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Over a cartoon
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awelborn
In Nigeria, Muslims go on a rampage and target Christians Nigerian Muslims protesting caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad attacked Christians and burned churches on Saturday, killing at least 15 people in the deadliest confrontation yet in the whirlwind of Muslim anger over the drawings.
Nothing like…
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awelborn
…cleaning out your email and (re)discovering correspondence about an assigment you’d agreed to, and that you had really thought you could manage at the beginning of the month and which you’d mentally planned out to do at the same time as you were doing your other, sudden, semi-big project…and then forgotten completely about in the…
Bishops in the news
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awelborn
Here’s Archbishop Niederaurer’s homily at his installation Mass as Archbishop of SF Here is where misunderstandings and conflicts can arise. In the many moral dilemmas that face them today, Catholic look to their Church, to their faith, to be a compass, not a weathervane. The Church must point toward the true North of God’s loving…
The Globe issues its instructions
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awelborn
…to the bishops of Massachusetts, in the matter of adoption: While respecting the church’s right to its opinion, it has become increasingly hard to demonstrate what harm might come from gay adoptions. Many studies, including a 2004 article in the journal Child Development, research from 2002 by the Child Welfare League of America, and a…
Recusants at Holy Cross
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awelborn
A special exhibit: Though all the objects that will be displayed at Holy Cross hold considerable historical significance, the chalice is at the center of the exhibit. The cup, which is on loan to Holy Cross from Stonyhurst College in Lancashire, England, is one of at least 10 that were produced by Albert Moore, a…
Crucify Me
By
awelborn
Not quite "Dancing with the Stars:" THE Scottish TV presenter and journalist Dominik Diamond is considering undergoing physical crucifixion as part of a controversial television documentary about Christianity. Diamond, once a committed Christian, will try to rediscover his faith in a journey from Scotland, via the Vatican and Italy, to the Philippines, where Christians celebrate…
On missing the point
By
awelborn
I swear I wasn’t looking for this, but rather ran across it in a Lexis-Nexis browsing session. It’s from The Financial Times, (1/28 edition) available only to subscribers – a piece by travel writer Fiona Dunlop, who took an Angels and Demons tour in Rome. And found something lacking. It is the start of the…
Tragedy in the Philippines
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awelborn
Another unimaginable moment – a mountain moving, sliding, burying hundreds. God rest their souls. A news story From AsiaNews: Fr Gohetia said: “This is a possibility because the region was in full activity: schools were open, as were shops. Now everything is covered by mud and we have no definite news about the 375 families…
You’re loooking swell
By
awelborn
Some things just make you laugh until you weep.
Roaming Roman
By
awelborn
…is trying to make me think I want to go to Rome… beautiful churches…empty streets! When were you out? 4 am?
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