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“I feel privileged to represent the Catholic Church in a visible way…”
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jmcgee
“I feel privileged to represent the Catholic Church in a visible way, because it is an organization of sinners and sinners-turned-saints, emphatically alive, expanding, and responsive to the needs of the time, an organization that has been enormously effective in promoting the spiritual and material well-being of women and men throughout the 2,000 years of…
Quote of the day
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jmcgee
“Would it be an inviolate ignominy if my consubstantial oblation were suffused?” — Fr. Scott Hurd, on his Facebook page. Priceless. If you don’t get it, you will. Eventually.
Marriage, in three sentences
By
jmcgee
The always-interesting blogger/priest (or priest/blogger?) from Washington, Msgr. Charles Pope, sums it up very succinctly. Read it and see if you don’t agree. Then share it with someone you love — or, maybe, someone who is planning to make that trip down the aisle.
Hebrew Catholics?
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jmcgee
Strange but true. Details: Three years ago, just before Easter, then-Archbishop Raymond Burke attended a Passover seder with about 25 people to commemorate God’s liberation of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt. Guests wore yarmulkes–Burke brought his own fuchsia zucchetto worn by bishops–as a symbol of God’s presence, and enjoyed traditional seder fare: matzo, horseradish, apples…
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