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Fetch the Comfy Chair!

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"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise…surprise and fear…fear and surprise…. Our two weapons are fear and surprise…and ruthless efficiency…. Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency…and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope…. Our *four*…no… *Amongst* our weapons…. Amongst our weaponry…are such elements as fear, surprise…. I’ll come in again." – Monty Python

The Inquisition (what a show)
The Inquisition (here we go)
We know you’re wishin’ that we’d go away.
But the Inquisition’s here and it’s here to-
"Hey Toquemada, walk this way."
"I just got back from the Auto-de-fe."
"Auto-de-fe? What’s an Auto-de-fe?"
"It’s what you oughtn’t to do but you do anyway."

On a more serious note:

This study should be interesting. Hopefully it’s balanced and fair (no Fox News pun intended).

Vatican to release study on Inquisition

The Vatican will soon publish a study on the Inquisition, containing the proceedings of an international conference held in Rome in 1998.

A Year of Adoration

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It’s a cool coincidence that my wedding is in the inaugural month of the Year of
the Eucharist. 🙂

John
Paul II Convokes “Year of the Eucharist”
From October 2004 to October 2005

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 10, 2004 (Zenit.org).- On the feast of Corpus Christ, John Paul
II announced a “Year of the Eucharist” that the Catholic Church will observe
from October 2004 to October 2005.

Pope
Explains Why He Convoked “Year of the Eucharist”
Church’s Program Is to Start Afresh From Christ, He Says

VATICAN CITY, JUNE 13, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II said he convoked the “Year
of the Eucharist” because the program he presented to the Church at the start
of the millennium is based on “starting afresh from Christ.”

Our Lady of the Parkway

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Most of the content in Pittsburgh City Paper is a bit raw, but this article is interesting and respectful.

Mass Transit

My office looks out over I-376 to the hill next to Bates Street. During the winter, I noticed wooden crosses and a white sculpture that looked like the Virgin Mary on the hillside. What is it?

Question submitted by: Vivienne Marshall, Glenshaw

Writer: CHRIS POTTER

You are not the first to have a vision of the Virgin Mary on that spot, though in its long history of religious visionaries, you may be among the few to identify a two-foot-tall statue from across a six-lane highway.

Bombs and Bishops

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The following article is interesting mainly for the comments found below it.

American
bishops and Ronald Reagan

Catholic bishops share in the charism of infallibility when they speak on faith
and morals, in conjunction with the Holy Father. That is part of the magisterium,
the teaching authority by which we know the pure truth of the Gospel. That magisterium
cannot be broken because it comes from God himself (Mt 16:18).

When they stray from faith and morals, bishops are no more likely to be free from error than any other well-informed people. On many important subjects in the 1970s and ’80s, American bishops brought their prestige to bear against many policies Ronald Reagan favored.

Intolerant Family

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Unfortunately, I’ve experienced some of the familial anti-Catholicism this blogger
describes. My mom is a bitter ex-Catholic and we often get into nasty arguments
over religion. Compared the following situation, I’m quite lucky, though. My mother
and I have a loving relationship filled with plenty of healthy communication. A
good friend of mine had it worse when he converted from Judaism to Evangelical Christianity
and then to Catholicism.

Dilemma

How discouraging it was for me to learn today that not only is my mother-in-law
displeased with our conversion to Catholicism, she honestly believes we’ll be going
to hell if we persist in it.