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I posted about this American Saint last year.  Feast of Saint Katharine Drexel A quote – "It is a lesson we all need—to let alone the things that do not concern us. He has other ways for others to follow Him; all do not go by the same path. It is for each of us…

Sadly the Democrat Senator from Pennsylvania, Robert Casey, has completed his conversion from pro-life to pro-abortion. Senate Republicans, with the help of Democrat Senator Joe Manchin, voted to defeat a Democrat bill that would overturn every pro-life law in America and legalize abortions up to birth. Lawmakers voted 48-46 against cloture — against ending debate…

No surprise of course. Bernie Sanders is the most prominent member of the DSA. They did condemn the invasion. The Democratic Socialists of America blamed US and NATO “imperialist expansion” for helping trigger the Russian invasion of Ukraine — provoking criticism from local political leaders. “DSA reaffirms our call for the US to withdraw from…

A $10 million comprehensive study of the 1,400 mile long reef by the University of Sydney. My thinking –  Climate change has always been going on, and no doubt humanity is adding to it today. The answer is not to become crazed, but as a society adjust to the inevitable. Like don’t buy Miami Beach…

Great to see. These people are risking long prison sentences – or death. This article from the WSJ and see video from The Sun (UK)  below. In the U.S., it’s easy to become cynical observing Hollywood celebrities pretending to be brave as they mouth politically correct talking points and broadcast cost-free virtue signals. But in…

Great! But it took seven years and that’s really not a lot of money… Rojas worked as a pediatric nurse for 18 years before she was fired in 2015, according to the report. She said she refused to comply with a new requirement that nurses be trained to help women obtain abortion drugs and refer…

PORTLAND, OR—Local atheist Marcus Blaine has been wavering in his atheism recently, wondering why good things happen at all. Marcus has found himself asking why he has it so good in what should be a cold, meaningless world that doesn't care whether he suffers or not. “How could there be no God if so many…

UPDATE: I may start using AROSE as my first word – S may be used more frequently than T in the dictionary and text. Brigid introduced wordle to me because a friend of hers is doing it. Mostly I do it on my phone and below is today's result. First time I'd gotten it on…

This is from a facebook posting sent to me by my friend Theresa. Let there be a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Ukraine. (Icon of Our Lady of Protection by Alexander Ohapkyna, Ukrainian iconographer).  

Nice short article by a woman theologian (Dr. Jamie Waters) at DePaul University. You should be able to access the whole article without being blocked. "Jesus calls us to turn the other cheek. But what does that mean in a world of corruption and injustice?" Jesus gives his followers multiple challenging commands, such as “love…