A few years after my knock-me-flat-in-the-middle-of-the-road religious conversion, and many years before I entered the Catholic Church, my husband and I were church hunting. Hubby got the idea that we should look at a big ole rompin’ stompin’ charismatic church that is not too far from where we now live. So, one fine Sunday, we left the kids with my Mama and gave it a go. My grandmother had been a Pentecostal Holiness preacher, so I kind of knew what... Read more
Bishop William Callahan acknowledged that Father James Altman has inflicted a “wound” on the Church with his ranting political homilies. Bishop Callahan said that he is going to apply “Gospel principles” in his dealings with Fr Altman by reasoning with him first. The bishop specifically mentioned an explosive YouTube video in which Father Altman demonized a number of people and said “You can’t be a Catholic and be a Democrat. Period.” The article I read didn’t mention whether or not... Read more
Father James Altman of St James the Less Roman Catholic Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin is the clerical darling of the racist, misogynist Catholic radical right. He regularly puts his homilies on YouTube where he can infect as many people as possible with his anti-Christ ravings. I don’t know if this is true of every homily he gives, but the ones I’ve watched make no effort to teach or explain the Gospels or Catholic teaching. His homilies that I’ve... Read more
draft Pope Francis upheld the right to education at the International Day of Protect Education from Attack. From Vatican News: As the world celebrates the first International Day to Protect Education from Attack on Wednesday, Pope Francis appealed to the international community to ensure educational structures are protected from attacks. “I invite you to pray for students who are seriously deprived of the right to education due to war and terrorism,” he said during his weekly General Audience on Wednesday... Read more
draft It appears that Russia did pay extremists a bounty for assassinating American soldiers in Afghanistan. From Business Insider: Taliban commanders have confirmed that Russia has offered financial and material support to its members in exchange for attacking US forces in Afghanistan. The practice was first reported on Friday by The New York Times, which cited US intelligence officials. Read more
Today is the 4th anniversary of the canonization of Mother Teresa. Her message seems especially powerful in this time of COVID. Here are a few quotes from this special saint to ponder as we wait for the pandemic of end. If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one: This quote emphasizes the importance of helping even a single person. The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread:This quote highlights... Read more
draft President Trump has corrected the error of leaving concern for the unborn off the list priorities that Republicans are using instead of a platform this year. Read more
draft For the first time in history, Americans are being asked to vote for a nominee of one of the major political parties whose political party has no platform. The Republican Party of 2020 has decided to forego a platform that is based on principles that were hammered out in a democratic fashion by its active members. The Republican Party chose not to have a platform this year. What it did instead was authorize a list of issues that it... Read more
Liberty University has announced that it will employ an independent “forensic” firm to investigate Jerry Falwell Jr’s tenure as president of the university. From CNN: Liberty University said Monday it’s hired “one of the leading forensic firms in the world” to conduct an investigation of its operations under disgraced former president Jerry Falwell Jr. The investigation will include “all facets” during the evangelical leader’s time as president, “including but not limited to financial, real estate, and legal matters,” the Christian... Read more
Yet I have left me 7,000 in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed down to Baal, all the mouths that have not kissed him. God. A Christian web site has raised almost $200,000 in individual donations for Kyle Ritenhouse, the teen-aged shooter who murdered two demonstrators in cold blood and injured one other last week. I hope that the remaining Christians in this country will not allow this behavior of their fallen brethren to damage their faith in... Read more
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