Does Church Suppress God’s Will? That’s Wicked, Right?

December 4, 2012 By
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Like Mark Shea, I too thought the National Catholic Reporter had endorsed female ordination years ago. I actually had no intention of writing about it for my First Things column, today. Yet somehow — and though I had intended to write more about Calah Alexander and the idea of a Ministry of Succor to young [...]

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Post-Election ’12: Welcome to Interesting Times -UPDATED

November 7, 2012 By
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Have been too busy to really put down my thoughts about yesterday’s election, but I can tell you that I am not at all despairing — in fact I’ve been doing Cher-smacks and telling people to “snap out of it” all day — nor do I feel doomsdayish; rather I feel very grateful to have [...]

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Kim Jong Il is Dead; New Tyrants Come

December 19, 2011 By

While you were sleeping our already-roiling world took another hit to its tenuous stability: North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced. Mr Kim, who has led the communist nation since the death of his father in 1994, died on a train while visiting an area outside [...]

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Shahbaz Bhatti; free speech martyr – UPDATES

March 2, 2011 By

Via Allahpundit, who called the video “haunting”: Washington Post coverage here. Writes Margaret Cabaniss at Inside Catholic: Last month I blogged about Shahbaz Bhatti, the Catholic politician in Pakistan who had been courageously speaking out against the anti-blasphemy laws in that country, even in the face of death threats. “I follow the principles of my [...]

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All Saints Day & Modern Martyrs – UPDATE

November 1, 2010 By

Chapel & Tomb of St. Philip Neri, Chiesa Nuova, Rome Podcast of the Readings for All Saints Day via the USCCB Late yesterday, word began to come of a “bloodbath” during Mass at Baghdad’s Syrian-Catholic cathedral. Details are still emerging; it portends nothing good: The terrorists, some wearing suicide vests, had taken over 120 faithful [...]

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The Habit Witnesses to the Self!

October 18, 2010 By

A few weeks ago, I shared some thoughts about the value of religious wearing habits. That brought a wonderful response from inspired by Sr. Lisa Doty who shared a moving story on her blog that eventually got adapted into a slightly smaller feature at Patheos, and it seemed like a series was born: The Habit [...]

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Benedict & the UK; The First Fruits

October 13, 2010 By

Benedict Speaking on Hildegard of Bingen, 09/08/10 English and Welsh bishops are urging Catholic parents to dress their children as saints this Halloween. At first consideration, that might not seem too remarkable. But when one takes into account how timid Catholics have been in the UK in recent years, perhaps it is remarkable indeed. Perhaps [...]

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