It’s a hoot to hear Christian intellectuals rail against “the materialist defaults in secular culture,” claiming that they are “like a spell that’s been cast over modern minds, and the…
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A strange, creepy piece appeared recently in the Washington Post. It was disingenuously and lugubriously entitled: “What Will Christendom Look Like When It Is Almost Entirely Scrubbed of Christ?” You…
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Costa Rica Pilgrimage to the Virgen de Los Angeles
by Isabella Foster Villanueva 2019/08/03Prayers ascend today as many pilgrims walk toward la Basilica in honor of the Virgin of the Angels. This year the virgin wears a dress with the phrase “Yes to…
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Catholic Church Spent $10 Million on Lobbyists to Stymie Priest Sex Abuse Lawsuits
by admin 2019/06/05The U.S. Catholic Church spent $10.6 million on lobbyists to prevent victims of clerical sex abuse from suing for damages. According to a new report, the money was doled out…
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Having witnessed an instance of shocking abuse by a nun upon a friend in Catholic school in the 8th grade, I began to question, observe and research the religion in…
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I’m neither Christian nor Buddhist, but while recovering from food poisoning that had brought me within two days of death, I met an old Chinese woman that seemed to commune…
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A friend asked, “is what you’re talking about related to what some call samadhi, the highest state of meditation?” Undoubtedly, though I don’t like using Eastern terms.
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America has never felt like home to me. Now it doesn’t feel like home to millions of other Americans, whether they were born here as I was or not. Forget…