The Crescat
Oooo. I get it. Source. Read more
Oooo. I get it. Source. Read more
… On reconsideration, perhaps this should be my ‘Feel Good Friday’ featured link. Leah Libresco just made me as happy as a little girl. A museum in Italy has started burning its artworks in protest at budget cuts which it says have left cultural institutions out of pocket. “Our 1,000 artworks are headed for destruction anyway because of the government’s indifference,” he said. “The survival of the museum is such an important cause that it justifies the despicable, and painful,... Read more
…. I’m not speaking to Nathan Fillion anymore. He has been replaced by ‘Feel Good Friday’, a warm and fuzzy feature of good news and much needed respite from my typical snark and cynicism. It was either this or start smoking again. First Grader Born With No Hands Wins Penmanship Award After accepting the award, Annie demonstrated for the audience how she writes, gripping the pencil steadily between her forearms to perfect the letters and capitalization. “She is a studious... Read more
… I grew food. And then, true to form, I utterly ruined it. Things I have learned thus far… 1- If you leave lettuce in the ground too long it turns bitter 2- Spinach too 3- For being so small, caterpillars have more stomachs than a cow and eat non-stop 4- If the soil is dry it’s too late. There is already root damage 5- If the soil is too wet it’s too late. You’ve killed it. Yes, you can... Read more
More coverage from SQPN and Rome Reports. Seven years ago today I watched Pope Benedict XVI become the 265th Pontiff. I was at work watching the coverage on a small black and white TV set up at my desk. I’m not sure why I didn’t just have it streaming online – there was internet 7 years ago right? Maybe I didn’t know about EWTN or Catholic media since I was still in RCIA. I guess I didn’t have access to... Read more
… Dear readers, please know that I have NOT converted to Mormonism. That was not the “conversion” Patheos had in mind when they did the revamp. It’s all very complicated and I am learning about it myself, but please know that by simply reading my blog you are not supporting the Mormon Church any more than you are supporting the other hundreds of ads on the many sites you visit everyday. Do you want to know who you support by... Read more
… I’ll give you a hint. It makes Baby Jesus cry. But wait! There’s more. Read more
… Because no one can troll like Catholics. Photo: Marco Grob, Time In leading the opposition to a proposed Obama Administration rule that would have required Catholic organizations like hospitals to pay for contraceptive services for female employees, Dolan successfully argued that such a policy violated the nation’s principles of religious liberty. “The public square in the United States is always enriched whenever people approach it when they’re inspired by their deepest-held convictions,” he told Bob Schieffer on Face the... Read more
… I jest, of course. Check out AirMaria here. Thanks, Will. Read more
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