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US Catholic Nuns upset at Vatican
Very recently I was involved in a ongoing discussion regarding the recent decision by the Vatican to clean up serious issues regarding disenting Catholic Nuns in the United States (full story here). The majority of the discussion revolved around the fact that some, and possibly many of these Nun’s felt hurt by the Vatican’s decision to reform them on the correct teachings of Abortion, End of Life Issues, and other issues stemming for legimate authority and morality. There was one woman in paticular who was confused and seemingly upset (not overly) that many in this dicussion was praising the Vatican’s decision. She felt that each is entitled to their own opinion, and that she struggled with some of the Church’s teachings herself. She believed that one could openly dissent on Church teachings and still be in communion with Christ. There were many good responses to this which I won’t rehash, but I have included my own contribution to this discussion.
Read MoreMedia Circus Distorts the Realty of U.S. Politics
The media circus which goes hand in hand with U.S. presidential elections has been underway for some time now. It’s simply amazing how much time and money is spent on this spectacle and it seems that it begins earlier and earlier with each new election campaign.
The actual election will not be held until November, but coverage began about a year before that. Each comment made by candidates is carefully scrutinized by political “experts,” and public opinion polls are held, it seems on a daily basis, to determine which candidate is doing best.
The media charade finally subsides after the election, when the nation soon discovers that, after all the hype and hoopla, very little actually changes.
Read MoreDenver Priest says Tridentine Mass outside of Planned Parenthood
Photo by James Baca/Denver Catholic Register
DENVER, CO, April 23, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Prayerbooks, rosaries, and pro-life pamphlets are a common sight outside Planned Parenthood’s massive facility in downtown Denver, but this year, local organizers of this spring’s Forty Days for Life campaign decided that one last piece was missing to bring the light of Christ to the country’s second largest abortion facility: the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
Read MoreAn abortion debate.
The above picture sparked a heated debate on facebook, here is the debate below, and just how far gone our society is. I have removed the last name from the people in this thread, and my name is Christopher in Bold.
Read MoreAn Abortion Debate
The above picture sparked a heated debate on facebook, here is the debate below, and just how far gone our society is.
Read MoreVatican to clean up Feminist Nuns
In hard-hitting document Vatican launches clean-up of feminist nuns in United States
by John-Henry Westen
WASHINGTON, April 18, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) has launched a 5-year reform of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), the association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States representing more than 80 percent of the 57,000 women religious (nuns) in the country.
Read MoreSSPX Nearing Agreement with Holy See?
https://rorate-caeli.blogspot.ca/2012/04/urgentfor-record-le-figaro-rome-and.html Rome and Écône on the verge of reaching an agreement by Jean-Marie Guénois Updated on April 13, 2012 20:37 (1837 GMT)| published April 13, 2012 19:45 (1745 GMT) The signing of a document establishing relations between the Holy See and the disciples of Abp. Lefebvre is a matter of days. Officially, the…
Read MoreReligiON & ReligiOFF
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/badcatholic/2012/04/religion-religioff.html
The phenomenon of online-misery can be achieved by:
a) Reading the news.
b) Caring about the news.
c) Trolling Planned Parenthood’s Facebook for 2 or 3 minutes (can we have a day for that? (International Rick Roll Planned Parenthood Day?))
But do not despair! There is one pasture in the waste land, one myrrh-scented site guaranteed to lift the spirit back to the transcendent. I speaketh, of courseth, of r/atheism.
For those of you normal, healthy people unaware of the world of Reddit, I’ll make r/atheism simple for you — it’s where my atheist brothers and sisters post their really great ideas, observations, memes, and polemics. Like this:
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