According to an article I read in The Guardian, Pope Francis has issued a call to do away with life sentences, calling them a ‘hidden death penalty.’ I know that the Holy Father comes from Argentina, and that he lived through a brutal regime in which the government engaged in random arrests, incarceration, torture and even murder of its own citizens. I have no doubt that his feelings about life sentences are informed by his own life experiences. I... Read more
Dr Craig Spencer Dr Craig Spencer, who had recently been treating Ebola patients in Guinea, has been diagnosed with Ebola. Dr Spencer is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Health care officials are attempting to reconstruct his activities in the recent past to identify people who might have been exposed to the disease. According to reports, “at least three people have been placed in isolation” as a result of this. Among other things, Dr Spencer used the subways... Read more
Photo Source: Zale Thompson’s web site. The New York Police Department is investigating a possible terrorist attack/murder of a police officer with a hatchet. Police officers shot and killed Zale Thompson after he fractured the skull of Officer Kenneth Healey. Mr Thompson also injured a second police officer, wounding his arm. Also, a woman who was walking near the incident when it happened was struck by a stray bullet. “There’s nothing we know at this time that would indicate that... Read more
So, aside from tossing the sacraments overboard and re-writing the Gospels to reflect the daily zeitgeist, how does the Church deal with 2 billion messed up and very needy lives? Look at any person, it doesn’t matter which person, and you will be looking at someone who has been hurt sad world, when people align themselves according to their fidelity to various group hatreds. Read more
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