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Are you a Pope Francis Voter?

Posted on September 27, 2020 by freecatholic808 — 5 Comments

The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg less than 50 days before the Presidential election makes the Catholic vote more critical than ever. In a 2006 interview, Justice Ginsburg spoke of skipping the annual Red Mass because she did not…

Tagged with: Biden/Harris, Catholic vote, Pope Francis
Posted in 2020 Elections, Catholic Vote, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Uncategorized

Catholics: Go Purple Today for #SpiritDay in Support of LGBT Youth!

Posted on October 15, 2014 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Originally posted on Bondings 2.0:
Today, millions will ‘go purple’ to support LGBT youth and take a stand against all-too-prevalent bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity. They’ll be wearing purple and using purple on social media as a way to show that they…

Tagged with: Full Communion, LGBT Catholics, Pope Francis, Sexism, Synod
Posted in I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Families, Uncategorized

A Prayer for the Synod

Posted on October 6, 2014 by freecatholic808 — 2 Comments

“….it is necessary to say everything that in the Lord one feels should be said, with human respect, without fear. And, at the same time, one must listen with humility and receive with an open heart what the brothers say.…

Tagged with: Hosea, Pope Francis, Synod, Women in the Church
Posted in Catholics and Culture, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Pope Francis on the Idolatry and Dictatorship of Limited Thought

Posted on April 11, 2014 by freecatholic808 — Leave a comment

Tagged with: Bondings, Hawaii Catholic Schools Contracts, LGBT Catholics, Pope Francis
Posted in Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholic Teachers, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, Uncategorized

New Contracts for Catholic Teachers In Hawaii: No “Fragrance of the Gospel”

Posted on April 4, 2014 by freecatholic808 — 4 Comments

If it isn’t already hard enough to attract the best and the brightest to the teaching profession, the Honolulu diocese now plans to make full and part-time teachers in Catholic schools sign contracts that promise termination if they violate Church…

Tagged with: abortion, Catholic school, Catholic Teacher contracts, Cincinnati, Evangelii Gaudium, Fortunate Families, Honolulu, in vitro, Joy of the Gospel, LGBT, Michael Rockers, Pope Francis, Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Susie Roth
Posted in Catholic Teachers, Children, I BLOG, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, Uncategorized

From Solomon Northup to Pope Francis’ Abolitionist Movement

Posted on January 26, 2014 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

It feels like a minor, incidental scene. A slave wanders into a store where the free-born Solomon Northup is shopping with his wife. The slave is quickly followed in by his owner who apologizes for the intrusion and hurries him…

Tagged with: 12 years a slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Evangelii Gaudium, Joy of the Gospel, Pope Francis, Slavery, Solomon Northup, Steve McQueen
Posted in Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Justice, Uncategorized

Exorcism and the Church as “the totality of God’s people.”

Posted on November 24, 2013 by freecatholic808 — 3 Comments

We may have just crossed some lunatic fringe. But as when a fever breaks, perhaps this may help to move us towards sanity and real healing. The lunacy was the “minor exorcism” conducted by Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Illinois to…

Tagged with: Bishop Paprocki, Exorcism, Illinois, Jack Andraka, Pope Francis, Same Sex Marriage, Same-sex marriage Hawaii, science prodigy
Posted in Child sex abuse, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Hawaii: Time for Same Sex Marriage to Become Law

Posted on October 28, 2013 by freecatholic808 — 6 Comments

Bishop Larry Silva says, “No matter what our sexual attraction may be, we are all equal as persons.” Nonetheless his latest call to Catholics to fight marriage equality calls up images of transvestite cross-dressers overrunning the islands. Apparently “businesses will…

Tagged with: Bishop Larry Silva, David McCollough, Ignatius Loyola, John George Roth, katha holos, LGBT, Pope Francis, Randy Roth, Same Sex Marriage, Shylar Young, St. Francis of Assisi, Susie Roth, Suzanne Young, Tambry Young
Posted in Buddhism, Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Catholics and Culture, Equality and Faith, I BLOG, Lay Catholics, LGBT Catholics Hawaii, LGBT Families, St. Francis of Assisi, Uncategorized, US Bishops

Will US Bishops Counsel Catholic Leaders to End Shutdown and “Preferential Option for the Rich?”

Posted on October 14, 2013 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

There is a murmuring in the pews. Is it possible the bishops are launching another Fortnight for Freedom – this time to protest the assault on the lives of ordinary people by the Tea Party-led GOP? The bishops have long…

Tagged with: Budget cuts, Congress. government shutdown, Food Stamps, Fortnight for Freedom, John Boehner, Network Lobby, Nuns on the Bus, Paul Ryan, Pope Francis, preferential option for the poor, Ryan Budget, SNAP, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, WIC
Posted in Catholic Politicians, Catholic Social Doctrine, Christian Politicians, Governing, I BLOG, Justice, Obamacare, Politics and Religion, Uncategorized, US Bishops, US Senate

How would you spend $86,400 every day?

Posted on September 30, 2013 by freecatholic808 — 1 Comment

Imagine having $86,400 deposited in your bank account every day. It comes with conditions. You have to use it –or lose what is left of it–by the end of the day. What would you do? That was the challenge Sr.…

Tagged with: Bishop Remy DeRoo, Capital, Dorothy Day, Gustavo Gutiérrez, labor, liberation theology, Pope Francis, Second Vatican Council, Sr. Anne Smollin
Posted in Business and Justice, Catholic Social Doctrine, Feeding the Hungry, Fighting Poverty, Governing, Human Rights, I BLOG, Justice, Lay Catholics, Obamacare, Uncategorized, Workers' Rights