Tag Archives: Pope Benedict XVI

would that be term life or whole?

In this case probably term life would be the wise choice. Even short term life. If the money is available maybe whole life, but even better, give how well paid they are, you take a life insurance policy, but you … Continue reading

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smoke signals

Piece on the anniversary of Vatican II, which began fifty years ago last week, and despite the best efforts of arch-conservatism over the past two popes, such as the stacking of cardinal appointments on the reactionary front benches, and reinforcing … Continue reading

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green lines, red lines, and flashing lights

This week on the Mondoweiss site, they selectively pulled excerpts from a letter Jack Kennedy had written his father, Joseph, from Palestine in 1939, when the future President was a mere but perceptive twenty-two years old. Father Joe was a … Continue reading

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ashes to ashes, dust to dust…

When ole’ Henry talks people listen. Ten year contract and then its over. Gone. In the blink of an eye. Despite all her magic spells, sometimes even Cassandra experienced difficulties in predicting the future. But not Henry. And who could … Continue reading

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hold your horses

Its Italy. It runs by its own logic.This past week has seen a collision with the past present and future.  The priest blesses the horse, and then the Palio, the famous break-neck, bareback horse race around Siena’s main piazza takes … Continue reading

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uhhmm…ommm…and deceptive bends

American popular culture, true to form, has been able to commercialize and monetize Yoga; disengaging it from its Hindu spiritual roots and transforming it into a leisure past-time and hobby where it is placed on the rack or shelf, and … Continue reading

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PLEDGING FAITH AS COLLATERAL: Sloth & the Imp

“This new millennium already marked by killings is merely a sign of what Conrad called our miserable ingenuity. How we love to create Devils and Gods and bloody rivers of ways to get their almighty attention. What we turn away … Continue reading

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