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Dead accurate. This is the fundamental contradiction at the heart of the MAGA “prolife” Cult of Death. It doesn’t want to save the unborn. It
Not only do they give us the greatest still shot in Youtube history, they also give us a really interesting interview about THE ODYSSEY:
… is that, for the most part, modern neopagans are largely projecting a Christian worldview on paganism: Most “pagans” strike me as harmless people in
A man I know has grappled his entire life with self-hatred. And like salt in the wound, he has absorbed a notion which has only served to exacerbate all the suffering. Once, he told me, “I don’t feel like I’m allowed to express any pain over how bad I hurt
I was a (tentative) supporter of the war in Iraq, because I feared Saddam Hussein might give weapons of mass destruction to a terrorist organization for use on an American city. These fears were stoked by statements from Vice President Dick Cheney: “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam
It is fitting that October is the month of the Feast of St. Francis. St. Francis was not a bookish fellow at all. And yet, for all his unbookishness, he had one quirk which sets him off from much of information-soaked modernity: he wrote poetry. Poetry is, for us, vaguely
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Greetings! I’m Mark P. Shea, a Catholic author and blogger who’s also done a spot of podcasting and even acting here and there, as well as radio and TV work. My latest book, The Church’s Best-Kept Secret: A Primer on Catholic Social Teaching was published in September 2020 by New City Press. Other works include By What Authority?: An Evangelical Discovers Catholic Tradition (Ignatius), Mary, Mother of the Son, This is My Body: An Evangelical Discovers the Real Presence (Christendom), and Making Senses Out of Scripture: Reading the Bible as the First Christians Did (Basilica), Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life (Servant), The Heart of Catholic Prayer: Rediscovering the Our Father and the Hail Mary (Our Sunday Visitor) and The Work of Mercy: Being the Hands and Heart of Christ (Servant).
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