No Earth Hour for me

Thanks to another Toronto Catholic blogger, Vox Cantoris I read an interesting critique about the Earth Hour. It’s in the National Post. I guess I am partial to this point of view as I don’t really get the purpose… besides symbolic. However the social pressure to comply is great. It irks me.  In a similar way I [...]

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Anti-Catholic Slur in NYC

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New York Palace Hotel boss Niklaus Leuenberger gets the door after Ash Wednesday slur
BY Kerry Burke AND Oren Yaniv
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Wednesday, March 25th 2009, 10:00 AM

Niklaus Leuenberger no longer runs the New York Palace Hotel.
The manager of one of the city’s most luxurious hotels was given the boot after ordering a Catholic employee to [...]

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Obama Compared to Alexander the Great

The Orthodox Church’s Observer reports on an interaction between Archbishop Demetrios and President Obama:
Archbishop Demetrios, leader of the largest Orthodox Christian jurisdiction in the United States, compared President Obama to Alexander the Great at a Greek Independence Day celebration at the White House. Politico, noting that the president got “a little unexpected flattery” from the [...]

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Fair Trade Roman Collar

I knew it would one day come to this… CathNews in Australia is reporting about a new Roman Collar made from FairTrade grown cotton! They are available from RiseUp in Australia.

Melbourne personality, Fr Bob Maguire, has joined a group of church leaders who are calling on Australians to buy Easter eggs made with Fairtrade cocoa [...]

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Obama ok for Cardinal but not Notre-Dame?

The University of Notre-Dame is getting a lot of negative attention for inviting President Obama as the commencement speaker. It seems though, that most students are quite happy about the selection of the first African-American President for this special moment in US history. Fr. Jenkins, the President of Notre-Dame responded to the criticism. as reported [...]

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Harvard: Pope is correct about condoms and HIV

Thanks to one of our commentators for directing me to this quote in the conservative National Review Online where the Church’s wisdom about condoms is actually confirmed. Here’s an interesting quote:
“There is,” Green adds, “a consistent association shown by our best studies, including the U.S.-funded ‘Demographic Health Surveys,’ between greater availability and use of condoms and [...]

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Pope promotes women’s rights

B16 continues to impress in Africa with his call for women’s rights. Read John Allen’s report. In this the Holy Father borrows heavily from JPII. The response from women in Africa has been mixed. Here and in India there are reports of the horrible and disgraceful way which clerics (priests & bishops) treat women and [...]

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D & P defends itself!

D & P has been under attack in recent days by a right-wing internet website that presents itself as supporting life. The concerns if true would have been shocking. The explanation by D&P is credible and once again shows how people jump to conclusions. It also show how some so-called Catholic groups don’t know how [...]

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Spring Awakening in Toronto

It’s probably the best musical I’ve seen in a long time. It’s playing at the Canon Theatre in Toronto. Be prepared though, it has explicit sexual simulation, adult themes and coarse language. So what’s so good about it? Well it tells the story of young people struggling with becoming adults… sexuality, repression, power, evil, parents, consequences and [...]

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B16 in Cameroon: the other story

Here’s a remarkable story about the Holy Father’s trip in Cameroon written by John Allen of the NCR. In the article he captures the discrepency between the West’s fixation with the condom issue in Africa and what the people on the ground are hearing. B16 is challenging the people to stand up for human rights.  [...]

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