South America, Argentina, Hispanics and a soccer team, have claimed him as their own. Maybe, one suggested, God is an Argentine? Perhaps we can make the case that Pope Francis is really from Hawaii. Wasn’t that the spirit of aloha…
Dawn Morais
Communications Consultant/ Instructor/ Blogger/ Issue Advocate • Born in Kerala. Raised in Malaysia. Living in Hawaii.
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A Pope from Hawaii? Bring on the mischief.
Tagged with: Dirty War, Habemus Papam, Hubris, Iraq, Network, Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, Sr. Simone Campbell, St. Francis of Assisi
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Ordination, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Posted in Equality and Faith, I BLOG, LGBT Families, Ordination, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Pope Francis: Reason to Hope
From beyond the boundaries of Rome, taking the name of that most beloved, most radical of saints, given to the grand signifying gesture, dedicated to simplicity and love for all of creation. Yes, there’s reason to look to Cardinal Jorge…
Tagged with: Argentina, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, St. Francis of Assisi
Posted in I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Uncategorized, Vatican
Posted in I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Uncategorized, Vatican
Out of “Horrible Inconsistencies,” a New Pope?
“I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ: I therefore hate the corrupt, slaveholding, women-whipping, cradle-plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of the land. Indeed, I can see no reason, but the most deceitful one, for calling the religion…
Tagged with: Apostolic Palace, Frederick Douglass, Gospel, Hans Kung, Papal Conclave, Pope Benedict XVI, Vatican Spring
Posted in I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Uncategorized, Vatican
Posted in I BLOG, Papal Conclave, Uncategorized, Vatican
Gongs and Cymbals
If I speak in human and angelic tongues, but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. 1 Cor 13 Nothing in my own background or education equipped me to deal with this grave…
SISTERS, YOU ROCK!
Send a note of thanks to the sisters as they gather in St. Louis to discern the way forward. And tell a friend to do the same. Letters need to be postmarked by August 1 to St. Louis – A…
Nuns — Still Inspiring 50 Years Later
This guest post by Dr. Pat Gozemba first appeared in Civil Beat July 25, 2012 Long before feminism made me believe I had a social and political mission focused on justice for all, the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur,…
Defining “Marvelous”
They are buried in one line under “Vowed Religious” on the website of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Even the deacons get a whole paragraph before the sisters. (Because they are men?) In these times, when nuns are…
Tagged with: Catholic Charities, Mitt Romney, Nuns on the Bus, Obama, Ryan Budget, Sr. Simone Campbell, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Justice, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Posted in Freedom of Religion, Healthcare, I BLOG, Justice, Nuns, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Gargoyles
Contemplating the gargoyles on the Cathedral of Lujan as they were being explained to her, five year old Sophie listened, then very politely said: “Please don’t talk. I’m thinking now.” Understanding why these sentinels were needed to terrorize people into…
Tagged with: Bersih 3, Cathedral of Lujan, Gargoyle, Malaysia, Norway, Syria
Posted in I BLOG, Malaysia, Nuns, Rallies in Malaysia, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
Posted in I BLOG, Malaysia, Nuns, Rallies in Malaysia, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Vatican
“Essential Cerebral Clout”–Where did it go?
It’s missing, said Irish Dominican Sr. Margaret MacCurtain, referring to the absence of intellectual rigor in the Vatican’s outlook on the world. But in speaking of the lack of “essential cerebral clout” she was really describing a condition just as…
Tagged with: Derrida, Sr. Margaret MacCurtain
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion and Political Discourse, Sports and Sexual Abuse, Uncategorized, Vatican
Posted in Business and Justice, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion and Political Discourse, Sports and Sexual Abuse, Uncategorized, Vatican
Dawn Morais 