Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … Fr. John Lankeit, the Rector of The Cathedral of Saints Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona, preached on the 2016 elections from “a Catholic perspective” this Sunday (Oct. 2). I’ve seen some wonderful people around the web praise the homily and the homilist, alike, for various reasons. It’s a lengthy homily, but this isn’t an issue for me. Something else is missing – well, some things are missing. The homily, I think, lacks... Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … In case you missed it: The diocesan phase of the cause of canonization of Father Rutilio Grande, SJ, who is shaping up to become the next Salvadoran martyr to be recognized by the Church as such and raised to the altars, was closed with a formal ceremony at 10 am on Tuesday August 16 [2016] in the Archdiocese of San Salvador. Father Grande’s canonization process now goes to Rome, where it will be... Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … The Trump campaign announced the creation of an advisory board consisting of men and women who identify as Catholics called the “Catholic Advisory Group”. That’s an awkward sentence. There’s a reason for that. If they’re Catholics, they’re Catholics – so was Ché – but the name “Catholic Advisory Group” should not lead one to believe that it is a group of people advising Trump on Catholic approaches and principles in relation to the... Read more
Tom Williams at Crux wrote a piece titled: “Pope Francis’s praise of capitalism a surprise on US trip”. Isn’t that strange? When did Pope Francis praise capitalism on his trip to the United States? Or, when has he praised capitalism … ever? He hasn’t. Tom Williams writes: Despite Pope Francis’s well-earned reputation as a critic of the “idolatry of money” and of powerful global economic forces that exploit the poor, he took advantage of his address to the U.S. Congress... Read more
No. No, that didn’t happen. Pope Francis tweeted this: Dialogue is born when I am capable of recognizing others as a gift of God and accept they have something to tell me. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) September 21, 2016 What does that mean in reference to Liberation Theology? Well, what he ‘tweeted’ is something you find a lot of in liberation theology, but also in a lot of patristics and mystical theology. Dialogue, entering into it, is something we often... Read more
For only $42 this patriotic Rosary can be yours! Description by Ghirelli: With the new USA Rosary, we hope [United Statesians] far and wide will be strengthened in their resolve to be ever more faithful followers of Jesus, while praying a rosary for the United States. Gold finish with red and blue enamel on the front of the Crucifix, with a portion of the Pledge Of Allegiance, “One Nation Under God”, inscribed on the reverse side. The Centerpiece, also in Gold... Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … In a new video released earlier this month, Los Angeles’ Archbishop José H. Gomez encourages Catholics throughout the state to join the Bishops of California in ending capital punishment by voting for Proposition 62 on November 8. The Archbishop notes that, “The Church teaches that the death penalty can no longer be accepted.” “Every life is sacred,” he explains, as “every person has a dignity that comes from God” and it is to “God alone” that “life belongs.” “The death... Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … On January 8, 1992, President George H.W. Bush fainted after vomiting on then Prime Minister of Japan, Kimchi Miyazawa. At least Clinton didn’t vomit on a foreign dignitary. Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … In the third volume of Capital, put together and published by Engels in 1894, we find Marx citing M. Luther. We find the Marx’s lengthy Luther quote in part IV, ch. 20. Reading Marx, I cannot help but think of Proudhon’s “La propriété, c’est le vol!” Luther is cited in the middle of the following sentence: “Commercial capital, when it holds a dominant position, is thus in all cases a system of plunder,... Read more
Join Keith Michael Estrada on Facebook … Read for yourself. With the full text of Pope Francis’s in-flight interview published, I thought I’d share something interesting. Returning home from Poland upon the conclusion of World Youth Day, the Pope was asked a question on terrorism and his initiative for counteracting it. The reporter asked: Your concrete initiatives to counteract terrorism, violence? Pope Francis answered: Terrorism is everywhere. You think of the tribal terrorism of some African countries. It is terrorism and also .... Read more
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