday!If you’re lucky enough to be experiencing the new polar vortex this morning, you have my greatest... Read more
The 17 november 2014 by Zer
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"The Lord Has Strong Words Towards Christian Who Avoid Overstating Their...
Pope Francis yesterday stepped on a few toes: The Lord has strong words towards Christian who avoid overstating their Christianity, the Pope told the... Read more
The 28 october 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Paul Vallely and Patricia Miller on the Pope's Failure in Africa: "How Gays Are...
I am not by any means the only person giving testimony about how Pope Francis's silence regarding the threat to LGBT lives in Africa radically undermines his... Read more
The 03 december 2015 by William Lindsey
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Fruitcake Making, Home, and LGBT Folks in the Church: An Advent Meditation Notin...
A brief report to all of you on a dreary post-U.S. Thanksgiving weekend in which we've had enough rain to warrant two arks instead of the single one that Noah... Read more
The 29 november 2015 by William Lindsey
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Radio Script 150916
Live Radio Script[courtesy Google Images]Financial Survival Tonight’s GOP DebatesThe Washington Examiner (“GOP field seeks to get out of Trump’s shadow in... Read more
The 16 september 2015 by Adask
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End-of-Week Commentary on Irish Rainbow Referendum: 5 Links
And since it's clearly impossible for me to go a day (on which I post) without saying something about the recent remarkable rainbow referendum in Ireland, here'... Read more
The 29 may 2015 by William Lindsey
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Most Admired Woman/Man (Are Still NOT Right-Wingers)
The Gallup Poll has once again released its annual survey of the most admired woman and man in the world (by Americans). This year's survey was done between... Read more
The 30 december 2014 by Jobsanger
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"Listening Is Good. Hearing Is Better": Valuable Commentary on the Synod on the...
Here's commentary about the relatio published yesterday by the synod on the family that seems to me well worth reading (for the context of this opening remark,... Read more
The 14 october 2014 by William Lindsey
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"Because We Need to Become More Fully Catholic..."
Found an interview today with Mark Shea, a guy who more than anyone else in the Catholic blogosphere, has made me think and think hard about what it is I... Read more
The 19 september 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Its Nienstedt, but It's Not ONLY Nienstedt
From the NY Times (large/ bold type emphasis mine - DG) a year ago February: U.N. Panel Criticizes the Vatican Over Sexual Abuse In a hard-hitting report... Read more
The 16 june 2015 by Doggone
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Four Stories Hot off the Press: Catholic Whistleblowers, Mennonite Conference...
Several links this morning to stories about the abuse situation in communities of faith:Back in May 2013, I told you that a group called Catholic... Read more
The 03 february 2015 by William Lindsey
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“We Are Living Through a Third World War, a War in Pieces, in Chapters,...
Pope Francis, on his return flight from Turkey, minced no words as to actions Muslims need to take: On his in-flight press conference returning from a... Read more
The 02 december 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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The Pope's Address To America
The Pope addressed not merely Congress but the American People as well. His message is meant for each of us rather than a select few. Read more
The 25 september 2015 by Ldsapologetics
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Naomi Klein on a Radical Vatican Under Pope Francis?
Some excerpts for you from Naomi Klein's recent New Yorker essay entitled "A Radical Vatican?": Klein notes that she was asked to speak at a Vatican press... Read more
The 12 july 2015 by William Lindsey
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Tesla’s Powerwall Puts Huge Crack in Carbon-Based Energy Dominance
“I think we should collectively try to do this, and not win the Darwin Award.” — Elon Musk * * * * * This week, with much fanfare, Elon Musk’s Tesla launched a... Read more
The 02 may 2015 by Garry Rogers
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In Holiday Season, Reminder That LGBT Folks Often Experience Exclusion and...
In this holiday season, I want to share with you a timely reminder from blogger Derrick De Lise, who publishes the journal Queer Voices and maintains a blog... Read more
The 30 november 2015 by William Lindsey
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Argentina Protests Violence Against Women, Pope Francis Again Pushes Gender...
