Am I a liberal now for sharing this… and agreeing with it?
I ask the question because the graphic’s source is the Occupy Democrats organization, not a group I might usually associate myself with. I love what Mark Shea said about …
Author: Rick
“Pope Francis’s remarks, though strong, even a bit exaggerated, in the prophetic manner, are best understood in the framework of Catholic social teaching.” (UPDATED)
There continues to be much buzz in the ‘sphere and in social media about Pope Francis and his strong criticism of free markets and capitalist economies. It’s easy to …
But what about…
I have encountered many who see Catholicism to be not only wrong in its theology but to in fact be a cult, a false faith, something to not only …
“Pope Francis does not reject capitalism”
With the headline of this post alone, I’ve probably lost a vast number of knee-jerkers who’ll not hear a tid-bit of anything that goes against what they perceive this …
“We would plainly talk about harvesting fetal parts as if we were talking about harvesting a field of corn.”
Abby Johnson, a former Director of a Planned Parenthood facility, has written a letter to Dr. Deborah Nucatola, the woman at the Center of the baby part harvesting scandal now …
“I knew which were the cases that were probably more likely to yield what we needed”
There’s a lot of talk today about hatred. About symbols and acts of hatred. About how we must remove any and all vestiges of hatred to right the wrong …
“Blind to any nobility”
Fr. James Schall is covering the confederate flag kerfuffle from what I see to be a unique, thoughtful and prophetic perspective: What I see appears to be a vengeful …
Beating the dead horse, necessarily
It’s an issue pushed to the forefront by the Supreme Court and it’s not going away anytime soon, despite the fatigue I suspect is settling in across the country …
“Truth has a way of dividing”
July 8, 2015
Catholic Thought, Courage, Culture, Justice, Moral Equivalence, Personal, Philosophy
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I was having lunch recently with family when someone mentioned being friends with a Christian who had made the decision to never make waves, who refused to give opinions, …
“The Bible is not so much a book, but a library”
Fr. Robert Barron takes on the Bible literalists and the critics who puff themselves up by critiquing the Bible through the literalist lens. Excellent stuff: Once I left …