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Monthly Archives: June 2014
Prayer for New Springtime (until 8/11)
“A new missionary age will arise, a new springtime for the Church” — St. John Paul II, May 11, 1991. We will be taking a summer break from Blog posts and will return on August 11. Thank you for visiting our … Continue reading
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N. T. WRIGHT ON GAY MARRIAGE
Originally at: http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2014/06/n-t-wrights-argument-against-same-sex-marriage by Matthew Schmitz +++ N. T. Wright—hailed by Time as “one of the most formidable figures in Christian thought”—first captured my imagination with the early volumes of his series Christian Origins and the Question of God. In them, he frames the Christian … Continue reading
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Pope Francis is right. We do love our pets more than our children
Originally at: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/commentandblogs/2014/06/06/pope-francis-has-a-point-your-average-dog-in-england-is-truly-pampered-compared-to-many-people-in-africa/ by FR ALEXANDER LUCIE-SMITH The recent words of Pope Francis in a sermon to married couples, about some people preferring to lavish their affections on cats and dogs rather than children, reported in this newspaper,has generated a huge amount of … Continue reading
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Catholic musicians staying true to the Faith
Originally at: https://www.osv.com/osvnewsweekly/article/tabid/535/artmid/13567/articleid/14738/catholic-musicians-staying-true-to-the-faith.aspx by Emily Stimpson In the beginning, the angry emails came fast and furious. What, they asked, were two nice Catholic boys like Alex and Danylo Fedoryka — the founding members of Scythian — doing playing secular music in bars … Continue reading
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Bishops’ Statement on Common Core
Originally at: http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/bishops-statement-on-common-core-puts-catholic-identity-first#ixzz348JTzvjm by Dan Guernsey Controversy, properly engaged, can serve to focus and renew. The early introduction of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into some Catholic schools has stirred controversy and led to some confusion. The U.S. Conference of Catholic … Continue reading
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Unemployment is a Spiritual Problem
Originally at: http://blog.acton.org/archives/69573-unemployment-spiritual-problem.html by Joe Carter The longer that Americans are unemployed, the more likely they are to report signs of poor psychological well-being. Arecent Gallup survey found that about one in five Americans who have been unemployed for a year or … Continue reading
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The Kissing Pope!
This is a great 1 minute montage video of Pope Francis’ affection for children:
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Story About Irish Babies “Dumped In A Septic Tank” Is A Hoax
Originally at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/eamonnfingleton/2014/06/09/that-story-about-irish-babies-in-a-septic-tank-is-a-media-hoax/ by Eamonn Fingleton Few of us are inclined to look a gift horse in the mouth, and that applies in spades to journalists running with a sensational news story. But even by normal media standards, recent reports about … Continue reading
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Pentecost Prayer for Peace at the Vatican: Francis, Peres, Abbas
Originally at: https://docs.google.com/a/tmatt.net/document/d/1R5lyx7lpd1tHfliKbJRyREn82n51Zwr4AOJbxNGurmw/edit?pli=1 AND http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2014/06/at-vatican-time-for-peace.html This is a transcript of the comments and prayers of Pope Francis, Peres and Abbas at last Sunday’s prayer for peace summit at the Vatican (with reference made by Francis to the presence of Patriarch of Constantinople … Continue reading
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Devil is working hard on securing end times
Originally at: https://www.osv.com/osvnewsweekly/article/tabid/535/artmid/13567/articleid/14188/devil-is-working-hard-on-securing-end-times.aspx by Russell Shaw To most of the world, Pope Francis is the pope of the poor, foe of unrestrained free-market capitalism, reformer engaged in shaking up the Roman Curia, ecclesiological innovator committed to consultation, collegiality and decentralization in the … Continue reading
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Catholic Springtime 