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Roger Ebert, and remembrance
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jmcgee
If you haven’t encountered this yet, pop over to Roger Ebert’s blog and read his harrowing, heartfelt, mystical reflections on what life has been like since he lost the ability to eat or drink. He probably doesn’t realize it, but there is something almost eucharistic in the connections he makes — about the power of…
Haiti: “God is always on the side of the suffering”
By
jmcgee
Those powerful words come from the director of the Haitian apostolate in my diocese, Fr. Donelson Thevenin. His interview on “Currents” last night was both potent and poignant. (I just got back from DC and a meeting with the Communications Committee of the USCCB. So, big kudos to my Assistant News Director Shu-Fy Pongnon —…
Vatican slams “Avatar” as “sentimental hokum”
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jmcgee
The official Vatican newspaper has declined to give its blessing to the blockbuster of the year (century?). From Variety: While “Avatar” is drawing near unanimous praise worldwide, the Vatican is scathingly slamming James Cameron’s 3D sci-fi epic as “sentimental hokum.” Following the Italo “Avatar” red carpet preem on Saturday in the Auditorium Conciliazione, a…
The love the dare not speak its name…
By
jmcgee
That is, of course, the grown male’s deep but unfulfilled desire for cool stuff that makes a lot of noise. Especially farm equipment. This video says it all. Enjoy.
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