As you know, or may not know, a group with apparent links to al-Qaeda has taken over Fallujah, Iraq. Promptly the predictable political game began as to who “lost” Fallujah, and maybe Iraq. I remember that game well. I remember the game well because I was sitting in some barracks in the USA when President […]
Archives for January 2014
One way to reach out to lapsed Christians
OK, look at the logo above. Now read a quote from the sermon that Pope Francis delivered on the Feast of Epiphany: I would like to tell all those who feel far from God and the church — and I say this respectfully to those who are afraid or indifferent: The Lord loves you and […]
Situational Ethics and Politics
An editorial writer named Ruben Navarrette, Jr, recently wrote an article that I found to be most enlightening. Ruben is a Mexican-American editorial writer who generally tends conservative. He followed the Duck Dynasty controversy and then watched the controversy over the Romney adoption jokes on MSNBC. It was watching those two back to back that […]
On preparation for service to the Church
Recently Pope Francis spoke at the end of the 82nd General Assembly of the Union of Superiors General of religious men. With permission, he allowed notes to be taken and published by La Civiltà Cattolica, an Italian Jesuit magazine. The interview was published in the first issue of 2014 and is available in three languages. […]
Justice Sotomayor and protecting the Church
On New Year’s Eve, Sotomayor granted the Denver nursing home a last-minute, temporary reprieve from the health care law requirement that health coverage for employees include contraception. She will now have to decide whether to keep the temporary order in place, dissolve it, or take the issue to the other justices, who could decide to […]
So tired myths about Christian holy days
I had a wonderful Christmas. My wife and I spent time with kids, kids-in-law, and grandkids. We gained weight (oops), but it was delicious weight. Unfortunately, we also had to hear again about how (haw, haw) Christians took over a pagan celebration in order to convince the dumb pagans that there was really no change. […]
