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• Yet Another Pope Retires

  

  This one belonging to the Church of Chicken Little: James E. Hansen, the nation’s most outspoken scientist on global warming, is stepping down from his federal... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 SOCIETY

• "To Be Burdened by So Many Rules and Rituals, It's Bondage"

  

  A mother's reaction to her's son conversion.  But wait there's more, much more... here's an excerpt but trust me when I tell you you're going to want to read th... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 SOCIETY

• "Poly Activists Are Seen as Undermining the Fight for Same-sex Marriage"

  

  The slippery slope is real but please, according to the Unitarian Universalists Association, people just need to shut the hell up about it: The joke about... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 SOCIETY

• Christ is Risen, Chavez... Not So Much

  

  Despite Google's in your face attempt to make this day about something else, the fact remains that this is the day commemorating the bodily resurrection of our... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "Scrupulously Nonjudgmental About Everything Except Traditional Christian...

  

  Mark Steyn, in what I found to be a depressing read, is writing about the death of the family: Gay marriage? It came up at dinner Down Under this time last year... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 SOCIETY

• It's Hard to Comprehend the Evil, to Fathom the Callousness

  

  By now, you've likely seen the video.  No, it's not a snuff film.  It's not radical Muslims stoning a woman to death or beheading an infidel.  It's not a gang o... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2013 SOCIETY

• I Am Catholic Because...

  

  ... I was truly lost before and now am truly found. ... I can be in the presence of God regularly. ... I can regularly take confessional baths that make me... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Biden Takes Third Vacation of Year, Obama's Girls Head to Sun Valley

  

  It's Good Friday for faithful believers but it's been a great year for some in this administration. Let's first hear about the Bidens: Vice President Biden toda... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "... Too Often We’re Picturing a Distant God..."

  

  Jennifer Fulwiler has Good Friday thoughts I think worth sharing, particularly for those who suffer in some way: For me, there is only one source of comfort in... Read more

  Posted on 29 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Do You Pray?

  

  I hope you do and if you do, I personally would like for you to pray this Holy Week for three particular needs. The first is for someone named Michael. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "No One Answered"

  

  I love this piece from Elizabeth Scalia for many reasons, the largest being how well she engages those who think they have Pope Francis figured out: Having... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Tests Date Shroud of Turin Back to the 1st Century

  

  News you may've missed with all the hulabaloo going on of late at the Supreme Court: New scientific experiments carried out at the University of Padua have... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "... Every Road Leads, Sooner Or Later, to Heaven Or Hell"

  

  Mark Shea wrote yesterday on Spy Wednesday that there are two questions we all must face.  Head over there and see what they are. It's important. Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Sexual Freedom? Really?

  

  The missus and I go out with our boys and their significant others as frequently as they're willing to have us.  We love hanging out with them (and hope it's... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 SOCIETY

• Why Your Butt Should Be in Church

  

  Because if your butt isn't, you're more likely to become a haterbutt. Yep... it's documented: Ok, now that I’ve got your attention, the study doesn’t say... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "Being Straight Isn’t a Guarantee of Having a Healthy, Shiny, Pre-integrated...

  

  Steve Gershom is gay.  He's also a Catholic.  And I don't mean a Nancy Pelosi Catholic or a Joe Biden Catholic.   He has a thing or two to say about Same Sex... Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2013 LGBTQ, LOVE & SEX, SOCIETY

• "This is Not Just a Debate About What Two People Do in Their Private Life, It's ...

  

  San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, in the USA Today no less, lays out the case for traditional marriage: Q: What is the greatest threat posed by... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 SOCIETY

• If It's Good Enough for G. K. Chesterton...

  

  ... why wouldn't it be good enough for the rest of us? When people ask me, or indeed anybody else, “Why did you join the Church of Rome?” the first essential... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 SOCIETY

• George Zimmerman's Attorneys Press Prosecution on Ethics

  

  This whole thing has been a charade from the beginning, a tragic farce: George Zimmerman's attorneys on Monday formally accused prosecutors of being unethical,... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 SOCIETY

• "This Widespread Change of Heart is Built on a Reflexive but Misplaced Sense of...

  

  Charles Lehardy is going against the tide: A relationship between any two people, whether they are hetero- or homosexual, having as its purpose the mutual... Read more

  Posted on 26 March 2013 SOCIETY