Views of a new Catholic in an old world on the joy and inexhaustible meaning found in the Faith
A few days ago, Pope Francis gave a homily in which he warns folks against gossiping, and instead calls us to focus on following Jesus. It’s another of his wonderful string of homilies delivered in the chapel of the Casa Santa Marta where he resides. Perhaps one day, these gems will be known as the Little Way of Pope Francis.
As il Papa notes, gossiping is something that we love to do. [Read more...]
Defrocked Jesuit priest Donald McGuire leaves the Dirksen Courthouse in Chicago after a hearing in 2007. (Zbigniew Bzdak, Chicago Tribune / November 9, 2007)
As you might guess, this turns out badly.
It’s timely that I posted something earlier about the sexual abuse scandals, whistleblowers, and how lying about them for Jesus has damaged the Church. And when I say Church, I mean the present, and future, faithful. Not the buildings, or the hierarchy. I mean the full Body of Christ in the world.
Manya Brachear of the Chicago Tribune has the scoop on how the headline above came to be from a story that hit the wires just a little while ago. [Read more...]
Hi. We’re from the IRS, and we’d like to ask you some questions.
That’s when you break out your pocket copy of the Constitution, read the agents of the Eye of Sauron the First Amendment, inform them that the interview is concluded, and walk the hell out.
Next step? Call your attorney, and your Congressional representatives constituent services offices.
Uh, you probably think I’m making this headline up, but truth is stranger than fiction. Besides, it’s all right here on C-Span. [Read more...]
Remember how during the Presidential campaign word got out the Mitt Romney had made a donation to the National Organization for Marriage? The Internal Revenue Service may have been the conduit of that information. [Read more...]
When Democrats swore that they supported traditional marriage. Oh. Wait. That was only nine short years ago. My bad. [Read more...]
Not only is he drop dead handsome *cough* but he also has a great radio voice. No, really! Come check out the podcast interview I gave, and listen for yourself. [Read more...]
Or so we thought…
Image Credit: Robert Krulwich/NPR
Yesterday, I was going on about the Sun. Today, Robert Krulwich, of NPR’s science desk, has a very interesting piece up today on a blog that is written and illustrated by him.
It’s called, Our Very Normal Solar System Isn’t Normal Anymore. [Read more...]
This note popped into my “in basket” this afternoon.
It’s from a reader, whose identity I’ve scrubbed, and it explains why events like what happened in the Archdiocese of Newark, after the travail for more than a decade following the Long Lent of 2002, are so damaging to the Body of Christ.
Read it and weep. [Read more...]
Let me tell you about the Adversary…
Show of hands, how many of you have you heard your parish priest mention the Devil in a homily? Pope Francis doesn’t seem self conscious, or embarrassed, about doing so.
This excerpt is from yesterday’s Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae, [Read more...]
Source: CARA
What could I possibly have seen that leads me to make such a conclusion? Data from a study done by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI), shared by the folks over at CARA (the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate). That’s where the neat graph above comes from. [Read more...]
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