Category Archives: Being Catholic

Trying to live as if loving God, and my neighbors, matters

Pope Francis, Politics and Being Catholic: Briefly

Pope Francis criticized (some) Catholics in my country. If I had any sense, and was trying to make A Catholic Citizen in America famous, influential, profitable or some combination of those qualities, I’d have long since picked an earnestly wacky … Continue reading

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India: Fourth on the Moon, First near Lunar South Pole

India became the fourth nation to land on Earth’s Moon this week. And the first to land near the Lunar south pole. This is a very big deal. So, in a different way, was the “abnormal situation” that turned Russia’s … Continue reading

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Pope Francis and an Open Catholic Church

On his way back from World Youth Day in Lisbon, Pope Francis said that folks who aren’t perfect can be Catholics. Since he was a tad more specific in how he expressed the idea, we got headlines like this: “Pope … Continue reading

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Shylock, Salanio, Shakespeare, and Stage Stereotypes

On this date in 1598 William Shakespeare submitted “The Merchant of Venice” to the authorities. The play was entered in the Stationers’ Register as “The Marchaunt of Venyce or otherwise called The Jewe of Venyce”. Before I say anything else, … Continue reading

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Storytelling, Imaginary Worlds and Being Human

Storytelling is a very “human” thing. But not all of us are storytellers. And some of us don’t even care for reading stories. Which is just as well, since we’re not supposed to be all alike. “Fiction is Lies” Most … Continue reading

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