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A minister converts: “I respect the Methodist church, but it’s not the fullness of the Faith”
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deacon greg kandra
From Virginia comes this inspiring story of one man’s journey to the faith, involving Methodism, music and monks: When Jeff Hendrix was 5 years old, he experienced a moment of “transcendence” while listening to the 19th-century symphonic suite “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. For the next two years, he begged his parents to let him take…
Feeling the heat: developing a “Catholic Climate Covenant”
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deacon greg kandra
Is there a Catholic stance on climate change? A group of concerned Catholics evidently thinks so and is launching a new effort to raise awareness of it: During the Easter season, the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change plans to publicly unveil a “Catholic Climate Covenant,” a new initiative to make U.S. Catholics more aware of…
Is the Mac Catholic?
By
deacon greg kandra
That’s the question at the heart of this essay — which, among other things, notes that a lot of Catholics on the web use Macs (including, I confess, Your Humble Blogger.) The author notes: I’ve noticed a rather interesting correlation between prominent Catholics on the web and Mac users. Those who want to understand why…
A schism ends, a controvery erupts — UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
This little bit of news, about the Pope’s reinstatement of four SSPX bishops, is raising a few eyebrows. Jeff Israely, at TIME magazine, takes a closer look: Pope Benedict XVI has reinstated four bishops from an archconservative breakaway wing of the Roman Catholic Church, a decision that is bound to stir controversy within his own…
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