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THE BOSTON VIRUS, No. 67

Posted on May 27, 2011 by abyssum

  Retaliation bostoncatholicinsider | May 27, 2011 at 6:21 pm | Tags: Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Sean o’malley, daughters of st paul | Categories: Archdiocese of Boston, Pension Fund | URL: http://wp.me/pYaYk-Ee The saga of the Archdiocese of  Boston and … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON VIRUS, No. 66

Posted on May 26, 2011 by abyssum

Daughters’ Lawsuit Against Cardinal Settled, But… bostoncatholicinsider | May 26, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Tags: Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Sean o’malley, daughters of st paul | Categories: Archdiocese of Boston | URL: http://wp.me/pYaYk-DQ The Archdiocese of Boston and the … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON VIRUS, No. 65

Posted on May 16, 2011 by abyssum

Continuing Connors Code of Conduct Conundrum bostoncatholicinsider | May 16, 2011 at 6:57 pm | Tags: Archdiocese of Boston, Cardinal Sean o’malley, jack connors, president obama | Categories: Archdiocese of Boston | URL: http://wp.me/pYaYk-CA The newspapers are abuzz with stories … Continue reading →

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GO HERESY HUNTERS!

Posted on May 11, 2011 by abyssum

Here’s wishing the Heresy Hunters a good Bish-Ball season!

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WHAT DO SAINT AUGUSTINE AND HADLEY ARKES HAVE IN COMMON?

Posted on April 27, 2011 by abyssum

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 Coming into the Church – A Year Later By Hadley Arkes http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2011/coming-into-the-church-a-year-later.html He came into the Church on the 24th of April, a Saturday: Augustine, in 387, and I, last year. My entrance was not exactly … Continue reading →

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THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DOGMA AND BEING DOGMATIC

Posted on April 11, 2011 by abyssum

DOGMATIC = CHARACTERIZED BY AN AUTHORITATIVE , ARROGANT ASSERTION OF A UNPROVED OR UNPROVABLE PRINCIPLES Dogma and Mystery The dogmas—the Trinitarian dogma, the dogma of the utterly free and gratuitous creation of the universe, the dogmas of the Incarnation, of … Continue reading →

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IF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS TO BE REAL IT NEEDS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACT ACCORDING TO THEIR CONSCIENCE

Posted on February 14, 2011 by abyssum

RIGHTS VERSUS RELIGION NO TOLERANCE FOR CHRISTIANITY By Father John Flynn, LC ROME, FEB. 13, 2011 (Zenit.org).- For many years, homosexual groups pleaded for tolerance and an end to laws that they considered discriminatory. Now that in large part they have won … Continue reading →

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THE QUIESCENT BRAIN, reprised

Posted on February 5, 2011 by abyssum

E. Christian Brugger http://www.zenit.org/article-31647?l=english ZE11020210 – 2011-02-02 Permalink: http://www.zenit.org/article-31647?l=english Transplants From Murder Victims Diverging Definitions of “Brain Death” WASHINGTON, D.C., FEB. 2, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Here are two questions on bioethics asked by ZENIT readers and answered by the fellows of … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON VIRUS continued, Number 62

Posted on January 15, 2011 by abyssum

THE BOSTON VIRUS DEFINED:  What is the Boston Virus?  It is a mindset grounded in a form of secular liberalism that would divorce faith and reason from human discourse about which Pope Benedict XVI famously spoke in his talk at … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON VIRUS continued, Number 61

Posted on January 13, 2011 by abyssum

Boston Archdiocese Announces Policy to Admit Children of Gay Parents Joe Sacerdo | January 12, 2011 at 11:49 pm | Tags: Archdiocese of Boston, Bryan Hehir, cardinal sean o’malley, gay lesbian | Categories: Bryan Hehir, Gay/Lesbian Related | URL: http://wp.me/pQfKt-mw … Continue reading →

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