How one tweet about femcide sparked a movement in Argentina: http://t.co/jfMao6oqWf #NiUnaMenos pic.twitter.com/7oO8FZw5mH— The Cut (@TheCut) June 16, 2015In a... Read more
The 17 june 2015 by William Lindsey
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What's Happening - July 30
Berlin. Funeral home. Refrigeration room. Screaming. Woman, 92, who was declared dead in a nursing home, is alive and terrified. A doctor declared her dead.... Read more
The 30 july 2015 by Lowell
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Abortion in Brazil: A Legal Perspective
Abortion is one issue that strikes fierce debate worldwide. Our religious, political and cultural beliefs all impact our opinion on the subject. In the United... Read more
The 30 september 2014 by Angelicolaw
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Leah Mickens on Kenyan Catholic Bishops' Response to Polio Vaccination...
Yesterday, Leah Mickens published a statement about the response of the Catholic bishops of Kenya to the polio vaccination campaign in their nation, about... Read more
The 30 july 2015 by William Lindsey
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Seven (only Moderately Short but Hopefully Somewhat Syllogistic) Statements on...
Well, it's been exactly one week since Obergefell v. Hodges was handed down by the Supreme Court, and the legal recognition of the marriages of gay and lesbian... Read more
The 03 july 2015 by Russellarbenfox
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Kapya Kaoma on How Vatican Hypocrisy Endangers LGBTQ People
Yesterday, I wrote that I wonder what Pope Francis will say at the World Meeting of Families this September, given that the Catholic archdiocese hosting this... Read more
The 02 june 2015 by William Lindsey
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The Church Back in Cuba: Political Ploy Or Sincerity...Pope Francis Still Wins!
By RF Schatten"When the Pope goes to Cuba in September, I promise to go to all his Masses, and with 'satisfaction'! I read all the speeches of the Pope, his... Read more
The 11 may 2015 by Rfschatten
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Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "This Whole LCWR Crackdown Was Planned ....
My Facebook friend Mary DuMont Brower responding in my Facebook feed this morning to an article I had linked, by Sarah Posner writing in Al-Jazeera America abou... Read more
The 22 april 2015 by William Lindsey
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Fossil Fuel Industry Must ‘implode’ to Avoid Climate Disaster, Says Top Scientis...
Originally posted on jpratt27: ‘The age of carbon is over’ and a transition to a greener economy is inevitable, says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, adviser to the... Read more
The 11 july 2015 by Garry Rogers
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"Who Am I to Judge?" Continues to Have Little Impact as Two More Gay Employees...
Pope Francis's question, "Who am I to judge?," continues to appear to have no impact at all on how Catholic institutions keep treating their gay employees: as... Read more
The 09 april 2015 by William Lindsey
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Sister Teresa Forcades on the Necessity of Dreaming of Revolution in the Catholi...
Joel 2:28, NIV TranslationIn the Catalan journal El Critic, Irene Ramentol asks Benedictine Sister Teresa Forcades whether the idea of any kind of revolution... Read more
The 09 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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Pentecost Changes Everything!
catholicexchange.com · by Kathleen Beckman · June 6, 2014 In an article entitled, “The Glory of the Church”, Pierre-Marie Dumont, publisher of the... Read more
The 06 june 2014 by Stjohnpa
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Pope Francis: Scolding Congress with Compassion & Humility
By RF SchattenHow Intelligence, Humility, and Compassion...and a little American History...called out, scolded, and destroyed the Republican veil of Political,... Read more
The 24 september 2015 by Rfschatten
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Theologian José Arregi on Synod on Family: Was It Worth It?
At her Iglesia Descalza site, Rebel Girl offers a translation of commentary on the synod on the family by Basque theologian José Arregi from the journal Redes... Read more
The 20 november 2014 by William Lindsey
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Advent Arrives: My Fellow Catholics Debate Immigration, and I Watch Appalled fro...
