Thursday, April 29, 2010

Richard Sipe Calls on Pope Benedict to Resign

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  I began today posting an excerpt from Richard Sipe's latest article at NCR, analyzing the roots of the abuse crisis. And now as the d...

Catholic Abuse Crisis, Argument and Counter-Argument: Weighing the Moral Norms

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Since the conversation continues—and heatedly so, but with more heat than light ensuing—let’s try it from another angle.  I want to return...

Richard Sipe on Rigidity, Submission, and Psychosexual Immaturity as Precondition for Power in Catholic Clerical System

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Richard Sipe writing at National Catholic Reporter about how the unholy trinity of lies, secrets, and power around which clericalism rev...
Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Jim Burroway on Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law: We Are All Mexicans

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Jim Burroway at Box Turtle Bulletin has a very fine series of articles ( here and here ) about Arizona's new anti-immigrant law, ent...

For National Poetry Month: James Applewhite, "Good as Dad"

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His name is always Don or Bo or Bud Or Jesse.  He doesn't know Mozart from dog fart. He refers to blacks as 'em .  "I seen ...

Aging and Learning: The Gift of Fallibility

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I’ve noted recently on this blog that I’m growing older.  Just a little bit, maybe?  I’ve talked about turning 60 just a little bit perhap...

John McNeill on the Theology of Fallibility and Urgent Need for Catholic Reformation: Judaism and Christianity as Religions of the Collapsing Temple

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 John McNeill continues to post provocative (and prophetic) theological statements on his new Spiritual Transformation blog.  The latest i...