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The Deacon's Bench
Randall Terry’s theater of the absurd
By
deacon greg kandra
That’s a polite way to describe the frankly outrageous scene described here, at a town hall meeting over Obamacare: While supporters dominated inside the auditorium, opponents made a splash outside the high school gymnasium with street theater. The Moran town hall was the last stop on a 10-city tour for Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist…
Kennedy: the final days
By
deacon greg kandra
The Senator from Massachusetts had come to rely more intently on his faith, according to his family and his priest. From the New York Times: In recent years, friends say, Mr. Kennedy had come to lean heavily on his Roman Catholic faith. In eulogizing his mother, Rose Kennedy, in 1995, he spoke of the comfort…
Who can have a Catholic funeral? — WITH UPDATES
By
deacon greg kandra
Some people might be wondering — especially in light of the death of Ted Kennedy. My understanding has always been that every baptized Catholic, with few exceptions, has the right to a Catholic burial. But, of course, there are nuances and gray areas. And exceptions can often be a matter of personal opinion or prudential…
On Kennedy
By
deacon greg kandra
“Some will focus on his personal sins -the assumed repentance or lack of same (of which they will likely have no real knowledge, just hunches) and some will presume to know the state of his soul, but those will be the inveterates, working from long-habit. Most Christians will, I think, understand that ‘the favors of…
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