Month September 2014
I love this. Climate nuts at the Climate March holding this sign. But as Weasel Zippers pointed out. This is how many of the protesters arrived at the march: Heh. *subhead*WWJDrive.*subhead*
The story begins in fairly typical fashion. But it ends differently that most. A high school in Tennessee was told they were no longer allowed to have a prayer said over the loudspeaker at football games. You know that part… Continue Reading →
Wow. I love this headline about Cardinal Burke from International Business Daily. Is Pope Francis ‘To Demote’ Anti-Divorce Reactionary Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke? Anti-divorce reactionary? What? How did that happen? When did upholding Church teaching make you a reactionary? Oh… Continue Reading →
If the rumors about Cardinal Burke are true, the Pope will enter the No Spin Zone. See why I think so at the National Catholic Register. *subhead*No Spin Zone.*subhead*
There are many things one could say about or focus upon in Cardinal Dolan’s blog post ostensibly explaining his decision to be Grand Marshal of the gay identity promoting St. Patrick’s day parade. One could focus on the first paragraph… Continue Reading →
Cardinal Ratzinger famously called the revised liturgy “a banal on-the-spot product.” Rorate has a story that actually tells us the spot in the on-the-spot fabrication of a new liturgy and how Eucharistic Prayer II was composed in a Roman restaurant… Continue Reading →
This is kind of ironic. Here’s the lede: A Fayetteville junior high made a teenager girl change T-shirts at school because they said it contained sexual content. She said it expressed her Christian beliefs. Does a shirt that says “Virginity… Continue Reading →
I read this quote today from The Brothers Karamazov and it made me stop: “Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish… Continue Reading →
My nine year old son looked up from his religion reading. “Hey Dad, Noah saved all the animals two by two right?” he asked. Yup. “Wait, did he save the insects too?” he asked, his little brow furrowed. Uhm… “Does… Continue Reading →