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- Neighborhood Walk (2)
Gen X Revert: "My brother lives in Pittsburgh (Mt. Lebanon) and whenever I visit I realize how out of shape I am. Just walking the neighborhood with the large hills…"
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Peter: "gbm3: Weekends are usually when I have the time to participate in blogs. But my office is moving this weekend and I may not have time to respond to…"
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- Engaged Encounter Part I: House of God? (8)
whizkidforte: ""Sing of the Lord's Goodness" actually kinda reminds me of "Take Five" by the late, great jazz saxophonist Dave Brubeck. . . Not that that's a good…"
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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
Merely having an open mind is nothing. The object of opening the mind, as of opening the mouth, is to shut it again on something solid.
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Donald Wuerl
Civic Duty
[In response to Bishop Wuerl's weak stance against pro-choice "Catholic" politicians, Shaun Pierce wrote the following letter. He has yet to receive a reply. - Funky]
Local Unrest
The fight over Communion has taken on local significance for me.
Protesters urge bishop to deny communion to pro-abortion legislatorsThursday, June 17, 2004By Ann Rodgers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"A dozen people picketed the Downtown headquarters of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh yesterday, calling on Bishop Donald […]
Weak as Water
Well, this is certainly a disappointment to me. Bishop Donald Wuerl, otherwise an upstanding, orthodox guy, has taken the politically correct way of the communion denial issue. Another bishop (I forget who at the moment) at least had the guts to say that no Catholic would […]
Not in My Backyard
Bishop Wuerl had better do something about this.
Kerry Takes Communion on Mother's Day May 9, 4:59 PM (ET) By MIKE GLOVER
"PITTSBURGH (AP) - Democrat John Kerry attended Mother's Day Mass on Sunday and took communion although […]
Anarchy in the RCC
Critics feel rebuffed by bishopsEarlier meeting in Dallas now seen as 'an aberration'By Caryle Murphy
"WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 - As scores of U.S. Catholic bishops left a downtown Washington hotel Monday evening to board buses for a Mass, a group of nearly 100 demonstrators - including several who had been sexually abused by priests years ago […]
