Pope Francis
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From Where I Stand, Pope Francis: Mid-Visit Musings
Like most everyone else our family is in a Pope Francis frenzy these days. Reading, talking, listening, praying. How can we not? The whole country is paying attention, or at least those of us on social media . As always,… Continue reading
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Dear Mainstream Media, We Know What You’re Doing
Today my feed was inundated with Pope Francis supposedly relaxing the rules on abortion. Except that’s not quite accurate. He didn’t relax the rules on ABORTION per se — it’s STILL considered a sin in the Catholic Church — always… Continue reading
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Loaves and Fishes: We Can Be the Miracle
Sunday morning before Church I decided to stop by Twitter, where I saw this tweet from Grist: Can you have kids and still be a good person? The article it links to asks: “How, in a world where we are… Continue reading
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If The Shoe Fits (Laudato Si’ )
Laudato Si’ seems to have been buried under all the hubbub from the SCOTUS decision on same sex “marriage”…. so I’m just now catching up with commentaries and reactions to Laudato Si’, after finally finishing the encyclical, which can be… Continue reading
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The Pope Didn’t Say “Divorce”
What he said: Dear Brothers and Sisters: We know well that every family on occasion suffers moments when one family member offends another. Through our words, actions, or omissions, instead of expressing love for our spouse or children, we can… Continue reading
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Contraception, Abortion, Population Control, and Laudato Si’
From Laudato Si’: 50. Instead of resolving the problems of the poor and thinking of how the world can be different, some can only propose a reduction in the birth rate. At times, developing countries face forms of international pressure… Continue reading
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It’s Not About Rabbits, But Maybe It’s Not About You Either
It’s been a little over 24 hours since I woke up to Facebook hopping (pun unintended) because of a remark the Pope made on the plane to Rome from Manila, where he spent four days with the Filipino people, celebrating,… Continue reading
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Habemus Papam!!
Well, that was a short conclave!! Thank You, Holy Spirit! I don’t know what we were expecting, but we sure didn’t expect the text from Pope Alarm telling us about the WHITE SMOKE!! We all rushed in front of the… Continue reading
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Brazilian Cuisine: Pao de Queijo
Pao de Queijo from scratch: mixing the dough. Working with this dough was such fun — because it’s made from starch, the feel that’s most similar is working homemade playdough — have you ever made some? It’s made with flour… Continue reading
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