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Day: November 28, 2009

Catholic govs pan DC archdiocese tactics on same-sex marriage

November 28, 2009 2 Comments

Asked about Archbishop Donald Wuerl’s threat to pull the archdiocese out of the social service business, Gov. Tim Kaine of Virginia said: “I’m Catholic, and I think it’s wrong. I don’t think you take your ball and go home.” Martin O’Malley of Maryland said: “I have a hard time believing that the nuns and priests who taught me about the Corporal Works of Mercy would agree that this is an appropriate response for the church.”

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No good reason for silence

November 28, 2009 5 Comments

Andrew Brown of the Guardian rejects the arguments of church officials, American and English, who think they should keep silent about the anti-gay legislation currently before the Ugandan parliament.

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St. Alban’s, DC, shrinks its carbon footprint

November 28, 2009 No Comments

There is a moral dimension to the energy choices we make, and, as conscientious individuals, we cannot ignore the impact our energy use has on the planet. Countless members of faith communities all over the world have begun to recognize their religious duty to care for God’s creation. We recognize that human civilization is polluting our environment, which is not ours but God’s creation.

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Keeping Advent online

November 28, 2009 No Comments

This year, the Diocese of Washington’s Advent calendar, (visible at edow.org/advent) is a bit of puzzle, literally. The image of the Nativity is a brilliantly-colored children’s puzzle produced by a Sri Lankan cooperative working with SERRV International.

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Let no mom put asunder

November 28, 2009 1 Comment

We knew there would be trouble right from the start when the rabbi said he would not perform our marriage on campus because the Columbia University chapel has “Christian windows.” But we did not anticipate that during the wedding my mother, a recent convert to Roman Catholicism, would stand outside crying and try to keep people from entering because, she explained, the chapel “was not consecrated.”

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God with us

November 28, 2009 No Comments

Where, would you say, does God live? In heaven? On earth? Within us? All around us? When you pray, where do you imagine God?

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