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Cancer, death and denial
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Rod Dreher
Yesterday’s New York Times published a riveting account of a young doctor who became a leader in palliative care for terminally ill patients, who ended up denying her own training and advice (so to speak) when she became terminally ill with cancer. Palliative care, as you may know, is the term used to describe the…
Priest/pastor as spiritual father
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Rod Dreher
I was thinking this morning after a post-Lenten breakfast with some Catholic friends how rarely, no matter which parish I’ve attended, or church I’ve been part of, I have thought of the priest or pastor as a spiritual father. Credible confector of sacraments? Yes. Presider over the congregation’s Sunday worship? Check. But someone to whom…
Is Greek Easter, American peoples!
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Rod Dreher
A Pascha classic:Via the Byzantine, Texas blog.
Was Rowan Williams wrong to smack Irish Catholics?
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Rod Dreher
Sorry to bring up some controversy on this Easter day, but I’m genuinely interested to poll the room here for reaction to the impolitic language uttered by Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, re: the Catholic Church in Ireland. From the NYT story: But Archbishop Williams, the head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which claims 70…
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