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Navigating Medjugorje

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:27:01 +0000

In which a reader asks how I look at the controversial “apparition”.

Vermont outlaws…

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:26:01 +0000

Battlestar Galactica.

WTF?:

Speaking of Which…

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:17:17 +0000

Ron Belgau, another chaste gay and completely orthodoxx Catholic, talks about transforming the conversation about homosexuality in the Church.

Prayer Requests

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:10:10 +0000

A reader who is currently separated from her husband would like prayers for her marriage:

I particularly appreciate prayers that God would touch and heal the heart and mind of my husband, and that I find the strength and peace I need to live according to God’s will no matter what the future holds.

Father, hear and grant her prayer through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. St. Joseph and Mother Mary, pray for this family’s complete healing.

Another reader writes:

Several people have written…

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:07:19 +0000

wondering if there was some sinister implication to my words about “not supposed to say ‘gay brownshirt’”. Were there Forces at Work behind the scenes? (Meaning “was Patheos trying to tell me what I can and can’t say?”)

The typically insightful Sherry Weddell writes…

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:03:24 +0000

“Agnostotheist” a term that Dan Savage uses on “This American Life” segment. Where he describes becoming aware that he was gay at 14 while at a Catholic high school for boys considering the priesthood. And immediately deciding that the Church has to be wrong.

The Church Year: May 18, 2012

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:51 +0000

Today is Friday of the 6th week of Easter. The liturgical color is white.

In the Extraordinary Form, the liturgical color for today is red.

Saints & Celebrations:

On May 18, in the Ordinary Form, we celebrate St. John I, pope and martyr. It is an optional memorial.

In the Extraordinary Form, we celebrate St. Venantius of Camerino, martyr, who died in A.D. about 250. It is a Class III day.

How Chemicals Change Us

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 07:01:37 +0000

…except contraceptives and abortificients, which are studiously ignored here. Those are Always Good and, even though they are linked to breast cancer, are Health Care and Catholics must be forced to pay for them at the point of a gun. Can’t say incorrect things that might endanger Unit Cohesion among the tribal readers of the Grey Lady.

Obama administration opposes military conscience protections

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:06:00 +0000

Washington D.C., May 18, 2012 / 01:06 am (EWTN News).-

President Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have objected to legislation that would protect military service members' religious freedom and bar "gay marriages" from military property.

Senator proposes adding prayer to WWII memorial

cnl — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:01:00 +0000

Washington D.C., May 18, 2012 / 12:01 am (CNA).- U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) has introduced a bill to place President Franklin D. Roosevelt's D-Day prayer on the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C.
“On D-Day, courageous Americans risked and sacrificed their lives to preserve our freedoms and end tyranny abroad,” said Portman. “That morning, President Roosevelt asked our nation to come together to pray for the men overseas.”