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2015-01-22T11:48:39-07:00

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January 22 and Bunnygate

Last updated on: January 22, 2015 at 11:48 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I’ve ignored the flap over Pope Francis’ latest airplane interview, mainly because it has no merit. What I mean is that the carrying-on about the Holy Father’s use of certain phrases has no merit. It seems that Pope Francis affirmed the Catholic Church’s teaching on artificial birth control. In the process, he said that this teaching doesn’t mean that people need to have babies “like rabbits.” Big deal. All he meant was that people can use natural family planning. Big... Read more

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2015-01-21T18:42:48-07:00

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Speaking for the Babies on Tulsa Time

Last updated on: January 21, 2015 at 6:42 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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The organizers of the 6th Annual Tulsa March for Life have given me the opportunity to do what I love to do the most: Speak for the basic and fundamental right to life of all human beings, particularly the babies. Every time I get the opportunity to do something for life, it is a gift of unmerited grace. Years ago, when I was on my knees with grief over what I had done in my pro choice/anti-God years, my dear and... Read more

2015-01-21T23:17:42-07:00

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Cherry Picking the Prez’ Big Speech

Last updated on: January 21, 2015 at 11:17 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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I’ve known for several months now that I had a job of work ahead of me, explaining the current situation in Washington. I’ve dreaded doing this because, (1) There’s a lot I know that I can’t say, (2) People are going to get mad at me because of what I have to say, and (3) I’m worn thin by worries about my mother and that makes me sort of trigger happy in how I respond to rude comments. However, I’m... Read more

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2015-01-19T17:37:49-07:00

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Newest Charlie Hebdo Makes Fun of the Pope

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 5:37 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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The newest issue of Charlie Hebdo makes fun of the Pope. I doubt that the editorial staff is worried about a violent response to this. After all, they’ve already printed quite a number of issues mocking and otherwise attacking the Catholic Church. I found this clip from the movie The Robe. It dramatizes the way that Christians respond to these things. The Robe is fiction, but the fact of Christian faithfulness, even to death, is how the message of the... Read more

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2017-03-24T15:32:37-06:00

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What is the Most Perfect Prayer?

Last updated on: March 24, 2017 at 3:32 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

In keeping with my longstanding tradition of kicking over hornet’s nests, I’m going to ask a question. What is the most perfect prayer? Over on the Facebook page of a friend of mine, a commenter who identified himself as a priest said that the Holy Mass is the “most perfect prayer.” A Deacon of the Church responded that yes, it was. I’ve been rolling that one around in my mind ever since I read it. Mass is, from beginning to... Read more

2015-01-20T08:12:38-07:00

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What are You Doing January 22?

Last updated on: January 20, 2015 at 8:12 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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I remember the predictions after Roe v Wade. I thought that the people making these arguments were, to put it bluntly, nuts. Abortion will lead to euthanasia, they said. Abortion will lead to human cloning, they warned. Abortion will be used as birth control. Abortion will damage the respect our society holds for human life. I thought they were nuts. Such things would never happen. But look at us now. Scientists are in the process of creating animal/human hybrids.... Read more

2015-01-19T10:32:31-07:00

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If Martin Luther King was Alive Today, Would he be Pro Life?

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 10:32 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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If Martin Luther King, Jr was alive today, would he be pro life? His niece, Alveda King, says he would. From LifeNews.com: “I know in my heart that if Uncle Martin were alive today, he would join with me in the greatest civil rights struggle of this generation – the recognition of the unborn child’s basic right to life,” she told LifeNews.com previously. “My uncle Martin would agree that we cannot end poverty, hunger, or suffering by killing those who... Read more

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2015-01-19T13:19:05-07:00

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Martin Luther King, Jr. What He said Matters Today.

Last updated on: January 19, 2015 at 1:19 pm By Rebecca Hamilton

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Martin Luther King, Jr, spoke from the heart of the Gospels. He did what we must do: He challenged satanic evil with the love of Christ. To take the brickbats of vicious attackers who know no rules except the ones they write to cripple their opponents is the Christian fate. We are facing it today. Christianity is under attack from many directions. But we only have to look back a few decades to see the Gospel walking, marching, to... Read more

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2015-01-17T09:37:41-07:00

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Home Movies from Papa’s Trip

Last updated on: January 17, 2015 at 9:37 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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Pope Francis’ Flying Zucchetto Hurricane Haiyan: When I saw from Rome that catastrophe, I decided I have to be hear. Jesus is Lord, and He never lets us down. Many of you have asked the Lord, Why Lord, and Christ responds from His heart, on the cross. Let us look to Christ. He is the Lord. He understands us, he understands us because he underwent all the trials that we — you — have experienced. Pope to Filipino... Read more

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2015-01-16T11:46:46-07:00

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Is the Liturgy Really That Bad?

Last updated on: January 16, 2015 at 11:46 am By Rebecca Hamilton

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We’ve recently had a dust-up here on Public Catholic because I had the temerity to (1) disagree rather strongly with Cardinal Burke, and (2) come out in support of altar girls. You would think that I had barbecued a kitten. I deleted a ton of hate-women comments in the course of this discussion. I also deleted another ton of hate-Rebecca comments. According to a good number of commenters, I’ve got myself a ticket to a first-class seat in that proverbial... Read more

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