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“Make me a channel of your peace…”
By
jmcgee
For this feast of St. Francis of Assisi: here’s that beloved hymn, sung before what may well have been its largest audience ever, a worldwide congregation of tens of millions, for the funeral of Princess Diana in 1997. (Footnote: yes, I know St. Francis didn’t actually write it. But – for better or worse –…
In Philippines, bishops threaten “civil disobedience” over birth control
By
jmcgee
The war of words over contraception is heating up — and in a way that might surprise Catholics in the western world. Could you imagine a threat like this being issued by bishops in the United States? The latest: Raising the ante against the use of contraceptives Roman Catholic bishops yesterday warned of “civil disobedience”…
Saint of steel?
By
jmcgee
A Pittsburgh priest (who was actually born in Massachusetts) is on the path to sainthood. From Ann Rodgers in the Post-Gazette: A Pittsburgh priest who heard the confessions of beggars and of the pope, and who was a voice of reconciliation amid the divisions in the Catholic Church after Vatican II, has cleared the earliest…
Grace under water
By
jmcgee
A church in Washington state held is Blessing of the Animals a little early this year — on Friday. But the local paper was there and captured this colorful gallery of pictures. A choice moment, below. God bless us, everyone.
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