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Port and Cookies

I have long wanted to compile a collection of anecdotes by graduates of Catholic colleges and universities from (roughly) 1967-2000 as to how they survived the reigning agnostic materialism on campus.  To what underground bunkers did they flee?  Between which dusty old stacks in the university library did they repair?  To which neighborhood bar–away from the…

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Greece Slams Turkey’s Attempts to make Hagia Sophia into a Mosque.

The Hagia Sophia is the crown jewel of Byzantium. Emperor Justinian, upon entering it and beholding the finished Church is said to have exclaimed, “I have outdone thee, Solomon!” Today, the Church is a museum, but recent years saw some tolerance (any leeway seems to have been caused by the pressure of Pope Benedict) by…

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Bishop Paprocki Defends Marriage, Prays Prayers of Exorcism

Here is the homily of Bishop Paprocki from the Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in Reparation for the Sin of Same Sex Marriage.  Strength to your arm, Your Excellency!

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Today’s Exorcism Might stop the March to Fantasyland

The news is reporting that Illinois Governor Pat Quinn intends to sign the so-called Gay Marriage Bill into state law today. As we reported here, Bishop Paprocki is ready to exorcise his diocese in reparation for this legislative stroll into fantasyland. The Chicago Tribune, revealing an entirely materialist bent, leads with a headline that this…

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Footnote 54: Should Catholics be concerned about Common Core?

https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/BF-Footnote-54-common-core-110613-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThe National Catholic Education Association has endorsed the Federal Government’s “Common Core” educational standards. Should Catholics be concerned?

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Melkite Nun: Syria is torn apart by foreign interests

Mother Agnes Miriam, who we’ve reported on here in the past is touring the United States discussing the atrocities in Syria. Most importantly, she’s explaining that the so-called “civil war” did not come from within as our news would have us believe. Local TV in Lincoln, NE covered her talk there. They report: To her,…

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Pope Continues to Teach against Authoritarianism

Thanks be to God for Pope Francis! I continue to enjoy his homilies and he often has articulations of concepts that have irked me for a while. He said in his homily today (asianews.it): God save us from the “hegemonic uniformity ” of the “one line of thought” Amen. For too long I’ve been irritated about the…

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Brain Death and the Harvesting of Human Organs

by Patrick Laurence  Introduction: It’s true today that everything has a value on the market, but does that mean we can easily take the value of our organs? If you’ve donated your organs, doesn’t it make some tension over whether you are dead when they take those organs? The Bellarmine Forum is pleased to welcome…

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Bishop Paprocki is Stealing their happiness? !

You’ve seen the headlines by now:  Bishop Paprocki of Springfield diocese is going to perform an exorcism at the same time as the Governor Pat Quinn of Illinois signs a bill into law that enacts so-call marriages between persons of the same sex (as if that were possible anywhere in God’s creation). The story is…

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