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Verbatim, here’s the Pope’s retirement announcement.
The link includes a link to the video of the announcement – Declaratio Dear Brothers, I have convoked you to this Consistory, not only for the three canonizations, but also to communicate to you a decision of great importance for the life of the Church. After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have…
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J.R.R. Tolkien on the Eucharist + comments on war
As many people know, Tolkien was a fervent Catholic; his wife, not so much. "The only cure for sagging or fainting faith is Communion. Though always Itself, perfect and complete and inviolate, the Blessed Sacrament does not operate completely and once for all in any of us. Like the act of Faith it must be…
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NY Post editorial on Roe v. Wade at 40
My friend Nancy sent this to me. There’s no naïveté quite like that of the sophisticate. Forty years ago this day, the Supreme Court upended the laws of all 50 states in Roe v. Wade — and The New York Times pronounced the issue settled. “The court’s verdict on abortions,” said the Times, “provides a…
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My friend Theresa on 40 years of post-abortive people
Post abortive – had an abortion, complicit, etc. Theresa has her own abortion story, and now works full-time as director of Lumina, Hope and Healing After Abortion. Personal Stories of Personal People The monster in the room, abortion, that lives in many of our families, will also go unnoticed yet another day, as mothers, fathers,…
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Another Tim bench press personal record – 300!
Last evening, up from 290 lbs. exactly a month ago. His friend Jack actually video'd Tim doing the lift with Tim's iPhone, but Tim refuses to pass along for posting.
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Anglican women’s religious community goes RC en masse
"Funny" how this has received no coverage from the major media. 11 sisters out of a community of about 40. Suppose a number of Catholic sisters left in a group because of the Church's teaching on – you choose – abortion, gay marriage, women's ordination, etc, etc. Think it would have been on the front…
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John Paul II’s canonization said to be imminent
This is off ZENIT. Cardinal Re Expects Declaration in 2013 or 2014 ROME, January 11, 2013 (Zenit.org). The retired prefect of the Congregation for Bishops says Blessed John Paul II will likely be canonized this year or next. Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re offered this prediction during a presentation this week of "Il Papa e il…
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Planned Parenthood reports record year for their doing abortions; other “services” decline.
In its latest annual report for fiscal year 2011 to 2012, Planned Parenthood reveals that it performed 333,964 abortions in 2011 – a record year for the organization. Meanwhile – Contraceptive services at Planned Parenthood have dropped by 12 percent since 2009, and cancer screening & prevention services have dropped by 29 percent. Of course…