Friday, November 29, 2013

Pope Francis's Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium: Reflections from a Nobody Who Isn't Even in the Room

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I've struggled for several days now to write something about Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation   Evangelii Gaudium .  I have...
Monday, November 25, 2013

Outcry in Louisville about University Hospital's Healthcare Plan Following Merger with Kentucky One/Catholic Health Initiatives

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Another eye-catching item in today's news: as Laura Ungar reports for Louisville Courier-Journal,  the American Civil Libertie...

Breaking News: Four New Indictments of Adults in Steubenville Rape Case

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AP is reporting  (and see CNN's report ) this morning that there are four more indictments in the Steubenville rape case, in whic...

More on Linda Woodhead's Survey of What British Catholics Actually Believe: The "Big Con" of Magisterial Teaching about Sexual Morality

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Prof. Linda Woodhead At Religion Dispatches, Linda Woodhead  reprises the summary of her recent research findings regarding what Br...
Saturday, November 23, 2013

Note to Readers: Apologies for Slowness in Acknowledging Your Comments

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A quick note to readers who have left comments here in the past several days: for a number of reasons, I'm running behind lately, and h...

In the News: George Zimmerman, Obamacare, Chris Christie, Paul Ryan, and Moral Sickness of Cultures

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News commentary about disparate topics (though interconnected ones, to my way of thinking) that has caught my eye this week:

Bishop Paprocki's Failed Exorcism Stunt and Moral Arc of History: More Commentary

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Fred Clark thinks that Bishop Thomas Paprocki's recent exorcism failed. It was set up to prove the superiority of his episcopal po...