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“Indiscriminate love is how God loves us”
By
deacon greg kandra
Hot on the heels of one of the most popular and enthusiastically embraced papal encyclicals in the modern era, an American bishop is continuing to spread the news that – in effect – all you need is love. This time, the message was spread at an interfaith dinner: Inspired by Jesus’ urgent command to “love…
To Plan B or not Plan B, that is the question
By
deacon greg kandra
And now Connecticut’s bishops have an answer — and one that will undoubtedly have jaws dropping all over the place. They’ve given approval for Catholic hospitals to dispense a drug that prevents pregnancy in cases of rape. From the AP: Roman Catholic bishops in Connecticut have agreed to let hospital personnel give emergency contraception to…
The world responds to the “lecture of a lifetime”
By
deacon greg kandra
You may remember Randy Pausch’s incredible “last lecture” that I posted last week. His story was subsequently picked up by Good Morning America and other news outlets. I preached about his message last Sunday in my homily, and later mentioned it to a producer at the office. The result: his story will be featured tomorrow…
In my father’s house are many dwelling places…
By
deacon greg kandra
…but one of them won’t be this little place on the left. The soon-to-be bishop of Pittsburgh is continuing an episcopal trend begun in Boston and, as announced in this press report, is forgoing the lavish lodgings of his predecessors: Bishop-designate David Zubik has decided not to live in the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese’s $1.5 million…
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