2017-03-10T03:25:08+00:00

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Day three into Future of Catholicism Week some might be surprised by this piece by Hugh Hewitt, which is a virtual valentine to Evangelical Christians: The brief history of American Catholicism is this: mission, persecution, immigration, community, political power, strength, Vatican II, confusion, decline, scandal, confession, penance, and renewal. A new cycle of mission, persecution, immigration, community, political power, and strength has begun. Provided the reformed American Church remains steadfast in its renewed commitment to “orthodoxy,” all will not only... Read more

2017-03-10T03:25:11+00:00

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The Pool of Bethesda, 1645, Joost Cornelisz Droochsloot Shirley Sherrod says she is not certain that she would accept a reinstatement to her office even if the USDA offers it to her. I think she should not. This woman needs to write a book. Politics aside, (and Sherrod may have had a little time to reconsider her absorption of the NAACP’s message that tea parties = racists) her personal story is gripping, poignant and wholesome – a staggering snapshot of... Read more

2017-03-10T03:25:13+00:00

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It’s how I’m feeling lately – a little pressed. One of my favorite pieces, done surprisingly well by a Romanian choir: Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:31+00:00

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Shirley Sherrod is blaming the NAACP for her resignation/firing, and she is right to: Asked about the NAACP’s actions during an interview with CNN on Tuesday, Sherrod said the only reason the video surfaced was in response to an NAACP resolution accusing the tea party of using “racist” tactics. “They got into a fight with the tea party, and all of this came out as a result of that,” Sherrod said. I said something very similar in the comment #81... Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:34+00:00

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Over at Patheos, the Future of Catholicism Week continues. Today I was struck by the enthusiasm and optimism of Word on Fire’s Fr. Robert Barron, as he offers some advice to young priests: Who, after all, would want to sign up for a form of life that was regularly subjected to bitter critique and that seemed, in the eyes of many, to be dysfunctional? And yet you came, and you stayed. No one could possibly accuse you of seeking an... Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:37+00:00

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Here is your wake up call: Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:39+00:00

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Apparently, for reasons I cannot yet fathom, the comments section for this post on what I referred to as a Vatican “fail” was all discombobulated. That has been corrected, but this gives me an excuse to link to a few other reactions to the Norms, and so you can all continue your fisticuffs and so forth either over there or in the comments below! I know the Abortion Alley headline piqued your interest: here is Mary Rose Somarriba explaining why... Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:42+00:00

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Glenn Reynolds linked to this piece at Hot Air where Ed Morrissey writes: Andrew Breitbart announced that he would publish at least one video of the NAACP itself cheering racism. Breitbart delivers on that promise today at Big Government, showing USDA official Shirley Sherrod explain to an appreciative NAACP audience in July 2009 how she deliberately withheld information from a white farmer in Georgia trying to save his land and his business: The Breitbart piece is here, and yes, the... Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:44+00:00

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Barbara R. Nicolosi, Slayer of Boomers And today we enter Week 4 of Patheo’s summer-long look at the Future of Religion; The Future of Catholicism. Mainline Protestants, you’re next, then Evangelicals, then Mormons, and so forth. I can’t say I have had much to do with putting the “Catholic” week together, as I have only started working over there these past weeks, while this effort has been in the works, but I think Patheos has put together a pretty provocative... Read more

2017-03-10T04:44:47+00:00

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Over at Patheos, they’re getting ready to launch the Future of Catholicism week, part of their summer series on the Future of Religion. Since some feel I’ve been a little hard on the Curia, these last two days, let me offer this poignant little piece. When I think of the future of the Church, I think of — me. A few years ago I was a humble parish secretary. That might seem like a surprising choice for an Ivy League-educated... Read more

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