Archive for the ‘Christianity’ Category
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Defending Religious Freedom in the Middle East
Posted on March 23, 2015
It turns out, Saddam Hussein was actually pretty good for the Christians in Iraq. That’s just one of the ironies of our efforts to dislodge him a decade ago. Watching...
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Happy Birthday to Thomas Aquinas!
Posted on January 28, 2015
Eight centuries ago, Thomas Aquinas was born. I am not an Aquinas scholar, as I suspect most of you are not. But we all owe a debt to this brilliant...
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An Update: Sam the Dog Does Have a Soul
Posted on December 12, 2014
So, several years ago, I wrote a post about Sam the Dog. Sam was my favorite Labrador retriever. And he died. Here is what I wrote about Sam then: My...
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Sunday Homily
Posted on September 28, 2014
I asked Father Riffle, my Parish priest, to reconstruct a homily that he gave a couple of weeks ago at Mass because I wanted to share it with you. ...
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Somebody Has To Protect The World’s Christians
Posted on August 7, 2014
Joseph Stalin famously asked how many divisions did the Pope have? That question is becoming more and more important these days. How many divisions does Christianity have?...
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