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Yearly Archives: 2010
Rahab and the Condom Conundrum
We read in book of Joshua that the non-Jewish harlot Rahab hid Jewish spies under bundles of flax from her roof (Joshua 2:6). The fact that a harlot gave help to the Jewish spies is not to be taken as … Read More
Buying stuff for Christmas from monasteries and relgious
Given that this is the day when US retail stores hope to move into the black, thus “Black Friday”, I think we can give some attention to our own Christmas gift shopping here. I think some monasteries and religious houses … Read More
WSJ Opinion piece about the book interview with Pope Benedict
The Wall Street Journal has an article by Francis X. Rocca about Light of the World, the book-length interview with Benedict XVI. I wouldn’t really call this piece a “review” of the book. It is more an opinion piece and … Read More
Your good news and yesterday’s events
What is your good news? Did you, in the USA, have a good day yesterday? For my part, I ate a bird. This time it was duck.
NCFishwrap: Getting it wrong about people who are getting it right.
When it comes to the Condom Conundrum the National Catholic Fishwrap is in full twit about the Pope’s comments concerning condoms. A couple days ago I nicknamed this dust up the “Condom Conundrum”. I see that this is being picked … Read More
Remember: The Pope knew what he was doing
I posted this: The Pope knew what he was setting off His Hermeneuticalness has a good piece about this too. Molotov cocktail of planetary magnitude Consider two points. The sharp repression of Modernism in the early 20th century probably lead … Read More
The Feeder Feed: getting cold edition
It has been a while since I have posted photos of the feeders at home. I have the Z-Cam going with Radio Sabina now. There are views of the feeders, which I occasionally shift. The Chickadees and Nuthatches have definitively … Read More
China consecrates a bishop. Canonist Ed Peters comments.
I would like today to remind Catholic readers in America, especially, to be thankful for the blessings of a still society and the still free exercise of religion. You have probably heard that there was a consecration of a bishop … Read More
Card. Burke’s first big sermon as Cardinal S.R.E.
From a sermon of now Cardinal Burke for the feast of St. Cecilia, virgin and martyr. This was at the North American College as Mass of Thanksgiving for having been made cardinal. Note the attention given not just to St. … Read More
Fishwrap getting Condom Conundrum wrong, but with a surprise!
When it comes to the Condom Conundrum the National Catholic Fishwrap‘s commentators are living down to our expectations. To wit one Phyllis Zagano who is “senior research associate-in-residence at Hofstra University and author of several books in Catholic Studies. Her … Read More
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