Pope Francis has elevated the celebration of St. Mary Magdalene, July 22nd, from that of a “memorial” to a “feast,” recognizing her as the first witness to Christ’s resurrection and as a “true and authentic evangelizer.”
Bishop Brian Seage of Mississippi has decided that clergy in the diocese may perform marriages for same-sex couples without advance permission.
This weeks review is the frankly odd love story, “The Lobster”
Betsy, Greg, Liz, and Stephen talk about the film Henry Gamble’s Birthday Party and how this coming-of-age movie explores themes of sexual identity, generational difference, and the role of spirituality in the lives of teenagers.
The change is to remove from the Canon the doctrinal statement regarding marriage that marriage is to be understood as a union “of one man and one woman.”
But here’s the problem with walls: as much as we think they keep “undesirable” people out, they also keep the fortunate ones penned in. In the end, both are in a cage. And even a cage of your own making is still a cage.