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Papal Mass

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Yesterday I was blessed with the opportunity to attend the Papal Mass at Nationals Stadium. It was an awesome experience that I cannot well put into words.

It was an exercise in organized chaos. Thankfully everyone had assigned seats, or I cannot imagine the mess it would have been. We took Metro in, [...]

Scary numbers:

Monday, March 31st, 2008

According to the most recent figures from the Vatican yearbook of statistics, the number of the world’s population that are Muslims is 19.2%, with the number of Catholics trailing behind at 17.4 %. 1

This is attributed to the failure of Catholics and other Christians to reproduce, a failure that is not shared by Muslim families. [...]

PS

Monday, February 25th, 2008

On numerous occasions, I have heard Democrats mock President Bush’s speaking ability. Clearly, the man is not the world’s greatest public speaker. I do not know if he has an actual speech impediment or if he just does not care about the way he sounds, or if some mis-guided analyst focus-grouped things [...]

Questions

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Do you really think our public schools are doing a good job? Keep in mind that most of the teacher’s union dollars go to the Democratic party.

Do you really want to see our medical system go the way of Canada or the UK? Keep in mind that 1/4 children in the UK cannot [...]

A Scary world

Thursday, February 7th, 2008

A U.S. Department of Education report, in compliance with the 2002 “No Child Left Behind” act, found that up to 10% of public school children across the country have been sexually abused or harassed by school employees and teachers.1

We, as a culture, are obsessed with abuse in the Church. It is a huge scandal, [...]

A reason to worry

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

Despite his pro-life stand, Senator John McCain is now the favored candidate of the Republicans for Choice Action Committee following Rudy Giuliani’s exit from the presidential race, Cybercast News Service reports.1

CNA did not provide a link to the original article.

Catholic News Agency. “McCain endorsed by pro-abortion Republican group” 2008-02-06. http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=11710 ↩

Better than I thought

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008

As results were tallied, McCain led with 345 delegates, to 129 for Romney and 115 for Huckabee. It takes 1,191 to win the nomination at this summer’s convention in St. Paul, Minn.1

This surprised me. I had not realized that Mr. Huckabee was doing so well. Perhaps he was not, going into “Super Tuesday.” [...]

quote of the day

Friday, January 25th, 2008

“The fact that there is a great divide between what education ought to be and what it actually is suggests that there is someone who is benefiting from the status quo.” - Ms. Melinda Selmys1

Ms. Melinda Selmys. “The Cluelessness Crisis Part 1: The 5 Essentials of Education” The National Catholic Registrar. January [...]

quote of the day

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

“He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles. Do not be deceived, Wormwood. Our cause is never more in danger than when a human, no longer desiring, but still intending, to do [...]

Christianophobia

Monday, January 14th, 2008

The term has been used in a couple of UN documents, and the Europe for Christ! network has launched a .eu website to deal with it.1 Would such a term be useful in dealing with the liberals here? I suspect not.

Zenit.org “Where It’s Not Easy Being Christian” ZENIT. 2008-01-14 http://www.zenit.org/rssenglish-21492 ↩

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