Category: Catholic stuff
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NY Times: “Trump Attacks Pope Leo … (& Pope responds) as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’”
UPDATE: hit the link – Leo, speaking to reporters on a flight to Algeria ahead of a 10-day tour of several African nations, said: “I have no fear of the Trump administration, or speaking out loudly of the message of the Gospel, which is what I believe I am here to do.” Asked directly about…
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Vatican: Report Pentagon lectured it’s Ambassador “Completely untrue”
America, the Jesuit US magazine, and no fan of Trump to say the least. “The narrative offered by some media outlets about this meeting is completely untrue,” the Vatican press office statement said. It said that Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the former papal ambassador to the U.S., “confirmed” that his Jan. 22 meeting with Eldridge Colby,…
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Pope Leo comment condemns Trumps language “…destroy their civilization…”
1,000%. Trump can’t help himself. he should turn off his twitter/X.
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Atheist Richard Dawkins accidental witness to faith
Here is an interesting video from a priest in Kenya who has an active youtube channel. British biologist Dawkins is well known for his hard core anti-religious views; he once held that it was child abuse for British people to bring up their children in a religion. He’s now 85 years old & maybe starting…
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CNN: Nationally, Catholic conversions dramatically higher
Certainly true in our parish for the five years I’ve been involved in OCIA (formerly RCIA).
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One Minute Jesuit: “Love Got There First”
Especially like that he makes his points in under a minute.
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Easter art
No need for commentary except where they came from. in no chronoglical order. The first two – covers from past Magnificat prayer books. Peter and the Beloved Disciple – from my friend NB This from a Knights of Columbus mailing – From RN! And from – Bishop Barron –
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Good Friday Pax Christi Manhattan Stations of the Cross
This is the 44th year the NY branch of the Catholic peace organization Pax Christi did the Stations across Manhattan, mostly on 42nd St. Brigid and I started doing the stations around 1992 and the event was much bigger with upwards of 7-800 participants and some media coverage. However it has dwindled way down, less…
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Supreme Court rules against Colorado conversion therapy ban
The vote was 8-1. Seems common sense to me if someone wants therapy to end their same sex attraction. How can you ban that? The Supreme Court ruled 8-1 in favor of a Christian counselor from Colorado, declaring that the state’s ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for homosexuality and gender confusion violates the First Amendment. The…
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Last Wednesday -Int’l. Walk for life in Manhattan
The tenth annual one and the fifth I’ve been to. A reasonable turnout including Bishop Peter Byrne who I know fairly well (long, funny story – picture below). We went from Foley Square in front of the Federal Courthouse up through the financial district. Gathered a lot of attention, much of it positive. Would you…