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I am Glad to Be Back at Beliefnet: It is Time to Begin Again
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Deacon Keith Fournier
I have not written a column for Beliefnet in a long time. I have been writing a lot – just in other venues. As is the case with all of us, my life just seems to get busier and busier. However, I have not been able to get Beliefnet – and its potential for good…
A Catholic Activist Looks at the US Presidential Campaign of 2012 and the ‘Catholic Vote’
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
After Labor Day, the US Presidential campaign of 2012 will move into high gear. Clearly, this is one of the most important elections of my lifetime. The economy is in a free fall and the sense of fear in the United States is palpable. A majority of people have lost confidence in our elected leaders.…
Children as Commodities: In Vitro Fertilization and the Culture of Death
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
On July 6, 2011 I read an article Wednesday entitled “Lottery for IVF” in the Sun newspaper out of the UK. The article was written for the Wednesday edition by Emma Little, their health and science Editor. Here are a few paragraphs: “The world’s first IVF lottery is to launch in Britain this month –…
Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi: Catholic Christians and the Mass
By
Deacon Keith Fournier
There is a Latin maxim that addresses the centrality of worship in the life, identity and mission of the Catholic Church; “Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi”. The phrase in Latin literally means the law of prayer (“the way we worship”), and the law of belief (“what we believe”). It is sometimes written as, “lex orandi, lex…
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