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Daily Archives: 16 August 2006
Telling on “Live To Tell”
NPR aired a commentary today by Donna Freitas, religion professor at St. Michael’s College in Vermont. While I paused for the train to pass by, Freitas took a favorable view of Madonna’s cross and crown pose for “Live To Tell.” … Continue reading
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“A Complete Mess”
No, not the situation in the Catholic Church. And not the situation in the early solar system. The IAU committee has unveiled a brilliant plan to teach school kids that our sun now has twelve planets. Here’s a link, plus … Continue reading
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Lumen Gentium 5
Relying on images of the Gospels and Acts, the Church’s story as a visible reality commences: The mystery of the holy Church is manifest in its very foundation. The Lord Jesus set it on its course by preaching the Good … Continue reading
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The Only Good War is a Good War … or Maybe Not
Amy links a First Things editorial noting the divide between a conservative Catholic approach to war and what the pope’s been saying. Pope Benedict, who spent his formative years in the crucible of war-torn Europe, might know a thing or … Continue reading
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Gerasimos and the Lion: Monks and Animals
Hopefully, nobody takes the title of this post as a sign that Catholic Sensibility has definitively “jumped the shark.” I really believe that the relationship of desert monks and animals can teach us important spiritual lessons about restraint and eschatology. … Continue reading
Brother Roger
Today, as the Pope recognized during his weekly Audience, is the first anniversary of Brother Roger’s death. The website of Taizé says that it will be “observed in a very simple way” with a celebration of the Eucharist at the … Continue reading
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Catholic Sensibility 
Moving Past Shock
An AP writer speculates a California bishop could face misdemeanor charges for a three-day delay in reporting a sex predator priest. This is from Kim Curtis’ article: State law requires priests and others to report child sexual abuse “immediately or … Continue reading →