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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Catholics and Public Life: toward a response to Pres Obama’s Act of Supremacy
There is a thought provoking piece at The Catholic Thing by Fr. James Schall, SJ, a professor at Georgetown. He muses about a future in which we will have to withdraw from participation in public life, or at least in … Read More
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Things Solar
There was a partial eclipse of the Sun today, Spaceweather reports, but you had to be in space to see it. More precisely, you had to be the Solar Dynamics Observatory in geosynchronous orbit 36,000 km above the surface of … Read More
For what it’s worth…
This popped into my head this morning. For what it’s worth… [wp_youtube]DIoKr9VDg3A[/wp_youtube]
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Religious Persecution and Martyrdom
A reader sent me this. It contains comments made by His Eminence Francis Card. George, Archbishop of Chicago. In 2010, Cardinal Francis George of Chicago outlined the degree to which he believed religious freedoms (in the United States and other … Read More
Summer 2012 – Norcia, Italy – Summer Programs
Since I sometimes listen to the office sung by the Benedictine Monks in Norcia, in gratitude I will post that they have a summer theology program coming up. The Saint Albert the Great Center for Scholastic Studies is an organization dedicated … Read More
Pres. Obama’s pro-abortion record chronicled
This is useful. LifeNews did a compilation of Pres. Obama’s promotion of abortion. HERE. As one of my correspondents quipped to me, the list is “longer than a menu at a Chinese restaurant”. Pres. Obama’s record concerning the promotion of … Read More
Holy See – Irish “relations”
The Irish government has confirmed a decision to close its embassy to the Holy See. Thus, the Irish Times. They are sticking to their excuse of budget cuts. Thus, AP. I would remind the Irish that there are more Catholics … Read More
QUAERITUR: De precum recitatione et potionis “coffeae” bibendo
Ex e-litteris nuper a lectore acceptis: Andreas philologus patri Z pacem Christi dicit: Consuetudo est mihi, pater optime, ad primam auroram Laudes offere. Cum habitem enim solus, etiam solus precor, ad quas autem preces nuper superadditum est aliquid alium, quod … Read More
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The burning of Giordano Bruno
During my years in Rome I came to loath the famous statue of Giordano Bruno in the Campo de’ Fiori, once the place of execution where he was burned. Bruno was a serious weird guy. He would have been a great … Read More
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