Category: Catholic stuff
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MLB Washington Nationals Community Relations Director had a Catholic problem.
He’s been fired. The link below is from before they fired him. “One of our pitchers, dude, Trevor Williams — he is very Catholic,” Hudson said in the video. “The Dodgers had a group out to the stadium who were drag queens who sometimes dressed up as nuns. He went on social media like, ‘This…
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Honoring a priest-veteran and Croton resident
This is part of a Memorial Day presentation, put together and written by my friend ER. Because of the weather the service with over 250 attendees was in the HNM gym. The pictures are of Fr. Tony Fagnani’s youngest brother Attilio and his family. Very glad they were able to attend. Fox-Eklof American American Legion…
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Pope Leo Encyclical on AI; good summary and link to 2nd longer summary.
I have not read it; prints out at 51 pages on the Vatican website and there are no pdf’s currently online. I will read it – ordered it from Amazon but won’t have a hard copy or kindle for awhile. The summary below (5 minute read) is from the Catholic League where presumably several people…
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Two miracles attributed to Lebanese Saint Charbel this year.
One in South Bend, Indiana and one in Lebanon. Pope Leo visited his tomb on his visit to Lebanon. Hit the link for the full story. St. Charbel was a 19th century Maronite Catholic monk and priest renowned for his austerity, unceasing prayer, heroic virtue, but particularly numerous miracles attributed to his intercession during his…
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Bono (founder of rock band U2) on Jesus
The interviewer can’t believe it… Bono is a nondenominational Christian. Married when he was 22 and has only had one wife!!
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Who knew? The Roman Colosseum used to be a housing complex
Heh. A little history. Hit the link for the full 3 paragraph story. Friars belonging to the Santa Maria Nova convent rented out the Colosseum for more than five centuries beginning in 800 CE, building stables, workshops, and sewage pipes made from terra cotta. Their tenants represented a cross-section of Roman society and included everyone…
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“Rabbi Explains Why Jews Don’t Accept Jesus
Interesting; not sure hia analysis represents the views of all Jews.
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Great – “I’m a Protestant: 5 things that made me question EVERYTHING”
I never heard of this woman until this video turned up in my youtube feed.