The film that wins Best Picture might not have been everyone’s first choice, but it will have had the most fans across the Academy. The vote of the overall Academy chooses best picture. I have contemplated the significance of the movie Spotlight winning the Oscar for Best Picture. I am delighted it did. I believe […]
March 5, 2013 by Leave a Comment
An Editorial
The following is an editorial from the newspaper. It is about church investigations that are forcing change. It struck me because it is written by a Catholic and there are two statements makes that I find encouraging. ‘”Edward Donati’s assertion (Letters Feb.22) that certain Catholic Church tenets and doctrines “…will not change …” is debatable.”‘ […]
September 21, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Pope aplogizes to victims
The Pope was recently in London to apologize to five people who were molested by priests as children. The article “Pope Benedict meets in London with 5 victims of priest abuse” by Nicole Winfield and Victor Simpson (AP) 9/19/10, says it is his latest effort to defuse the sex abuse crisis shaking his church. It says […]
June 29, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Great Article!
Copied here by permission: THE SURVIVAL OF THE SPIRIT WHILE MIRED IN THE TOXIC WASTES OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL SWAMP Thomas P. Doyle, J.C.D., C.A.D.C. ANNUAL SNAP GATHERING Chicago, Illinois July 13, 2008 Preface Sexual abuse of children and minors by trusted clergy results in a unique type of trauma. The vast majority of victims […]
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