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In Data We Trust: Covid and the Limits of Control
When control is disguised as charity, and our authorities become dehumanizing. Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Christianity, covid19, face masks, government, science, Scripture, technology
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Covid Red and Covid Blue: Observations From A Local Catholic Pastor
Even Viruses Can Have Colors Continue reading
Civil Rights and Wrongs: America in the Wake of Bostock
The Court has once again decreed who is and is not free, but not in the manner it first appears. Continue reading
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Tagged black lives matter, Bostock vs Clayton, Catholic Church, Christianity, civil rights, gay, homosexuality, racism, transgender
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Our Very Authentic 2020 Easter
Below is my bulletin column for Easter Sunday, 2020: A Blessed and Joyous Easter to all of you! We are of course all very accustomed to typical Easter routines and rituals that are painfully and strangely absent this year. There … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Coronavirus, covid19, Easter Sunday, Jesus Christ, worship
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Palm Sunday: De-throning Corona
Here, a few days in advance, is my parish bulletin column for Palm Sunday. Start scouting out now the best branches in your yard in preparation for our great feast. Dear Friends at Saint Mary’s Immaculate Conception Parish and … Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, Coronavirus, covid19, holy week, Jesus Christ, palm sunday
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Dead Funerals
We need to ask ourselves if our current rituals are empty of real meaning. Continue reading
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Tagged burial, Catholic Church, cremation, dead, death, funerals, Liturgy, monastery
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Green and Christian
Why the Secular Green Movement Needs to Be Baptized Continue reading
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Tagged Catholic Church, climate change, creation, Fridays for Future, Green Movement, Greta Thunberg, Politics, Religion, UN Climate Sumit
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The Signs of the Times: What is Next for the Church in the West
God still loves the post-Christian West. He will not abandon it. Continue reading
Ending Clericalism
Ending clericalism is a call to personal self examination from the top of the hierarchy to the bottom. Continue reading
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Tagged amoris laetitia, Archbishop Vigano, Catholic Church, clergy abuse, clericalism, Pope Francis
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Silence That Unites, Silence that Divides
The Pope’s silence is on trial. Silence itself is on trial. Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop McCarrick, Archbishop Vigano, Catholic Church, clergy abuse, confessional seal, Pope Francis, Silence
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