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Nuns near death: “We approach our living and dying the same way, with discernment”
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deacon greg kandra
We are finding, more and more, many members of religious vocations are growing older, and dying off. Now, those who taught so many of us how to live are also teaching us how to die: Gravely ill with heart disease, tethered to an oxygen tank, her feet swollen and her appetite gone, Sister Dorothy Quinn,…
Canada’s non-Catholic prime minister pockets communion host — UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
Did he think he was getting a pocketful of miracles? You have to see this to believe it. Canada’s Prime Minister (who is not Catholic) receives communion. And then decides to hold onto it for…safekeeping? A souvenir? Good luck? H/T American Papist. UPDATE: Despite what you see on the video, the Prime Minister’s office yesterday…
A thought or two on the encyclical …
By
deacon greg kandra
… from Brooklyn author and journalist (and FOB) David Gibson, on last night’s edition of “Currents.” Take a look.
Where is Howard Beale when we need him?
By
deacon greg kandra
The mad prophet of the movie masterpiece “Network” would have had a field day with this: What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to…
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