40 Reasons Why It’s Cool to be Catholic #6 Bishops

Posted on March 31, 2012 by mlbuckley

If priests are cool then bishops must be cooler.  Right?  Again, this is not a scholarly dissertation on these men who are directly descended from the twelve Apostles.  There are plenty of places to find that kind of material.  This is about why bishops are cool and we’re lucky to have them.  However, I am [...]

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Whatever Happened to the 1st Amendment?

Posted on February 2, 2012 by mlbuckley

Here in the Archdiocese of Saint Louis, our Archbishop, Robert Carlson, has written a pastoral letter which is to be read in every parish.  The topic is the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services mandate that all employers, including Catholic employers provide insurance coverage for artificial birth control, abortion, and the morning-after abortion pill. [...]

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The Ninth Day of Christmas

Posted on January 2, 2010 by mlbuckley

Listen to the Podcast “I am the voice of one crying out in the desert, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord.’” Do you sometimes feel like John the Baptist when he spoke these words?  I know I do.  We may feel like we’re living in a spiritual desert when we turn on the television [...]

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