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The Deacon's Bench
Pfleger returns
By
deacon greg kandra
Obama’s controversial priest, who tore into Hillary Clinton a few weeks back and ended up suspended as a result, is back. Fr. Michael Pfleger returned to the pulpit at his home parish yesterday, and the Chicago Tribune was there: Comparing his pastoral return to a heavyweight champ’s comeback, Rev. Michael Pfleger blazed back to his…
The final irony for George Carlin
By
deacon greg kandra
News this morning that George Carlin has died, at the still-young age of 71. Carlin was brilliant at seeing the absurdity of life; very little of it, I think, truly made sense to him. “Why do they lock gas station bathrooms?” he once mused. “Are they afraid someone will clean them?” He made his living…
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
Lisa Stanford embraces her daughter, Jessica Aiello, outside her house in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Three feet of water flooded Ms. Stanford’s 108-year-old home. Photo: by Todd Heisler, The New York Times
“A kind of freaky horror show” — CORRECTION
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Deacon Greg Kandra
Here in New York, you see the posters everywhere, and it’s jarring: people striking a pose, maybe dribbling a basketball or reading a book. But they don’t have any skin. And you can see their organs. It’s life, seen in a way you’ve never seen it before. Or maybe, in fact, it’s death. Zenit reported…
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