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I went to the Stations (Pax Christi, the Catholic peace organization) today; Brigid and I have gone since about 1991, but today I just went myself. It’s the first time since 2019 they have been done with the usual Stations across 42nd St; cancelled and done via zoom during the pandemic. I was glad to…

I had posted this in 2020. Awesome. This fresco is by the great Fra Angelico, painted around 1441 and is titled Saint Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion. Yes Fra Angelico knew that St. Dominic – born in 1170 – was not at the crucifixion. But you get the message. The fresco is at the Convent of…

HAHAHA… The actual video is four minutes long with a half-amusing 90 second commercial at the end.  

Luv the guy with the cigar. When we lived in Grand Cayman, in 1981 I had experience seeing a “boat” that 40+ Cubans were using to try and get to Florida. I’ve often wondered if they made it.  

From my MD friend, PN. From JAMA   Alcohol and dementia.     Conclusions In conclusion, our analyses indicate that maintaining mild to moderate alcohol consumption is associated with a decreased risk of dementia, whereas maintaining heavy drinking is associated with an increased risk of dementia. Notably, our analyses stratified by the initial amount of…

Love this. It's a three year old video done after the first season of The Chosen. Beautiful.  

Yeah pretty good. Guinness is the best. The commercial was made ten years ago.

He has spoken out many times on this over his ten years as Pope. And see the end of the excerpt. “Gender ideology, today, is one of the most dangerous ideological colonizations,” Francis said in the interview published on the evening of March 10. “Why is it dangerous? Because it blurs differences and the value…

The gospel reading on this Sunday in Catholic Churches is John 4:5-42, the famous meeting of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at Jacob's Well (a well that still exists!) Here is an excerpt from the wonderful multi-season series "The Chosen" of that meeting. I think it's beautifully done.   Here is a short commentary from…

Let’s see – the Wuhan Lab as source of Covid is a right wing conspiracy theory, the  Hunter Biden’s laptop (Russian disinformation), the FBI can’t find the attackers of Crisis Pregnancy Centers because the attacks are in the dark, etc, etc. Biden v. Trump!?!? I will be doing a write-in. Will be voting for my…