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Guest Post: “Peace”

Posted on August 14, 2016 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

Sermon by Fr. David Gierlach, St. Elizabeth’s Episcopal Church, Honolulu, seen here (right) protesting the views advanced by Rev. Franklin Graham during the latter’s visit to Honolulu earlier this year. Text reproduced here with permission. I welcome being pointed to…

Tagged with: Chris Christie, David Gierlach, Franklin Graham, Newt Gingrich, Paul Ryan, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Politics and Religion, US Bishops

Lenten Diary 1: Ash Wednesday Calumny

Posted on February 23, 2012 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

There are six things the Lord hates, yes, seven are an abomination to him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, a heart that plots wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, the false witness…

Tagged with: Ash Wednesday, Barack Obama, Franklin Graham, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Sandra Fluke, US Bishops
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Politicians and their Lies, Politics and Religion, US Bishops, Women's Rights

The Politics of Envy . . .and Silence

Posted on January 19, 2012 by freecatholic808 — 8 Comments

Why are the Bishops silent? On the stump, politicians who would be President speak of the “politics of envy” and “class warfare.” Mormon Mitt and conspicuously Catholic Rick and Newt want the hurting poor to get over their “envy” of…

Tagged with: Church Leaders, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, preferential option for the poor, Rick Santorum, US Bishops, vulture capitalists
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholics and Culture, Christian Politicians, Devout Catholic Policians, Fighting Poverty, I BLOG, Justice, Politics and Religion, Religion and Political Discourse, Uncategorized, US Bishops, Workers' Rights

From Yule Log to Bûche de Noel

Posted on December 29, 2011 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

2011: I decided that this was the year to bake and ice a Yule Log. I had watched my mother, the cake artist, do it many times but had never tried making one myself. For starters, I wasn’t sure that…

Tagged with: Catholic vote, Newt Gingrich, preferential option for the poor, President Obama, yule log
Posted in Catholic, Christian Politicians, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Missal Changes, Uncategorized, US Bishops

An Authentically Dishonest Newt

Posted on September 13, 2010 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Adult newts, we are told, have lizard-like bodies and may be either fully aquatic, living permanently in the water, or semi-aquatic, living terrestrially but returning to the water each year to breed. (Wikipedia) Newt Gingrich apparently has found his element…

Tagged with: Catholic, Gospel, Newt Gingrich, Obama
Posted in I BLOG, Politics and Religion, Religion