Monthly Archives: May 2008

The Secular Messiah Comes

Or, the Gospel of Barack Obama, by Mark Shea. This article is over-the-top, but amazingly, the most over-the-top quotes are real ones from real people who are putting Obama on the level of the divine. Excerpts: Gary Hart: “He is … Continue reading

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Nicolaus Copernicus Was a Catholic Priest

How is it that I never knew this before? I heard it recently and looked it up: Sure enough, the first man to formulate a scientific heliocentric cosmology (yes, before Galileo) was Nicolaus Copernicus, a Catholic priest. For more on … Continue reading

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TAL Walk for Life–man oh man oh man!

Okay, everybody, you’re doing a great job! My TAL Walk pledges are now up to $855. You’ve already helped me beat my goal of $500, and now I’m getting excited. Why now $1000? If you haven’t pledged me yet, and … Continue reading

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Drawing the Tree of Christianity

Bryan Cross at Principium Unitatis (such a cool name), whose blog is dedicated to restoring Christian unity, made another excellent post about all the “denominations” within Christianity, specifically asking the question: Are these splits branches within the Church or are … Continue reading

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Cardinal Rode Celebrates Mass in Honor of Father Maciel

Cardinal Rode (I think it is pronounced Row-DAY), the Prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life celebrated Mass for the Legionaries in Rome a few months ago and was greatly encouraging in his … Continue reading

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