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Boston College seniors are the latest culture war casualties
Catholic Democrats president Steve Krueger writes that Cardinal Sean O'Malley's decision to boycott Monday's Boston College commencement is not just disrespectful of women but a fundamental misreading of the bishops' own guidelines. "What the Catholic Church needs today is love -- not more enforcement. Perhaps if we all asked ourselves why the selection of Pope Francis has, by all accounts, animated the hearts and imagination of Catholics, and people of good will throughout the world, we might find a consensus direction for building the culture of a more caring Church and society that will put the matter of both politicizing the Eucharist and boycotting ceremonies of such venerable Catholic institutions as Boston College behind us." more » |
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Pope Francis condemns "cult of money"
Speaking to diplomats at the Vatican, Pope Francis said this week that life had become worse for people in both rich and poor countries in recent years. In a biblical reference, the pontiff said the "worship of the golden calf" of old had found a new and heartless image in the current cult of money. He added that reforms were urgently needed as poverty was becoming more and more evident. People struggled to live, and frequently in an undignified way, under the dictatorship of an economy which lacked any real human goal, Pope Francis said. more » |
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Is freedom of discussion a Catholic value?
Professor David O'Brien writes in the "On Faith" blog of the Washington Post that the Church should think twice before criticizing the Irish government, given the horrendous suffering endured by the Irish people at the hands of Catholic institutions. Foreclosing freedom of discussion seems like a particularly inappropriate means for bishops who want to throw their weight around. more » |
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Please Read: US Catholic
Bishops' "Faithful Citizenship"
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"He gave us strength in time of trouble, wisdom in time of uncertainty, and sharing in time of happiness. He will always be by our side...[May he] be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. Those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. As he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him:
Some men see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not."Sen Edward M. Kennedy (1932-2009)
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"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America: They will be met.
"On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
"On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics."
Inaugural Address, President Obama
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