Aug
28
On Bl. Terese of Calcutta
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I have spent a lot of time trying to decide how to address this topic. It is not what I had originally planed but I think it achieves my intention.
A great commotion has been made regarding new revelations that Bl. Teresa of Calcutta struggled spiritually. Though not expected, this is not terribly surprising to me. [...]
Aug
20
Human Rights in China
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the greatest socio-political achievement of that century was the defeat of a system that dominated its political landscape
Aug
17
The CD turns 25
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The CD turns 25 today. CNN.com has an informative article on the research and development behind the shiny disc. The article also discusses the declining sales of the CD. I purchased 3 CD’s earlier this year. Even with those three, I can likely count all of the CD’s I have bought in the last 5 [...]
Aug
14
At long last
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The Pope, today, appointed Bishop Robert Baker of Charleston, SC to the diocese of Birmingham, AL, ending the longest US vacancy in memorable history, 27 months.
Bishop Baker was born 4 June 1944 in Willard, OH (Diocese of Toledo) and ordained to the Priesthood 21 March 1970 for the Diocese of St. Augustine, FL. He received [...]
Aug
14
Another one bites the dust
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It was announced yesterday that the organizers of the Vuelta a España are withdrawing the invitation of the Astana team. The team was thrown out of the Tour de France last month for doping after team leader Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ) tested positive for two types of red blood cells. Team members Andrey Kashechkin (KAZ) and [...]
Aug
11
…if not love?
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A lot happened this week, both for me personally and for the Church. I had hoped to get this up sooner but only just now have time to write and my domain transfer finished last night so I can begin publishing my new blog.
First, Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger of France was called to his eternal reward [...]
Aug
5
A long time coming.
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It has been for some time that I have wanted to start a blog. I did briefly last fall but quickly stopped posting to it after only a few weeks. Keeping up with it was made difficult by the fact that I was using iWeb to maintain it, making posting rather difficult as I [...]