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Last week BL ran two consecutive articles giving the atheist point of view (here and here), and this Christian gets it! It was a hard week for atheists. You had the appointment of a new Pope, and the Catholic Church was everywhere, so I get the reaction. Of the two articles my FB friend Hector Read More
Proving most predictions moot, the Vatican’s College of Cardinals elected (with the Holy Spirit’s counsel, of course) Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires, as the new head of the Catholic Church. Widely considered by colleagues and his porteño parishoners as a humble man, upon assuming his new role as the spiritual leader for Read More
Whenever I probe a believer on the foundations of their faith, finding themselves fully incapable of producing one rational thought, they faithfully respond with the trite adage “To each their own.” But when you take the time to look around, you notice that it’s mostly the believers who don’t believe in the saying. Just ask Read More
Jim Morrison was right — “people are strange”: “Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte in recent years has found a robust and diverse following north of the border: immigrant small business owners, artists, gay activists and the poor, among others – many Read More
Pope Benedict XVI resigned as leader of the Catholic Church last week, becoming the first Pope in 600 years to relinquish his papal duties. His health and advanced age have been cited as the main reason for his decision to step down, but speculations have been swirling since the announcement that it might have to Read More
As state capitals on the U.S. mainland move toward affirming the equal rights of gays, a large cross section of Puerto Rico remains firmly opposed: “A multitude of diverse religious denominations gathered yesterday in front of the Capital to participate in ‘Puerto Rico Rises in Defense of the Family’ and proclaim that they represent the Read More
A bit of nonsense is being stirred up by a Latino family in Texas: “A federal judge has ruled that a Texas school has the right to force a student to wear an ID badge, something she was refusing saying the embedded tracking device is sacrilegious to her Christian faith. The Tuesday ruling gave the school Read More
One of my fondest memories of childhood is attending Christmas midnight mass at my family’s Catholic church. My cousins and I would bask in the glittering pageantry, well aware that as soon as we got home, all the presents beneath the tree would be vanquished under our attacking hands. I’m about to become a father. Read More
In keeping with the Christmas spirit — because everyone knows the holiday doesn’t end on December 25 — I’ll share a religious news story with you. It’s from the Huffington Post “Faith Shift” series, which the site describes as discussing “how changes in demographics, culture, politics and theology are transforming religion in America.” The story Read More
“For us as Christians, this is one of the most holy of the holidays, the birth of our savior Jesus Christ. And for people to take Christ out of Christmas. They’re happy to say merry Xmas. Let’s just take Jesus out. And really, I think, a war against the name of Jesus Christ”, evangelist Franklin Read More