Interesting article at http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/tobyharnden/100020934/barack-obama-gets-an-f-for-protecting-americans/ This president is WAY over his head — and we still have three years to go. Lord, have mercy!
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December 2009
I will be on two radio shows this week to discuss the Holy Family for their Feast Day which we celebrated on Sunday. Their life was very different from ours and I will take you on a walk through “A Day in the Life of the Holy Family.” Having been to the Holy Land over [...]
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Carl Olsen of Ignatius Press always asks authors for their favorite books of 2009. The lists he has compiled will be posted in a few days on IgnatiusInsight. I offered my own unconventional list, as follows: Hello Carl: My list follows. Since I have been writing Scripture commentaries for www.CatholicScriptureStudy.com and studying the lands of [...]
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If you haven’t gone out to the cinema to see BLIND SIDE yet, then get the your keys and your kids and GO! We saw it today with our daughter Emily and her friend Sean. We were moved to tears again and again. It is a very Catholic movie, though it was not produced by [...]
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Woman knocks down Pope, cardinal at Christmas Eve Mass A woman, apparently deranged, charged at Pope Benedict during the entrance processional at Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica, knocking down the Holy Father and Cardinal Roger Etchegaray. Pope Benedict, apparently uninjured, got up and celebrated the Mass; Cardinal Etchegaray, the 87-year-old vice dean of [...]
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Francis Kang is a thinker from Chinese heritage. We met in San Francisco. He has an interesting genealogical story here, but you will probably be most interested in his conversion story The Church and I.
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US bishops: Oppose Senate health care legislation until moral deficiencies are addressed Denouncing current Senate health care legislation as deficient because it provides federal funding for abortions and leaves Catholic hospitals and physicians bereft of conscience protection, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops emphasized in a December 22 letter that “until these fundamental flaws [...]
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… but get it now :-) A friend named Cheri who joined us on our November pilgrimage to the Holy Land highly recommended this book. Her kids loved it — and so did she. Here is her recommendation: I just had to share this awesome book with you that a friend recommended and I have [...]
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I was the guest on Catholic Answers Live Monday and Tuesday (repeat show) talking about the Nativity. The RealAudio link to the archived show is here and MP3 is here. Click here for other listening options. We began the show discussing what it was like for Mary and Joseph two thousand years ago, how the [...]
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I turn 55 years old on December 29, 2009. So exercising and a good diet are no longer an option. If I am going to be a good husband, dad and grandpa; if I am going to continue having unbounding energy and enthusiasm to serve the Lord and his Church — I HAVE to do [...]
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In a series of decrees issued on December 19, the Vatican has approved miracles allowing for the canonization of five people and the beatification of five others. The Vatican also recognized the 1984 death of Father Jerzy Popieluszko as a martyrdom, preparing the way for his beatification. The decrees, approved by Pope Benedict XVI during [...]
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Italian journalist reminds reader: Pope is not Al Gore http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=4949 Although the message of Pope Benedict XVI for the World Day of Peace places heavy emphasis on environmental concerns, Giuliano Gerrar of the Italian daily Il Foglio reminds his readers that the “green” approach favored by the Pope is very distant from the environmentalism espoused [...]
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UPDATE 12/19/09 from Ed Peters: Why is this Milingo case getting complicated? A new statement from the Holy See’s Press Office, if it has been accurately reported, is muddying the waters about the Church’s stand on the ability of schismatic bishops to confer holy orders. I’m looking for some clarity: http://www.canonlaw.info/2009/12/why-is-this-milingo-case-getting.html Archbishop Milingo stripped of [...]
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Someone just sent me a link to a talk I gave about salvation over a year ago. I can tell it was over a year ago because I look fat :-) I’ve lost 30 pounds since I gave that talk and it is funny seeing me back then. But anyway . . . . . [...]
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