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Biden’s Catholicism: a roundup — UPDATED
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Deacon Greg Kandra
As you might expect, there’s a lot of attention now being focused on Joe Biden’s religion. You can get a good sampling of ideas below: David Gibson has his thoughts over at his Pontifications blog. He points out the interesting fact that his pro-choice rating from NARAL is so low, they chose not to endorse…
This is the kingdom
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
If you have a moment, wander over to The Deacon’s Studio and have a look-see. Brooklyn deacon and artist Bernard Deschler (a.k.a. “Boinie”) periodically posts his art (including some sly cartoons) that offer a different slant on the church, faith, holy days and life in general. The work above appeared under a posting headlined: “This…
“Forgiveness does not mean forgetting”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
At a moment when we’re hearing more about sexual predators in the church, and efforts to cover up for them, Sister Camille D’Arienzo offers these challenging words from the pages of America: Holding onto anger has been likened to taking a sip of poison every day—not enough to kill, but more than enough to debilitate.…
Signs of faith: bringing Christ to the deaf
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A rare and unusual way of celebrating the mass is about to begin in the Archdiocese of Newark — mass for the deaf, celebrated by a priest using American Sign Language. And the person spearheading the effort is a local deacon. From the Newark Advocate newspaper: A long history of serving the deaf community throughout…
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