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Oh no! Kellyanne Conway thinks Democrats aren't Catholic enough Apparently, what this country needs most is more “thoughts and prayers.” Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to make House speaker a lame duck With friends like her, who needs enemies? Good...
by Daily Kos Staff
on Fri Apr 05, 2024 at 01:12 PM PDT
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The striking parallels between Germany in the 1930s and the United States today keep piling up. In January a movement called Faithful America began to mobilize Christians in opposition to presidential candidate Donald Trump. These American Catholics...
by Alan Austin
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 04:38 AM PDT
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On Thursday night, Donald Trump gave an extremely low-energy, late-night speech to the National Religious Broadcasters convention, in which he slurred his way through 75 minutes of right-wing tropes ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
on Fri Feb 23, 2024 at 03:00 PM PST
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from CNN Oct 6 The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to jailed Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi for “her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all,” ...the Norwegian Nobel Committee...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat Oct 07, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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During the hearings this week, Jim Jordan got all apoplectic because the FBI is going after Catholic churches because they had received reports about a potential anti-abortion action that could cause harm. Turns out it was not as big a deal as thought,...
by joe quigley
on Sun May 21, 2023 at 07:09 AM PDT
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from a TheConversation article on LongCovid care that also describes “belly breathing”: inhaling leisurely through the nose and exhaling slightly more leisurely through the mouth (pursed lips for greater control, if you like) while reclining or lying...
by mettle fatigue
on Sat May 13, 2023 at 05:00 PM PDT
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“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.” 1 Corinthians 13:13 In a Tuesday interview with the Associated Press, Pope Francis delighted empathetic Catholics by saying that being gay was not a crime. Tamping...
by TheCriticalMind
on Thu Jan 26, 2023 at 08:05 AM PST
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The Catholic News Agency CNA has reported this important story just in time for the holiday conservatives call “The Great Rainbow Fentanyl Candy Handout” and that the rest of us call “Halloween”. This is what CNA had to say, “This October some churches...
by TheCriticalMind
on Sat Oct 29, 2022 at 05:19 PM PDT
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As most of you know, I am sole caregiver for my 90+ Mom, who has had a stroke and a concussion this year. The worst of it is the near-constant nagging back pain. So I wondered, especially given that most such caregivers are women, are we all feeling...
by elenacarlena
on Sat Oct 29, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Today many Italian-Americans celebrate their heritage. Bearing that in mind, let me say that you cannot hold Italian-Americans accountable for the crimes of the Mafia — even though that criminal ...
by TheCriticalMind
on Mon Oct 10, 2022 at 12:21 PM PDT
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I’ve been following and occasionally commenting on a lot of recent diaries here about Christians, Christianity, and who or what or how much is to blame for the religious mess we’re in. I thought I’d chime in with a few thoughts of my own, based on...
by Dan K
on Wed May 25, 2022 at 01:08 PM PDT
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On Friday The SanFrancisco Chronicle reported that Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone has barred Nancy Pelosi from receiving the sacrement of communion until she reverses her stance on abortion. Speaker Pelosi is a lifelong practicing Catholic. She, like...
by Greg from Vermont
on Sat May 21, 2022 at 06:08 AM PDT
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Welp, folks, now that the right to abortion and the entire right to privacy may be about to be demolished,�it’s past time to realise that we need our candidates to win the popular vote over and ...
by elenacarlena
on Sat May 07, 2022 at 05:00 PM PDT
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Patrick J Deneen. Why Liberalism Failed. (New Haven; Yale, 2018) With the anniversary of the January 6th insurrection fast approaching, the narrative has largely focused on those who raided the capitol. Many have characterized this attack as led by...
by pastdoc
on Tue Jan 04, 2022 at 05:10 PM PST
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According to an August survey by the Pew Research Center of 10,000 adults, Atheists are the most likely (90%) to be partially vaccinated while White Evangelical Protestants are the least likely (57%). White and Hispanic Catholics are more likely to be...
by Thomas Hailey Kloecker
on Tue Sep 21, 2021 at 06:39 AM PDT
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Robert Jeffress, the pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, has announced that he and his staff “are neither offering nor encouraging members to seek religious exemptions from the vaccine mandates.” At first blush, this would seem to be swimming...
by TheCriticalMind
on Sat Sep 18, 2021 at 04:24 PM PDT
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Anyway, it turns out that not everyone is happy about the American Catholic Bishops’ intentions to attack President Biden, a practicing Catholic, when they apparently supported everything the former guy did, despite his history. And by “not everyone” I...
by chloris creator
on Mon Jun 21, 2021 at 07:05 AM PDT
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Orthodoxy is the Catholic Church’s cross. Even a Pope with relatively liberal leanings finds it impossible to change the Church’s dogma. He may say some pretty things, but the Church remains clear on its position vis-à-vis same-sex relationships. They...
by TheCriticalMind
on Mon May 10, 2021 at 09:23 AM PDT
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In the weeks leading up to Monday’s Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, there was a slate of reporting about abortion and religious communities. Much of the reporting was ahistorical, inaccurate, and failed to convey that Coney Barrett was...
by Tina Vasquez
on Thu Oct 29, 2020 at 05:30 AM PDT
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OK, but… Commentary by Chitown Kev How is everyone doing? Physically, I’m going through a few changes; changes in diet, sleep patterns all f’d up (I’ve become a vampire, now)...a lot of stuff that mostly has to do with me getting older, I guess....
by Black Kos
on Tue Oct 27, 2020 at 02:00 PM PDT
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