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Pencil Preaching for Monday, January 17, 2022
What Howard Thurman can teach Catholics about responding to racism today
Commentary: Archbishop Gomez’s speech criticizing social movements raises the question: Is Catholicism fit to respond to racism in the U.S.? Can we meet theologian Howard Thurman’s demand for a credible Christianity?
What did Pope Francis really say about cancel culture?
The rush by certain conservative media to claim the pope was seconding their views on cancel culture is laughable, not least because conservatives have a long track record of cancelling things to which they object.
Young Black Catholics confront nature, racism and the church's way forward
In a virtual conversation, four young Black Catholics, all pursuing doctoral theology degrees, talked about the contributions Black people bring to the environmental conversation, both within the church and beyond.
The Ordinary Mission of the SSPX – Reply to Salza
In an article entitled: “Does the SSPX Have an Extraordinary Mission?”, Mr. John Salza argues that the ministries of the Society of St. Pius X are illegitimate and, although he does not state it explicitly, should be avoided. He concludes: Neither Archbishop Lefebvre nor any of his bishops and priests have produced a single miracle […]
How can we honor Martin Luther King Jr.? Defund (while respecting) the police
Now is an opportune time to do the right thing—to defund the police and invest in a diversified strategy for public safety and well-being.
Quebec’s tax on the unvaccinated is ‘disturbing…based on mass hysteria’, says Maxime Bernier
‘The @francoislegault government is responsible for the death of thousands of elderly Quebecers in nursing homes. Now it wants to force the unvaccinated to pay for its abysmal management of the pandemic and the health care system,’ tweeted the political leader.Read More
Speech therapist blames face masks for massive spike in children with speech delays
Florida therapist Jaclyn Theek said masks have ‘most definitely’ contributed to a 364 percent surge of speech-delayed children.Read More
Woke university lecturer calls students ‘vectors of disease’, tells them not to come to class
Professor Barry Mehler was placed on leave after he described students as “vectors of disease” during a profanity-laced online class. Mehler, the founder and director of the Institute for the Study of Academic Racism, began the class wearing a helmet which he said he wears to protect himself from COVID-19.
Christian bakers win challenge in top European court protecting their right not to make pro-LGBT cake
A majority of the court ruled that the appeal was ‘inadmissible’ as it would ‘usurp the role of the domestic courts.’