Wednesday, August 31, 2016

A Reader Writes: "Taking Someone's Job Away Is An Aggressive Attack on the Individual" (So Why Does Pope Francis Say God Never Throws Anyone Away?)

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Joshua McElwee reports that in his weekly audience today, Pope Francis told those gathered in St. Peter's Square that God never ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

National Catholic Reporter Announces It Will Restrict Its Commenting Services, Due to "Dramatic Increase in Trolls and Disruptive Comments"

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Last week, I pointed you to some valuable (and worrisome) commentary about how trolls are trashing open discussion spaces online and...

Charles Pierce on Hispanic Catholics As Key to "Catholic Vote" in 2016 Elections

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Non-white Catholics are voting 71% for Clinton & 13% for Trump. @PRRIPoll — Thomas Reese, S.J. (@ThomasReeseSJ) August 28, 2016 ...
Monday, August 29, 2016

In New Jersey and Virginia, Lawsuits Filed Against Catholic Institutions Firing Gay Employees: Pretty Talk Not Getting Us Down the Road to Mercy and Justice

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Last week, I pointed you to a story recounted at the Bondings 2.0 website  about the firing of Paramus Catholic high school (New Jer...

In the News: Slight But Discernible Trend of White Catholics Away from Trump — What Does It Mean?

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The Blogger platform (which I use here) has a new feature that allows bloggers to designate a "featured post" on the blog...

Parramatta (Australia) Diocesan Newspaper Catholic Outlook Back Online, with Text of Bishop Vincent Long's Ann D. Clark Lecture Calling for Catholic Church to Reassess Approach to Gay Folks

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For those who may not have seen the note I added last night to my posting earlier yesterday noting that Bishop Vincent Long's An...
Sunday, August 28, 2016

Text of Bishop Vincent Long's Lecture Calling for Reassessment of Catholic Cruelty to Gay People Has Disappeared Again

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The text of Bishop Vincent Long's recent Ann D. Clark lecture in Penrith, Australia, about which I blogged recently , has once ag...