**Update: Thanks Jimmy for letting me know the Caritas del Peru site is pretty complicated. If you click on CRS’s site, they are giving direct aid to those in need, via Caritas. You can go here to donate. The death toll continues to climb as bodies are found in the rubble. The news is reporting people died when a Church collapsed on those attending Mass to honor Marys’ Assumption into Heaven. Along Michael’s post, thus far 337 are dead in... Read more
A major earthquake (early reports suggest a magnitude of 7.9) that has claimed a number of lives has struck just a few miles off the coast of Peru, southeast of Lima. Seismologists are fearing a tsunami has already hit southeastern Peruvian coastal towns, and another could possibly hit Hawaii. Please keep the people of Peru and Hawaii in your prayers…pray for their safety and, if necessary, that they find safe haven. Update: The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has cancelled its... Read more
My beloved Pittsburgh Steelers, whose opening season game against the Browns I eagerly await, has a distinctively Catholic flair. I’ve written in the past of the deep faith of the Rooney family, which owns and operates the team. A good article from the Pittsburgh Catholic on their faith can be found here. I also put up a post about the Steelers pro-bowl safety, Troy Polamalu, describing his strong Catholic faith and leadership. Rumor has it that Ben Roethlisberger, the Steelers... Read more
For all the Yazidi people slaughtered by Al-Quaida, we pray to the Lord. Iraq is bearing the brunt of terrorism right now. The Iraqis are the sacrificial lambs, so to speak. Let us pray for the violence to end. Read more
My friend emailed this to me recently. I found her thoughts to be beautiful She resonates love. Here is her email (posted with her permission). The links and bolding are my emphasis and the graphic is my twisted humor: “This summer reading has really been a growth experience for me. I am finding myself doing even more analyzing than I usually do. I was sitting in my car earlier today coming back home from an errand and found myself thinking... Read more
I told my daughter that “we are going to celebrate Jesus’ mommy today.” She knows about mommies and she knows about Jesus so she is excited that we are going to Mass today. Read more
Dick Cheney in a 1994 interview explaining why invading and occupying Iraq would be a horrible idea. He was right. Read more
Mistral Air gets the Vatican nod to fly pilgrims to holy places. And don’t forget that the goal of every pilgrimage is the City of God. Read more
Given the minor dispute in the combox of Alexham’s post on Karl Rove, I offer a true Catholic leader. Herewith is a short portion of Marie Antoinette’s final letter before her execution:I die in the Catholic Apostolic and Roman religion, that of my fathers, that in which I was brought up, and which I have always professed. Having no spiritual consolation to look for, not even knowing whether there are still in this place any priests of that religion (and... Read more
Are you a mediocre Catholic? If you quote Ratzinger’s “private” document to the U.S. bishops called Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion to defend your views on the Iraq war and death penalty, then yes, you are a mediocre Catholic. Of course, you know I’m saying this for effect. Now you are thinking that I am one of those self-righteous Catholics who tell others what to do, like those who feel entitled to criticize the “performance” of the U.S. bishops as... Read more
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