Celibacy is always, shall we say, an affront to what man normally thinks. It is something that can be done, and is only credible, if there is a God and if celibacy is my doorway into the kingdom of God.
No one is forced to be a Christian. But no one should be forced to live according to the "new religion" as though it alone were definitive and obligatory for all mankind.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
I thought I was the only one who referred to Dolan as Cheesehead Dolan, but Steve Skojec over at OnePeterFive sees it fit to call that big buffoon 'Cardinal “Cheeshead” Dolan' (spelling mistake left in) as well.
The name is very fitting, although insulting to cheesse.
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