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Is Halloween Catholic? Father Jim explains it for you…
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David Gibson
The gang at BustedHalo is up to their usual high jinks, and it is a treat to watch, with some nice tricks at the end. Really, you’ll learn something, and be entertained….
Battling Bishops, Episode LXVII
By
David Gibson
“As the day of the great convocation drew nigh, the proclamations of high churchmen rang out across the Land…” Yes, it’s getting intense, even a bit medieval, if you like Bishop Finn’s Muslim crusader analogy. The Globe’s Michael Paulson has a very good and comprehensive take this morning. While the intensity of the election battle…
Tony Hillerman…Catholic novelist. Who knew?
By
David Gibson
The mystery novelist is dead at 83, after a long and successful life. I never read him, but may start. The Times obit was good as far as it went, but I didn’t know about his Catholic faith and its influences until I saw the CNS brief. NCR has a fine, more personal take by…
Who speaks for the Catholic Church?
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David Gibson
It’s hard to tell, given the number of “alternative” voter guides out there. CNS’s Nancy Frazier O’Brien has a good and genteely-titled overview, “Do plethora of voter guides confuse or clarify issues for Catholics?” But that headline doesn’t convey the passion and divisiveness that goes into many of the rivals to the bishops’ own “Faithful…
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