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Linda Hoffman Kimball’s illustrious run as a guest-blogger ended yesterday, and I’m sure everyone here joins me in thanking her for the great posts. Hopefully we’ll hear from you again soon, Linda! Our newest guest blogger, Greg Allen, joins us today. I was a fan of Greg’s critically-acclaimed blog for a while before I came across a post that outed him as someone who could contribute to our discussion here. Here’s a bit of a bio: Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Here’s some of the Catholicity I enjoyed this week: Michael Novak lays out the moral case for capitalism. (Link via Christus Victor, which has a retort.) He tries to root enterprise and ownership in each person’s status as an “Imago Dei, an image of God, born to be creative and inventive.” Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Claudia Bushman brought up the touchy subject of our baptisms for other people’s dead. Most don’t understand that we don’t view the baptism as efficacious until the deceased person assents to it, but most would object anyway. This age doesn’t welcome us making bold to act like we have truth and authority. Apparently, we’re not the only unwelcome ones. Here’s a link responding to an atheist who resents the Catholic doctrine that baptism leaves an indelible mark on the baptized. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »

Here’s a fairly balanced story from the front page of today’s New York Times on the minor controversy surrounding Martin’s Cove in Wyoming. For those new to this story, the land in question is purportedly the place where the Martin and Willie handcart companies were stranded in the winter of 1856, and it is presently owned by the US Bureau of Land Management. When a prior deal giving the Church access to the site expired in 2001, the Church sought to purchase the land outright. The Wyoming senators, however, responding to a some public concerns, worked to block the... Read more »

There has been an interesting discussion over at the Metaphysical Elders on the perennial “Iron Rod v. Leahona” debate. In runs from this post to this post. Also, they seem to have added comments, although you have to go to the main page to see them, i.e. you can’t comment on archived posts. Be the first to like. Like Unlike Read more »