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• A Sign That Things Are About To Change At Boston College

  
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  Irelands prime minister Edna Kenny isnt the first abortion-rights proponent to be honored by the college. In Scott Brown , delivered the commencement address at the Boston College School of Law. In 2007, the law school invited Edward Markey —a Massachusetts Congressman with a 100% abortion rights voting record ...
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• John Bishops Only Joking Season 1 Episode 10

  
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  John stars in his own stand-up comedy show featuring a variety of famous faces and comedians. This week he is joined by Andi Osho, Roger Monkhouse and Warwick Davis. file host download links 180upload.com Download the Episode 180upload.com Download the Episode 180upload.com Download the Episode uploadc.com Download ...
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• Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan elects its 9th bishop

  
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  The Rev. Whayne Hougland, Jr., was elected at a special electing convention May 18 to be the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Western Michigan. Hougland, currently rector of St. Lukes Episcopal Church in Salisbury, N.C., was elected on the eighth ballot out of a field of four candidates. To be elected, a ...
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• Sandwich, Massachusetts Episcopal priest suspended for plagiarism

  
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  One of the Ten Commandments is "thou shall not steal," but an Episcopal priest has been suspended for allegedly lifting more than a dozen Sunday sermons verbatim from a book. The Rev. John E. McGinn, 65, who has led the 300-plus families at St. Johns Episcopal Church since 1993, was placed on administrative leave ...
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• FRIDAY POTPOURRI: WE ARE ONE BODY - ONE BODY IN CHRIST AND WE DO NOT STAND ALONE

  
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  Lumen Gentium paragraphs 22 and 23.   T here was an interesting show on NPR about a year or two ago talking about the Protestant Church movement and the decline of the mainline Churches.   They cited the uptick in startup Churches and were unable to give a convincing argument as to why people ...
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• U.S. Catholic Bishops Step Up Anti-Gay Efforts

  
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  While we continue to see sex abuse scandals exploding around the world - e.g., Australia and now Africa -  involving sexual predator priests and a Vatican orchestrated conspiracy to cover up crimes and protect child rapists what do the U. S. Catholic bishops focus their efforts on?  Stopping gay marriage and placing ...
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• Cardinal Sean O Malley, "Abortion A Crime Against Humanity "

  
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  Because the Gospel of Life is the centerpiece of the Church’s social doctrine and because we consider abortion a crime against humanity, the Catholic Bishops of the United States have asked that Catholic institutions not honor government officials or politicians who promote abortion with their laws and policies. ...
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• Fr. William Leahy, S.J. Reaffirmation

  
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  Bradley Schaeffer, SJ, rector of the Blessed Peter Faber Community; B.C. president William Leahy, SJ; Cardinal Seàn Patrick OMalley, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Boston; Steven Dillard, SJ, secretary for formation for the US Assistancy; Thomas Smolich, SJ, president of the Jesuit Conference Boston College has said it ...
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• Cardinal OMalley Says No To Boston College And Prime Minister Edna Kenny And Yes To The Unborn

  
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  Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the archbishop of the Boston Archdiocese, said today he would not attend Boston College’s commencement because the scheduled speaker, Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, supports controversial abortion-rights legislation in his country. In a statement released this afternoon, O’Malley ...
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• Caring for the Poor Is Up for Debate in the Catholic Church?

  
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  It’s graduation season, when pundits and politicians and poets take to the podiums at colleges and universities across the country. Some speakers are chosen because they are now-famous alums, others because they are believed to be Important People With Important Things to Say, and still others because they will be ...
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• My Comments on D-I-V-O-R-C-E and USCCB Bulletin Insert Attacking Marriage Equality

  
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  Heres a quick weekend footnote to comments I made this week about the U.S. Catholic bishops and the topic of divorce: in the posting Ive just linked, I wondered why the Catholic bishops want to continue pursuing an expensive, high-profile campaign against marriage equality when the biggest threat to the stability of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Another Bishop Under Fire

  
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  This latest episcopal misadventure has sort of a Mahony in February vibe. Or Bishop Bill, if you prefer. Given that Roberto Gonzalez Nieves is not a cardinal, but more than an Outback bishop, I suspect this will go less successfully for his 2014 Confirmation calendar than the Frequently Scheduled One. Perhaps ...
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• The Frequently Scheduled One

  
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  Grant Gallicho levels a devastating post on the Frequently Misspelled Scheduled One and the active ordinary of his archdiocese . And just when you thought the episcopal attack on the truth couldn’t get any more brazen: (Archbishop Gomez) does have the authority to say who presides over confirmations in the ...
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• FIRDAY POTPOURRI: MOM SAYS YOU HAVE TO LIKE ME NO MATTER WHAT

  
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  W e no longer have a legitimate pope and I look forward to that day when a true pope sits on the throne of Peter.   (Bet you never thought you’d read that here.)   That is not my sentiment however, but one that I come across now and then.   (As Christians we really are all over the board ...
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• A Living Church Article About a Bishop Lindsay Urwin Address on Mary

  
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  The annual Mass and meeting of the Society of Mary/American Region welcomed Bishop Lindsay Urwin as guest speaker and marked a transition in the society’s leadership. The society met May 3 and 4 at St. Stephen’s Church in Providence, Rhode Island, attracting visitors from across the East Coast and as far away as ...
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• Mary Elizabeth Williams about New USCCB Bulletin Insert Attacking Marriage Equality: Embarrassing and Stunning

  
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  At Salon, Mary Elizabeth Williams  takes on the document attacking marriage equality that the U.S. Catholic bishops have decided to insert in bulletins of Catholic parishes throughout the nation in May and June. Its "quite a corker," Williams finds. Williams takes on the claim of "nearly 500 unwed, celibate ...
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• Pope names Jesuit to lead Oakland diocese

  
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  Vatican City, May 3, 2013 / 04:25 am ( CNA/EWTN News ).- Pope Francis has appointed Jesuit Father Michael C. Barber the next bishop of the Oakland, California diocese . Bishop-designate Barber is currently the Director of Spiritual Formation at Saint John’s Seminary in Brighton, Mass. and has been serving in ...
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• Faith Groups Behind Minnesota Marriage Victory

  
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  While it is not yet a done deal, as noted in a post yesterday it appears that gay marriage may be enacted into law sometime net week - perhaps as early as Monday.  One of the interesting phenomenon in the movement towards full marriage equality is that increasingly some faith groups - the good Christians, if you will ...
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• Lincoln Still An Outlier

  
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  The 2012 annual report on the Charter is up at USCCB . Let’s consult a map: The USCCB president: I acknowledge with great appreciation all those who contributed time and effort to this significant achievement. At the same time, we also renew our steadfast resolution never to lessen our common commitment to ...
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• On Not Celebrating the Ascension

  
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  Catholics in England and Wales do not celebrate the Ascension today but on Sunday, 12 May. I have never yet met anyone who is enthusiastic about this change or who is convinced by the reasons given for it, but, loyal (…) Read the rest of this entry »
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