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Monthly Archives: February 2015
How David Carr described his messy relationship with faith
Originally at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/02/13/how-david-carr-described-his-messy-relationship-with-faith/ by Sarah Pulliam Bailey New York Times columnist David Carr in 2008. (Helayne Seidman) New York Times journalist David Carr, who died Thursday, had a complicated relationship with religion. In his 2009 book “The Night of the Gun,” … Continue reading
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U.S. Bishops to Obama
February 23, 2015 President Barack Obama The White House Washington, DC 20270 Dear Mr. President: May God bless you in these difficult times! The brutal murders of twenty-one Coptic Christians by the so-called Islamic State in Libya are grim reminders … Continue reading
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Jailhouse Feminism
Originally at: http://eppc.org/publications/jailhouse-feminism-mary-eberstadt-beyonce/ by MARY EBERSTADT Never mind fifty shades of movie promotion for a moment. Now that the children have left the room, let’s take a look at something else going on out there, in the name of liberation and womankind, … Continue reading
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New Doctor of the Church
We have a new Doctor of the Church — Armenian Orthodox St. Gregory Narek! See below for announcement and then a video reading of a Narek prayer: (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has declared Armenian poet and monk, Saint Gregory of … Continue reading
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Coptic Christian bishop: I forgive ISIS
Originally at: http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/20/living/coptic-bishop-isis/index.html by Daniel Burke Even by ISIS’ brutal standards, the video is horrific. Twenty-one Coptic Christians beheaded on a beach in Libya. Christians across the world expressed horror and outrage at the mass killing, with Pope Francis calling the … Continue reading
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The Gay Catholic Writer Who Changed My Life
Originally at: http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/february-web-only/gay-catholic-writer-who-changed-my-life.html?paging=off by Wesley Hill BOOK TITLE Gay and Catholic: Accepting My Sexuality, Finding Community, Living My Faith AUTHOR Eve Tushnet PUBLISHER Ave Maria Press RELEASE DATE October 20, 2014 PAGES 224 PRICE $13.24 Sometime in 2007 I discovered Eve Tushnet’s … Continue reading
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THE SPONGEBOB EFFECT
Originally at: http://www.ministrymatters.com/all/entry/1765/the-spongebob-effect by Shane Raynor The American Academy of Pediatrics told us this week that SpongeBob Squarepants may be contributing to Attention Deficit Disorder in kids. They didn’t say it in those exact words, but that’s what their recent study with … Continue reading
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Who is a Christian?
Originally at: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/a-little-pharisaical-southern-baptist-copt-martyrs-christianity/ by Rod Dreher Here is how Russell Moore, the Southern Baptist pastor who heads the church’s Washington office, responded to the murder of the 21 Coptic Christians by ISIS: Russell Moore @drmoore Follow These are my brothers, faithful … Continue reading
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Brother of slain Coptic Christians thanks ISIS for including their words of faith in murder video
Originally at: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/brother.of.slain.coptic.christians.thanks.isis.for.including.their.words.of.faith.in.murder.video/48412.htm by Mark Woods The brother of two of the 21 Coptic Christians murdered in Libya last week has thanked their killers for including the men’s declaration of faith in the video they made of their beheadings. Speaking on a … Continue reading
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The Reality of Persecution
Originally at: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/anxiousbench/2015/02/the-reality-of-persecution/ by Philip Jenkins Rome was not the only empire in antiquity, nor the only one with a sizable Christian population. I stress that repeatedly because of the number of times we read about Christian engagement with the secular … Continue reading
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Catholic Springtime 