The question that needs answering is this Can a person be a practicing Catholic and a member of PFLAG More exactly can a person be a practicing Catholic and the head of the PFLAG publicity committee Or do the two organizations contradict each other rsquo s missions to the point that my head migh

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The world is very different now For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life -John F Kennedy Inaugural Speech January 20 1961 With these words John F Kennedy encapsulated the dichotomy of the modern age we have mastered the

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nbsp nbsp nbsp The plants in my house that are still alive thrive in an atmosphere of inattention High maintenance plants don rsquo t last long here My plants tend to be more hearty than beautiful They sit in their mismatched pots soaking in sunshine through the windows grateful for the occ

nbsp nbsp nbsp Turning 30 was so far the most traumatic birthday of my life My thirties were the hardest decade to enter even worse than my forties or fifties which really makes little sense Thirty seemed like the end of possibilities Once a person is 30 it seemed to me the path of life

The surprising rewards of detention ministry

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WHEN are we Catholics going to stop harping on slamming despising gay people During a recent Mass in the Diocese of Fresno I was asked to sign up for the Catholic Legislative Network I was in complete agreement with the pitch defense of the sanctity and dignity of life from conception to natural