Advent's here now, and I'm once again in one of those watching-appalled-from-the-sidelines moments in my spiritual journey, as I look at how many of my fellow... Read more
The 03 december 2014 by William Lindsey
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Jerry Slevin on Chilean Catholic Revolt and Need for a New Ecumenical Council
Yesterday, Rolando mentioned in a comment here that he misses hearing from Jerry Slevin. I told Rolando that I suspect he's far from the only reader of this blo... Read more
The 22 march 2015 by William Lindsey
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Pope Francis, and the Scorn of American Social Conservative Christianity
By RF SchattenThe spirit of the “Mitbestimmung” [Co-determination], the German Business Model in which workers at the ThyssenKrupp Steel Plant, have a say in th... Read more
The 03 september 2014 by Rfschatten
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As UK Lets Thousands Flood in Illegally, Widow Aged 91 Faces Heartbreak of...
Well, we all know “common sense” and “government” do not go together. The Cothills Daily Express: In a case that highlights deep flaws in our immigration system... Read more
The 04 november 2015 by Eowyn
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About the Hysteria Surrounding the Pope's Alleged Most Recent Break with Catholi...
Your go to related read is over at David Mill's place: “Pope Francis made a significant rhetorical break with Catholic tradition Monday by declaring that the... Read more
The 29 october 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Has Rush Limbaugh Responded to This?
I don't listen to him as often as I once did. Maybe this had something to with it. Maybe. But I'd like to know if he's responded: Pope Francis is insisting... Read more
The 13 january 2015 by Brutallyhonest
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A Question (or Two) for Those Who Call Themselves Catholic...
... yet who disagree with most of Catholic teaching, who rarely go to Mass, who rarely if ever let people know about the beauty of Catholicism, who dissent... Read more
The 18 april 2015 by Brutallyhonest
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"This is the Church: a Mother Who Has at Heart the Good of Her Children."
Hard to believe it's been nearly three and a half years to the day: On the banks of the Tiber river lies the city of Rome, home and center of Catholicism. Read more
The 04 september 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Ye Are My Disciples
We are told by many that we are not Christian, that we worship a different Jesus. But how did Jesus define true discipleship?Jesus said :"A new commandment I... Read more
The 10 april 2015 by Ldsapologetics
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Harlem Popetrotters.
Yahoo News Digest reports that Pope Francis has become the ninth person in history to become an honorary member of the Harlem Globetrotters. Read more
The 07 may 2015 by Nottheworstnews
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What Part in the New Evangelization Are You Playing?
Printed in our church bulletin this week, some more toe-stepping words from Pope Francis, this taken from Evangelii Gaudium, his Apostolic Exhortation released... Read more
The 14 november 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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More Catholic Voices on "Jesus' Effusion of Inclusion, Love and Mercy"
Mark 1:1 (NRSV)In addition to Jerry Slevin, whose latest essay on Pope Francis and structural reform of the Catholic church I've just discussed, other Catholic... Read more
The 18 november 2014 by William Lindsey
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“Benedict XVI is Probably One of the Few Figures to Have Profoundly Understood...
“... and its struggle to find a place in modern society.” That and much more, all of it worthy, over at Crisis Magazine in this piece by George Rutler called... Read more
The 27 august 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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Tara Culp-Ressler on Francis's Breeding Bunnies Quip: "Reinforces the Status...
Tara Culp-Ressler on the problem with Pope Francis's breeding bunnies remark:Placing the responsibility on Catholics to avoid procreating "like rabbits," while... Read more
The 21 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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On Laudato Si’ as a Political Document
Robert Manne in The Monthly, July 1: Where Al Gore and Pope Francis part company is over the relation of the climate crisis to contemporary industrial... Read more
The 26 july 2015 by Bbenzon
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Laudato Si' @3QD: Bridging the Gaps
This month I've decided to turn my 3QD slot over to my good friend Charles Cameron so that he can comment on Pope Francis' remarkable encyclical, Laudato Se'. Read more
The 29 june 2015 by Bbenzon
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NCR Editorial: "Francis Needs to Re-Examine His Statements" About Contraception...
A National Catholic Reporter editorial addresses the pope's statements about contraception and family planning in the Philippines:Francis needs to re-examine hi... Read more
The 23 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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The GOP Dumbo: Religious Freedom? Or an Old White Elephant?
