Monday, October 10, 2011

Thomas Aquinas, Natural Law, and Occupy Wall Street

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This could well be a sign held by an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator:  Those things which some possess in excess of reasonable ne...
Sunday, October 9, 2011

News Tidbits: Maddow on Gay Marriage, Alabama Immigration Law, Occupy Wall Street

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A number of disparate news stories that have caught my eye in recent days, which I'd like to mention as the week ends: 1. I like ...

Weekend Resources to Feed the Spirit: Phil Ewing on Desmond Tutu, Tom Beaudoin on Occupy Wall Street

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Food for the spirit at the end of a long week: At her beautiful Blue-Eyed Ennis site, Phil Ewing posted two tributes to Desmond Tut...
Saturday, October 8, 2011

Daniel Maguire Gets the Commonweal Crowd Right

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And speaking of centrist Catholic opinion makers who predictably tack right while they inform us that they and they alone represent wha...

John Allen on Religious Freedom: Premier Catholic Concern of 2011

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Remember how, when 2011 began, I started blogging about the sudden discovery of the notion of religious freedom by Catholic pastoral le...

I Meet (and Re-Meet) Cousins

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I don't think I've blogged about this yet, but the past few weeks have been interesting ones of reconnecting to cousins I haven...
Friday, October 7, 2011

Quote for Day: Jay Michaelson on Queer Discernment and the Huck Finn Moment

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Quote for today: Jay Michaelson writing at Religion Dispatches about tshuvah , the call to repentance during Yom Kippur, and the dange...