Knows bloat when he sees it, cuts costs at the Vatican Bank.
Pope Francis sent out a tweet I missed the other day. The howls of opprobrium started up immediately. [Read more...]
What Does Frank Weathers’ Voice Sound Like? I Gave An Interview Recently…
May 10, 2013 By 1 Comment
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...]
A Sign You Don’t See Very Often These Days…
May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Closed for the Holy Day!
Photo Credit: Lisa DellaVecchia
But you can go eat at Zook’s BBQ Barn tomorrow.
I found this though, so check with your parish. [Read more...]
Marriage Equality: The Prosperous Pol vs. The Gay Pauper
May 8, 2013 By
I’m with the gay pauper on this one. And so is the Catholic Church. Think about that for a moment.
The Washington Post, see, published a story a few days ago about about a billionaire hedge fund manager working hard to bring the Republican Party out of the dark regarding marriage equality. His name is Paul E. Singer, and in the piece he’s quoted as having said, [Read more...]
We Live On An Unusual Planet In An Unusual Solar System. That’s Two “Unusuals.”
May 7, 2013 By 4 Comments
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...]
An E-Mail Addressed To Me, But Which Is Really For Archbishop Myers
May 6, 2013 By 3 Comments
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...]
To Help Fr. Pontifex Make An Album? Absolutely
May 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Man in Black
Before there was @Pontifex on Twitter, there was Father Pontifex, making music with the Spoken Word. [Read more...]
Like Only Nixon Could Go To China, Can Only Pope Francis Preach About The Devil?
May 5, 2013 By 4 Comments
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...]
Bishop O’Connell Accepts Resignations of Youth Ministers Who Enabled Fr. Fugee, And Of Parish Pastor UPDATED
May 5, 2013 By
Fr. Michael Fugee, center, with his longtime friends Michael and Amy Lenehan.
The tremors out of the Archdiocese of Newark can still be felt. The latest news concerns the termination of lay youth ministers, Michael and Amy Lenehan, longtime friends of Fr. Fugee
Below is a copy of Bishop O’Connell’s e-mail to priests dated yesterday afternoon announcing the above developments. [Read more...]
Many News Organs Are Preaching To An Ever Shrinking Partisan Choir On Every Issue They Cover
May 4, 2013 By 2 Comments
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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