By RF Schatten"Love thy Neighbor as Thyself"?...just look at the GOP Poster Boy!!...send thy Neighbor back where he came from! cause nobody! absolutely nobody!... Read more
The 10 september 2015 by Rfschatten
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"God Forgive Us for Enshrining a Right to Murder"
Two things I'll do today to commemorate the anniversary of the 1973 Roe v. Wade SCOTUS decision. First, link to Mark Shea who speaks from his heart and for me... Read more
The 22 january 2015 by Brutallyhonest
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"That Would Indeed Be a Shocking Thing for a Pope to Say..."
Tom McDonald over at Patheos is setting the record straight on yet another Pope Francis quote causing ripples across the Catholic and cultural landscape: The... Read more
The 05 december 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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“Scandal is to Say and Profess a Way of Life – 'I Am Cristian' – and Then to Liv...
Once again, Pope Francis is stepping on toes: A Christian who causes scandal destroys the faith and a Christian who does not forgive causes scandal – but it is... Read more
The 11 november 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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The Furor in Chile as Juan Barros Madrid Is Installed as Bishop: An Update
As a follow-up to my posting this past Sunday, which pointed you to a posting by Jerry Slevin at his Christian Catholicism site talking about the furor that... Read more
The 27 march 2015 by William Lindsey
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“We Feel Safer in Our Sins”
Pope Francis, once again, stepping on toes: “It is so difficult to listen to the voice of Jesus, the voice of God, when you believe that that the whole world... Read more
The 04 november 2014 by Brutallyhonest
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September Selections
September heralds the end of summer, whether you’re going back to school or getting back into a routine at work after a summer filled with holidays, festivals... Read more
The 05 october 2015 by Rosiedtrax
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Pope Francis I - The 1st "People Friendly" Pope...not Good News for Evangelical...
By RF SchattenHow will the World react to Pope Francis' Encyclical on Climate Change? The reason it's even brought up as a question is a testimony to the... Read more
The 15 may 2015 by Rfschatten
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Droppings from the Catholic Birdcage: "Without Freedom of Expression, the World...
Yesterday, Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, released a statement with the leaders of France's Islami... Read more
The 09 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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Who Really Set Up Papal Meeting with Kim Davis? Enlightening Comments at Catholi...
Yesterday at the National Catholic Reporter site, Tom Gallagher posted an article focusing on something about which I spoke briefly in a posting here on the sam... Read more
The 06 october 2015 by William Lindsey
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“I’m Not a Catholic,” [Al] Gore Said, “but I Could Be Persuaded to Become One.”
It all depends on Pope Francis apparently: For the third time in the last few years, Al Gore, founder and chairman of the Climate Reality Project, spoke at the... Read more
The 16 march 2015 by Brutallyhonest
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'If the Prevailing Philosophy in Our Society is Relativism, Then “Who Are You...
A much needed lesson on judgment from Fr. Longenecker: Most non-Catholics will take up the fashionable cry, “Who are you to judge?!” whenever anyone... Read more
The 29 march 2015 by Brutallyhonest
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Jerry Slevin on Pope's "Three Card Monte" Approach to Birth Control: "Undercuts...
Jerry Slevin on how the pope's "disingenuous" remarks on contraception undercut many Catholics' confidence in his intellectual integrity:What I infer from... Read more
The 21 january 2015 by William Lindsey
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Another Suicide of a Gay Teen: Catholic Context
This heart-breaking story of the suicide of yet another gay teen is a reminder of why it matters — why it should matter — that the Catholic church in the U.S. Read more
The 15 september 2014 by William Lindsey
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Why Are Icons Needed?
“The destruction of images [has] left behind a void, the wretchedness of which we are experiencing in a truly acute way. [It has become] a symptom of the... Read more
The 28 august 2014 by Mba
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On the Theology of "Laudato Si"
Scott Beauchamp in The Baffler: Pope Francis uses theology to foreground nature, with God being the force of eminence that shoots through and connects all... Read more
The 27 june 2015 by Bbenzon
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