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• "In the Last 50 Years the Church Has Probably Lifted More People out of Poverty...

  

  You don't expect to read that sort of thing in the New York Times but... it's there... and more: The statements of Pope Francis have certainly been more spirite... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor Steps Between the Obama Administration and the...

  

  God bless the woman and what a great start to the New Year for religious freedom: Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order late Dec. Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2014 SOCIETY

• Things That Are Mysterious and Unexplainable

  

  No, I'm not writing about quantum physics, the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist or the female mind... I'm talking about this: The country’s two most... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "It Now Appears These Concerns Were Justified"

  

  Dale O'Leary over at NCR brings us the latest details on the culture war skirmishes to include a chronicling of events many of us are likely clueless about:... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Is There Room for Both Merril Hoge and Tim Tebow at ESPN?

  

  We're about to find out. Most of you likely know who Tim Tebow is.  I'm thinking not as many of you know who Merril Hoge is.  Let me help because I suspect... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 SOCIETY

• I Was Once Blind but Now I Can't See

  

  Nicole Demille writes of the perils faced by believers who desire to bring others into the faith while not offending them and the seeming futility of that 'whil... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 SOCIETY

• You a Peyton Manning Fan?

  

  If not, perhaps you should be for reasons having little to do with football: It seems evident that I need not remind people of the incredible athletic... Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2013 SOCIETY

• “He Has Not Gone to Church, Hardly at All, as President”

  

  And sadly, he's doing nothing more than mirroring a larger trend in the country.  The New York Times with details: President Obama celebrated a low-key Christma... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 SOCIETY

• The Key to Real Hope and Change...

  

  ... has nothing to do with a charismatic community organizer who has turned out to be an extraordinary fake but instead is the notion of family and our need to... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Did You Know?

  

  Today was the fourth day of Christmas and also the day the Church commemorates the Feast of the Holy Innocents: In the second chapter of the Book of Matthew is... Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "All Donated Holiday Cards Are Reviewed by a Multi-disciplinary Team of Staff"

  

  This isn't the America I grew up in: Boys and girls at Grace Academy in Prosper, Tex., spent most of last Friday making homemade Christmas cards for bedridden... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 SOCIETY

• It's Called Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)...

  ... and it's a beautiful song (I've actually put it up before and not long ago), performed by a group called United, coming our way via Padre Steve: Lyrics... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2013 SOCIETY

• A&E Flip Flop

  

  You might say they were Chik-Fil-A'd: Phil Robertson, the patriarch of A E's Duck Dynasty clan who was suspended from his hit reality series on Dec. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Boom Lowered

  

  This coming our way via Smitty over at The Other McCain is a classic: Go read the rest. Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "The Church is a Rebellion, and Francis is a Son of the Church"

  

  Marc Barnes is explaining how to become more "fully alive and fully ourselves" and how Pope Francis is leading the way: Our dear Pope calls himself a “son of th... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "If He Had the Power to Conduct One Miracle, It Would Be to Heal Suffering...

  

  This Pope Francis message from roughly 3 weeks ago has special meaning to me this morning: During a recent visit to a parish on the outskirts of Rome, Pope... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2013 SOCIETY

• "This is What Christmas Bids Us to Do"

  

  Pope Francis' Christmas message... for you... for me: Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favors (Luke 2:14) Dear brother... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2013 SOCIETY

• While You and I Celebrate Tonight with Our Families...

  

  ... let's pray for those whose celebration could be interrupted, if allowed at all, by hatred, violence and perhaps even death: Christians in the Islamic world... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Pope Francis on the Receiving End of High Approval Ratings but This Could Soon...

  

  A CNN poll is showing that American Catholics are loving Il Papa: As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate his first Christmas at the Vatican, Americans' opinions... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 SOCIETY

• Soul Check

  Here's how this works. Listen to what follows. Try to listen absent any possibilities of distraction or interruption, preferably somewhere quiet. Get... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 SOCIETY