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Vaya con Dios
By
deacon greg kandra
This morning’s Dallas Morning News has an informative Q&A about Hispanics and religion, with Dr. David Maldonado Jr., director of the Center for the Study of Latino/a Christianity and Religions at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. He echoes a lot of what we’ve heard before — but it’s interesting to see this pop up in…
A saint for television
By
deacon greg kandra
For reasons both miraculous and mysterious, St. Clare is the official patroness of television. (It’s said that she could sometimes see mass being celebrated, in a vision, as if projected on her wall. The first wide-screen HDTV??) But she may be better known as the foundress of the Poor Clares, and as one of the…
Crossing the Tiber
By
deacon greg kandra
This morning, I stumbled across this good piece from a Tyler, Texas newspaper, about the conversion phenomenon commonly known as “Crossing the Tiber” — when Protestants become Catholic. With some prominent Americans — including a presidential candidate — among those who have crossed that river to Rome (symbolically, if not literally), the paper decided to…
“The way he accessorizes is infallible”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
My favorite Catholic comedian and close personal friend Stephen Colbert offered up this tip of the hat to our Holy Father last night, for making Esquire’s best-dressed list. It’s Friday. Kick back and enjoy.
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