idle speculations: The First Mourning
Rated • 2 reviews • painting, arts, art • blogspot.com
Rated • 2 reviews • painting, arts, art • blogspot.com
Rated • 1 review • christianity, human rights, relativism • catholicculture.org
Discusses real threat to human rights - modern relativist thinking.
Rated • 1 review • christianity, catholicism • catholicculture.org
Discussion of European Council's ludicrous description of creationism as a threat to human rights.
Rated • 2 reviews • catholic, abortion, documentary • typepad.com
Warning - this is a graphic discussion of an abortion with a link to a video. This discusses and shows the evil of abortion. Anyone who thinks they are pro-choice needs to see this.
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Catholic Dads discuss whether it is worth backing Giuliani versus holding to principles.
Rated • 1 review • catholic, photography, photos, pope • stefanospaziani.com
Awesome pictures of Pope Benedict
Rated • 2 reviews • politics • lsureveille.com
Louisiana State student article speaking out against the gay agenda.
Rated • 1 review • catholic • saintmichaelusa.org
Excellent Catholic resource for information about Mary and all things Catholic
Rated • 3 reviews • catholic, masculinity, spirituality • crisismagazine.com
From the page: "As I pursued this investigation of the new Catholic manliness, two common threads emerged. The first was the influence of Pope John Paul II, who by all accounts was the inspiration, motivation, and architect of the whole project. First, as a pastor and spiritual father: In him â€oethe orphans of living parents found their Papa,” as Bolster puts it. And second, by laying down a theological and philosophical trail for Catholic priests, ministers, and laymen to follow. The late popeâ€s writings on the theology of the body helped us to understand how gender â€oegets right to the core of who we are,” says Monsignor Swetland. Bollman concurs, adding that John Paul took the â€oeimpoverished anthropology” that his era had inherited and replaced it with a â€oeChristian anthropology based on the inherent dignity of man and woman.” Only from that foundation, he says, could we begin to rebuild an authentic male spirituality.
The second common thread was the martial metaphor. Every one of my sources spoke of a battle against the temptations and obstacles the modern world puts before men, a war against the false, cheap version of manhood it whispers in our ears. Again and again they made use of military imagery in defining male spirituality: Bolster and Monsignor Swetlandâ€"both former naval lieutenantsâ€"stressed the need to adapt the military virtues of discipline, valor, and self-sacrifice to the work of spiritual combat."
Rated • 1 review • catholic, parenting, motherhood • blogspot.com
Comments on motherhood and ambition. From piece: Motherhood cannot be defined in the same terms as a job description because it is far beyond any mere job in what it demands and the results it delivers personally and to society.