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Atheists come out of the closet
By
deacon greg kandra
Does it seem like there are suddenly more atheists around? It may just be that they’re being more vocal about it. The New York Times religion reporter Laurie Goodstein has the scoop: Two months after the local atheist organization here put up a billboard saying “Don’t Believe in God? You Are Not Alone,” the group’s…
“Pseudo-ordination”– UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
Well, there they go again. A New Jersey woman this weekend took part in a ceremony in which she says she was ordained a Catholic priest. From the Newark Star-Ledger: Last July, Mary Ann Schoettly was automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church after a ceremony that she says made her a deacon — a ceremony…
Carrie Prejean’s church welcomes her as a heroine
By
deacon greg kandra
A deacon in my diocese sent this my way: more on the swirling Carrie Prejean controversy. She was given a warm welcome Sunday at her local church: Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became the bombshell of the Miss USA pageant by saying gay couples should not be allowed to marry, said Sunday that her state…
Is this really such a good idea…?
By
deacon greg kandra
Reading over this latest bit of news, I’m thinking, “Um, no.”
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