Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Belgian Primate Léonard Continues Careening Down Wrong Side of Highway: Disingenuousness of Catholic Conservatives' Attempts to Deny Implications of Rhetoric of Homosexual Disorder

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I've noted repeatedly on this blog that there's a strong strategy among conservative Catholics today to deny that the Catholic magis...

Numbers Game Flops in Spain, Papal Apologists Still Spin

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And so here's what happens when you play the numbers game (and here ) to prove how well the church  is kicking butt through its stell...
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

For Fall: A Couplet of Haikus

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Falling One leaf more Falling down: No sound. Just the bore, One leaf more.

Joy to the World: McDonald's and the Christmas Message

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Saturday, on our way to an early-morning meeting, Steve and I decide to stop at McDonald’s for a quick bite to eat, as the first frost of ...
Monday, November 8, 2010

Fall Arrives: Hope in the Turning of the World

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You may have noticed.   I need some levity these days.  And the last place I expected to find it was at the dentist’s office last Thursda...

NCR Places Urban Monk Shane Claiborne in Limelight Again: Questions Continue about His Views re: the "Gay Problem"

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And--somehow related to what I've just posted about the spectacle Catholicism is intent on making of itself these days--I wonder about...

Kings, and Queens, and Awe-Filled Restorationist Catholicism: We're Baaack!

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The headlines alone are almost worth the rollercoaster ride.  I'm talking about the rollercoaster ride of yet another top-dollar, resple...