Catholic and Enjoying It!
…on Connecting the Dots! Read more
…on Connecting the Dots! Read more
According to Anglican Bishop James Ussher, today is the 6021st birthday of the Universe! At 9 AM (not sure if that’s Dublin or Jerusalem time). Everybody has a good laugh at poor old bishop Ussher, but Steven Jay Gould–of all the unlikely defenders–has respect for the old man and once wrote an essay on why we should not write him off so easily. His point simply that Ussher did what good scientists try to do: work with the evidence and information... Read more
For months I’ve listened to this sleight of hand from the “prolife” Right: Black people protesting the latest murder of some black person by the cops: Black Live Matt… Good White Prolifers: ALL LIVES MATTER!!! Consistent Life Ethic Advocate: Very well. All lives matter. Then let’s listen to the Church and protect *all* life from conception to natural death. Good White Prolifers: NO! YOU ARE REDEFINING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PROLIFE! Only innocent lives matter! We must make open... Read more
Pentagon Safety Measure Requires President To Identify Nation On Map Before Nuking It Read more
Lots of people think of creation as something that happened a long time ago at the Big Bang. And because they do, they also think of the universe as a thing that exists alongside God, with him occasionally sticking his finger in work a miracle or maybe tweak the DNA to make a tyrannosaurus. Thomas does not see creation that way. He insists that creation is right now, right where you are. God is actively sustaining you in being. Without... Read more
The latest in my series on Jesus and the Canaanite Woman for Catholic Weekly. Here’s a taste: Last time we focused on the contention that the story of Jesus and the Canaanite Woman could be legitimately read as Jesus learning from the Canaanite Woman as long as it does not involve the contention that he was learning to repent his sin of racism or ethnocentrism. Because Jesus is “like us in all things but sin” (Hebrews 4:15). Jesus never repented the sin of... Read more
Got this press release, which is cool enough to share: Colliding stars reveal their gravitational wave secrets Australian scientists have announced an “unparalleled” astrophysical discovery revealing that they have detected gravitational waves from the death spiral of two neutron stars. Less than a month after three US professors were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for the 2015 discovery of gravitational waves, a team of Australian astrophysicists, including Swinburne researchers, have announced a new international discovery. It is the first time a... Read more
FYI: Christian persecution reaches historic levels By John Newton THE PERSECUTION of Christians is worse than at any time in history, according to a new report issued Oct. 12, 2017. The “Persecuted and Forgotten?” report concludes that the persecution of Christians reached a high water mark in 2015-17—with growing attacks on the faithful by ISIS, Boko Haram, and other extremist groups. The new report, produced by international papal charity Aid to the Church in Need, also identified growing problems in... Read more
…taught by, among others, my chum Kelly Scott Franklin (as well as President Larry Arnn and Benedict Whalen. Click on the cool graphic to find out more: I’m gratified to see they are teaching Huck Finn, which is (in my opinion) the greatest American novel of the 19th Century. Read more
A reader writes: “I read today that John Kelly evidently went to some lengths to keep his son’s death in Afghanistan private. Even when called to give a speech commemorating the deaths of several Marines within days of his own son’s death, Kelly did not mention his son and instructed the Marine introducing Kelly not to mention Kelly’s son either. Earlier this year, Kelly quietly attended a memorial golf tournament for his son that garnered no media attention, undoubtedly by... Read more
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