You Don’t Know Jack…
About the Assumption…or so says Fr. Jack Collins, who is my buddy and my preaching tutor and who does an excellent and fun job here in this Busted Halo® Video.
How to Not Be Al and Tipper Gore
Therese Borchard, whose blog on depression and mental illness is quickly becoming a must stop for me during the workday, offers this piece that asks why Al and Tipper called…
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More on Anne Rice leaving Christianity
Catholic Anarchy responds: I can’t say I can’t relate to Rice’s frustrations with the Catholic Church and with her feeling that she is an “outsider.” I do think the Googling…
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Anne Rice Quits Christianity
Anne Rice, who Bill McGarvey interviewed extensively for BustedHalo.com® awhile back abruptly “quit Christianity. Yesterday, on her facebook page she wrote: For those who care, and I understand if you…
Were Our Hearts Not Burning Within Us As He Opened the Scriptures For Us…
I just got back from my trip to Fr Larry Boadt’s funeral. Here you see the Paulist Fathers and other clergy and Fr. Larry’s family surrounding his casket as they…
Jesus Goes to the Dogs
Beliefnet has the story of a female Anglican priest who gave communion to a dog: A snip: The Toronto Star reports that according to those in attendance, it was a…
Is Ordaining Women Worse Than Torture?
U.S. Catholic has a gem today that asks that question (by the way, the answer is NO!): The School of Americas Watch, which protests the military school that taught torture…
What Do We Do When We Sin?
The movie Get Low with Robert Duvall, one of my favorites, tells the story of Felix Bush, the town recluse. Felix’s sin, long in the past, caused a great deal…
The Voice of God…Stilled
Bob Sheppard the great Yankee public address announcer has died at the reported age of 99 after a full life filled with much joy. I place a picture of his…
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Young Adults Inspire South African Bishop to Question Hierarchical Structures
Bishop Kevin Dowling, (A redemptorist) from South Africa offers the following thoughts that others including America Magazine’s Fr James Martin, SJ, (h/t to the good Father) have been noting positively…