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Pope Francis and an Open Catholic Church 0 (0)

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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Lent 2023: Prayer and Prepping For Easter 0 (0)

This post should be online just after midnight, on the morning of Ash Wednesday. Meanwhile, New Orleans will have almost six hours of their Mardi Gras left. There’s a reason for that, and it’s not that New Orleans Mardi Gras … Continue reading

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The Immaculate Conception and a Legacy of Valor 0 (0)

(From Thomas Cole, via Museum of Fine Arts, Boston & Wikimedia Commons, used w/o permission.) (“Expulsion from the Garden of Eden,” Thomas Cole. (1828)) We celebrated the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary this Wednesday. It’s … Continue reading

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Remembering 9/11: Death, Daft Ideas and a Tree 0 (0)

These days, September 11th is mostly remembered as the date of the 9/11 attacks. But that’s not the only ‘on this day in history’ incident from my country’s history. The Halve Maen, for example, a Dutch East India Company vlieboot, … Continue reading

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Evolution: Science, Religion, Opinions and Me 0 (0)

The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research has learned that more than half of all Americans think evolution is real. Seems that 2016 was the tipping point. That’s when my country, on average, decided to step into the late … Continue reading

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