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awelborn
From Commonweal, Frans Jozef van Beeck, SJ on denying Communion to pro-abortion politicians In this situation, where do I stand? As a priest-theologian, I do not worship the church. Rather, I suffer with it, as family members do with family. Nor am I a political agent. I rarely indicate my views on current issues. Blaming…
More Grist
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awelborn
From Sidney Callahan: I voted for George W. Bush and I’m heartily sorry now. My support was motivated by prolife convictions, but so is my present dismay. I opted for Bush in 2000 because I thought he’d try to protect embryonic life in and out of the womb, and also support faith-based social initiatives. As…
Lots’ of grist
By
awelborn
for the mill in the issue of Commonweal that’s currently online. First, a piece by Orthodox writer John Garvey, who always has interesting things to say: Here we are: back at polytheism. All these gods—mine, yours, hers, his, theirs—are the result of a combination of secularism gone to an extreme, combined with individualism and a…
Exempt?
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awelborn
The Spectator Online runs a piece about a couple of recent non-profit related issues If the New York Times and NPR have their way, Christians may soon long for the days of hungry lions and syphilitic Roman emperors. The Scylla and Charybdis of respectable opinion have all but begged the Internal Revenue Service to open…
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