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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
Fishwrap’s Sr. Maureen Fiedler’s little nutty about the appointment of Greg Burke. Fun!
Over at Fishwrap, the appointment of Greg Burke as the Holy See’s new Director of Communications has put the always-amusing Sr. Maureen Fiedler into a spittle-flecked nutty. This is pure fun. New Vatican spokesman follows the church’s latest trend by … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged Fox News, Greg Burke, Opus Dei, Sr. Maureen Fiedler
20 Comments
20 Comments
Vatican Secretariat of State creates new “Director of Communications” position and fills it with American Greg Burke
Okay, cat’s outta da bag. Vatican Insider finally has it. I’ve know about this for a while, but didn’t want to say anything about it. It seems that my friend in Greg Burke, formerly a Fox News correspondent in Rome, … Read More
I STAND WITH BENEDICT
A reader sent me a link to a short video made by some faithful young Catholics in Italy in support of Pope Benedict XVI. The group is “Noi per Benedetto“. We are for Benedict. It’s in Italian, but check it … Read More
Southern Baptists: Same-sex “rights” are NOT the same as civil rights
On all sides we hear from those who want to condone same-sex relationships as “marriage” that denial of marriage to same-sex couples is like denial of restaurant service to blacks in 1950’s Alabama. Do not be suckered into accepting that … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, One Man & One Woman, Religious Liberty, The future and our choices
Tagged Defense of Marriage, DOMA, HHS mandate, homosexuality, homosexuals, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, same-sex marriage, Southern Baptists, The First Gay President
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15 Comments
“He must increase. I must decrease.” A note on the Summer Solstice
Today is the Summer Solstice. From now, our northern hemispheric days get shorter, as the world’s tilt starts changing our daily/seasonal clocks. I wonder if the LCWR leadership have special plans tonight! An ancient Augustinian sermon made a connection between … Read More
A couple of good books
Better than any other approach a free market helps to raise large groups of people out of poverty and promotes happiness through earned rewards. During the recent Acton University I think an overarching theme of the talks and presentations was that those who … Read More
Vocations for Women Religious up in England
Here is some good news via CNS and The Catholic Herald. The number of women joining religious orders in England and Wales has almost tripled in the last three years, according to a June 13 article in England’s Catholic Herald newspaper that … Read More
Sr. Sandra Schneider’s NunThink, or, Why The CDF Is Picking On The Magisterium of Nuns
NunThink In the recent interview in the Fishwrap with the CDF’s Prefect Card. Levada, there were some fascinating things. He revealed quite a lot about the manner of work of the CDF, he admitted that he made a mistake, he … Read More
Card. Burke on the SSPX (video)
I am a little behind the curve on this, but I thought you might like to hear what His Eminence Raymond Card Burke has to say about the future (hopefully) reconciliation of the SSPX with the Roman Pontiff. [wp_youtube]fRcoaytPCa0[/wp_youtube] Benedict … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, The future and our choices
Tagged Benedict XVI, Bp. Fellay, C, Card. Burke, Pope of Christian Unity, SSPX
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6 Comments
Catholic Health Ass. reverses position?
Someone just sent me a copy of the CHA’s letter to the Health and Human Services Department (HHS) of The First Gay President’s administration. It seems that Sr Carol “GIVE BACK THAT PEN” Keehan, the CHA head and Pres. Obama’s … Read More
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