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A Rare Bird, A Strange Duck, One Funky Blog
random thought of the moment:
There are not over a hundred people in the United States who hate the Catholic Church. There are millions, however, who hate what they wrongly believe to be the Catholic Church, which is, of course, quite a different thing.
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The Ladder of Divine Ascent: Avarice and Poverty
Thisentryis part 4 of 8 in the series The Ladder of Divine AscentFrom The Ladder of Divine Ascent by St. John Climacus:
“Do not say that you are interested in money for the sake of the poor, for two mites were sufficient to purchase the kingdom of heaven (cf. Luke 21:2).”
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“The pretext of almsgiving is the […]
Investigating NFP: Pius XII
Thisentryis part 3 of 11 in the series Investigating NFP Click here to read the previous post in this series. I have recently come to the (re)realization that bishops are the authoritative teaching body of the Church. As such, it is their responsibility to properly and effectively teach such sticky subjects as the regulation of […]
Investigating NFP: Pius XI
Thisentryis part 2 of 11 in the series Investigating NFPClick here to read the previous post in this series.
It’s time to get our hands dirty by digging into the writings of recent popes to find out what they had to say about contraceptive issues. Let’s start with Pius XI’s 1930 Casti Connubii, which was […]
Dirty Finger Print
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds
of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping
thing that creeps upon the earth.’” […]
Portly Protesters
“Obesity is not a disease. All this does is open the door for the diet and bariatric surgery industries to make a potentially tremendous profit.” - Allen Steadham in “Fat activists start mass protest”
Riiiiight…and smoking isn’t bad for you either. The campaign against smoking is just a front for extortion by a hippocratic […]
