Troy Davis: It’s Not About Doubt
As these words hit the screen I became angry. “If one of our fellow citizens can be executed with so much doubt surrounding his guilt, then the death penalty system…
A Mentor’s Passing
When it comes to teachers, Gladys Stein was a true gem. She was my high school English teacher and because of her I guess I became a writer and a…
A Campus Minister’s Worst Nightmare
From the ticker blog at the Chronicle of Higher Education: A Binghamton University senior has died in an automobile accident while on a college-sponsored summer research trip in Costa Rica.…
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Do You Have Any Regrets?
When I worked in Calvary Hospital (A hospital for terminal patients, mostly) as a volunteer my Senior year of college, I often encountered patients who would want to tell me…
If It’s the Rapture…
I’m growing weary of the prognosticators who are claiming that they just know with all out certainty that doomsday is going to fall on May 21, 2011. But guess what?…
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Speaking for ALL Human Life
The always brilliant Br. Dan Horan, OFM has an excellent piece today on the Boehner situation. He defends the Catholic Theologians against those who claim that they are simply a…
Pray for Our Enemies
From today’s NY Post: A Catholic church in Ireland has provoked outrage among its parishioners after announcing plans for a Mass to pray for the “soul” of Osama bin Laden.…
So Just Who the Hell is in Hell Anyway?
Most would find it unbelievable that the Catholic Church has never definitively claimed that anyone is in hell. Not Judas, Not Hitler, Not Stalin, Not Bin Laden. Now that also…
Hello Dalai
The Dalai Lama weighed in on Osama Bin Laden and the possibility of forgiveness today. As a human being, Bin Laden may have deserved compassion and even forgiveness, the Dalai…
Can We Forgive Bin Laden? – Update
On September 11th, I had the day off. Ordinarily, I would have been in the city, but a doctor’s appointment kept me in Queens. As the day wound on, I…