Tim Staples, Steve Ray and a room full of young people.
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November 2012
Good morning class. Our canon law topic for today is irregularity for the exercise of orders arising from mutilation. As you know: Canon 1041 states “The following are irregular for receiving orders: . . . n. 5. A person who has mutilated himself or another gravely and maliciously or who has attempted suicide.” Canon 1044 [...]
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The Cross & the Crucifix (From a letter Steve wrote to a Evangelical Protestant who asked about the Catholic Crucifix) Dear Evangelical Friend: You display a bare cross in your home; we display the cross and the crucifix. What is the difference and why? The cross is an upright post with a crossbeam in the [...]
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New post on In the Light of the Law by Dr. Ed Peters Some thoughts on a possible papal pardon for Paolo Gabriele by Dr. Edward Peters The ink was hardly dry on Paolo Gabriele’s conviction last month for stealing hundreds of confidential documents out of Pope Benedict XVI’s personal quarters when there was open [...]
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That’s why I always where my San Damiano Cross. It is colorful and catches people’s eye. Even yesterday while traveling two people commented. My response is always, “Thanks, I wear it proudly as a Catholic!” Invariably an interesting discussion ensues. An atheist once asked why he should become Catholic. What fun! Yesterday two people at [...]
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According to exit polls, Barack Obama was re-elected last night with the majority of the Catholic vote. From Politico: “Although he again lost Protestant voters to his GOP opponent, Obama held onto his advantages among Catholic and Jewish voters. He won 70 percent of the Jewish vote, down from 78 percent in 2008, and he [...]
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The guys at Glue Society (Warning: not all of their stuff is edifying) have provided some unique Google Earth shots from biblical times including the creation of the Garden of Eden, the Crucifixion, the landing of Noah’s Ark on Mount Ararat and now (to the left) Moses Crossing the Red Sea. You can see them [...]
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George Weigel, Sifting through the Wreckage James Schall, A Watershed Election. A Weimar Election? Phil Lawler, To Fix the American Political System, First Fix the American Culture
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This is an amazingly disgusting video that shows the “intelligence” of much of our “informed” electorate. How did Obama get elected? This explains some of it. It is hard to out vote Santa Claus amd free stuff. Lord, help us. Some surveys inform us that 71% of Hispanics (mostly supposedly Catholics) voted for Obama, NOT [...]
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I am disgusted with the United States. Our country is horribly divided. There will be no recovery from another Obama term. It’s hard not to think this could be Divine judgment on this land. Do we get what we as a nation deserve? With half of America blind, foolish and selfish enough to give this [...]
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DAY 13, PART 1: DAY 13, PART 2: .
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The Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano where bread and wine turned to living human flesh and blood in the hands of a doubting priest in the 8th century. Then to Manoppello to see the face of God as miraculously imposed on the face cloth of Jesus, discovered by Sts. Peter and John on theorizing of Jesus’ [...]
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One half flew home and one half (90 people) flew on the begin our Rome extension. See our first day in Rome HERE.
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