Archive for the ‘Catholicism’ Category
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They Do Have to Live Like Refugees
Posted on November 18, 2015
It was Tom Petty who sang, “You see you don’t have to live like a refugee (don’t have to live like a refugee).” Unfortunately, for millions of people who live...
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America’s Existential Crisis
Posted on November 13, 2015
I wasn’t smart enough to major in Philosophy when I was in college. I was never patient enough to wade through Hegal or willing to take the vow of poverty...
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White Smoke and Paul Ryan
Posted on October 21, 2015
(Published in the Christian Science Monitor) I had just returned from my son’s baseball practice when a friend texted me with a link to the Wikipedia page about Papal White...
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The John Boehner Show
Posted on September 24, 2015
From the very beginning, it was the John Boehner show. It was the embattled Republican Speaker of the House who invited Pope Francis to the Capitol. It was the Xavier...
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Paul Ryan, Pope Francis and a New Approach to Fighting Poverty
Posted on September 23, 2015
On the eve of the Pope’s visit to Washington, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan announced that he would moderate a panel of Presidential candidates in South Carolina with...
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