My good friend, Fr. Bruce Nieli, CSP, has an excellent July 4th reflection at Busted Halo: In a cultural climate such as the United States—where the sense of polarization along social, economic, political and religious lines seems to be the default posture— maintaining unity amidst great diversity has become a profound challenge. …
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Thurgood Marshall Centennial
http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2008/07/thurgood-marsha.htmlI just realized we let July 2 pass without mention the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thurgood Marshall. However 4th of July is a pretty good day to reflect on a couple of his thoughts. "A child born to a Black mother in a state like Mississippi...has exactly the same rights as a white baby born to the wealthiest person in the United States. …
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Building Community in a Big City
http://mirrorofjustice.blogs.com/mirrorofjustice/2008/07/building-commun.htmlStill in response to Rick's post on the assisted suicide story in Germany, it made me think of how many opportunities there are to reach out to people who are alone in our cities, not only to take care of their material needs, but also to help them feel that they are a part of a community in which they are both loved and needed. …
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Retro Cape Coral
http://retrocapecoral.blogspot.comThurgood Marshall Centennial
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FUMARE
http://fumare.blogspot.comthe Reagan administration." Kmiec's martyrdom over being denied communion is really tiring. If it happened, it was a mistake by the minister of communion, not a mistake of the Church. Professor Kmiec, put the martyr complex to bed, please. Thankfully, over at Mirror of Justice, Professor Rick Garnett of Notre Dame Law has a rebuttal which tears apart Kmiec's flimsy position. Here's to hoping that Kmiec takes Garnett's arguments seriously. UPDATE: In the comments, Buttercup alerts me to more from Kmiec. Over at National Review's The Corner, there is an exchange between Kmiec and
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Is "Catholics United" a New Kind of Politics?
http://opinionatedcatholic.blogspot.com/2008/07/is-catholic-...Mirrors of Justice
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Round-Up: Obama and the Faith-Based Initiative
http://blog.acton.org/archives/2389-Round-Up-Obama-and-the-F...Here’s a round-up of early reaction (to be updated as appropriate) to Obama’s speech about his proposed future for the faith-based initiative under his administration. Rev. Richard Cizik of the NAE (HT): “Mr. Obama’s position that religious organizations would not be able to consider religion in their hiring for such programs would constitute a deal-breaker for many evangelicals, said several evangelical leaders, who represent a political
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http://volokh.comBreakaway Episcopal Churches Win: Via Mirror of Justice I learn that the breakaway Episcopal churches in Virginia have won in the trial court. Summary here and here and here. There are some obvious implications of the judge's ruling for many mainline Protestant churches. I've followed the case in passing
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DONNA BRAZILE- People Interested in High Gas Prices Not Infanticide
http://opinionatedcatholic.blogspot.com/2008/06/donna-brazil...Oh My. Yes this Donna Brazile speaking. Louisiana's own contribution (by the way she was raised in Kenner not New Orleans Proper which I thought was interesting) to National Politics. A person that is "Catholic" that admitted back in 2000 that "Even I have trouble explaining to my family that we are not about killing babies." However I cannot get to much on Brazile and it is not because I like it a lot and admire her. But perhaps she is telling the truth.
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Retro Cape Coral
http://retrocapecoral.blogspot.comA Method of Study
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Do Churches Contribute to Urban Sprawl?
http://opinionatedcatholic.blogspot.com/2008/06/do-churches-...Mirrors of Justice
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http://www.yetanothermusicweblog.comdot. dot. dot Moments of Clarity Mirror of Justice Queen City Daily K-State Libraries: Service Status Rosserford.com Iowa Department of Transportation Vice magazine Chaos Theory Chris Boese's Weblog
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Call For Papers: Catholic Social Thought and the Law
http://www.ecogeos.com/call_for_papers_catholic_social_thoug...faithful citizenship and voting, the role of the American Catholic Church in public life, the duties of public officials, and the historical development of citizenship in Catholic social thought. [Mirror of Justice] Call for Papers: CST and Citizenship at Villanova Law: Among the questions to be addressed by the symposium are the responsibilities of citizenship in Catholic social teaching, the relationship between faithful citizenship and voting, the role of the American Catholic Church in public life, the duties of
