Month June 2007
I went online this morning for my daily fix of news with my two year old on my lap. (So if there’s any mistakes or misspellings blame him) He likes watching a hippo and a dog sing “The Lion Sleeps… Continue Reading →
Today, June 22 , is the feast day of St. Thomas More. He is one of my favorite saints. Famously, St. Thomas lost his head to Henry VIII rather than betray his conscience by refusing to swear allegiance to the… Continue Reading →
The Smartest Person in the Room——Evangelical Catholicism: Only I am smart enough to appreciate Cardinal Martino. The AP Asks “Who Will the Pope Endorse?”——The AP widely misses the mark, again. Michael Moore Wants Christianized Medicine?——Somehow, we just don’t buy it…. Continue Reading →
Michael Joseph at Evangelical Catholicism has a post on the 50th anniversary of the ordination of Renato Cardinal Martino. It seems that Michael Joseph subscribes to the Bishop Trautman school of Catholicism in which he thinks that most Catholics (himself… Continue Reading →
An Associated Press piece on abortion and communion once again misses the mark badly. The piece starts: Three years after a few outspoken U.S. Roman Catholic bishops tied together presidential politics, abortion and the Communion rail, leaders of the nation’s… Continue Reading →
Michael Moore, a Catholic, was on “The View” yesterday and after receiving plaudits from Barbara Walters for his new movie “Sicko,” Moore got into a little religious argument with guest host “Star Parker,” a religious conservative. Moore identified himself as… Continue Reading →
It’s almost a year until we can see “Prince Caspian,” the second film in the Chronicles of Narnia. But news is already starting to spread about a third Narnia movie. (The series by C.S. Lewis has seven books, so as… Continue Reading →
Italian archaeologist, Alfredo Barbagallo, claims that the legendary Holy Grail is hidden in the catacombs under the 6th-century Roman basilica of St. Lawrence Outside the Walls. Barbagallo has come to believe that the Holy Grail is in a room that… Continue Reading →
God is Missing Again——It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again – or not. Don’t Pull the Plug On Me Just Yet——Whatever happened to the concept of reparation? The Best God Ever?——Who was the best “God” in the movies?… Continue Reading →
It looks like the U.S. Mint has struck again – or not struck again, depending on how you look at it. New dollar coins featuring John Adams and emanating from Philadelphia are missing edge inscriptions including “In God We Trust,”… Continue Reading →