This isnt normal....
- By Oompa Loompa
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What about them?And the Yankees; don't forget the Yankees.
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CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.
Pope Francis appoints new bishop of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy in Arizona
- By RileyG
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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Praying the eastern Catholic Churches have many more vocations to the priesthood and religious life, and for the Church as a whole 
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A priest responds to the US election: Three priorities for the Church
- By Michie
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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The re-election of President Donald Trump held many surprises to pollsters, including that 56% of Catholic voters supported Trump, while only 41% supported Harris. According to the Washington Post, 52% of Catholics supported President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, compared to 47% for President Trump. This is a notable shift, and as Catholics, we shouldn’t just wonder “why” it happened; we should consider what this trend is revealing about the needs of our people and how the Church can better engage our culture.
This generation is searching for something they aren’t finding in the broader culture. In an era where masculinity is often criticized or misunderstood, young men are looking for models of strength and purpose. Many were drawn to Donald Trump’s platform for his message of confidence and boldness. And while the Church’s vision of masculinity differs from political displays of power, it’s clear that young men are hungry for strong leadership — and this is a need we should take seriously.
As a Church, we have an opportunity and a responsibility to guide young men toward a vision of masculinity that is rooted in virtue and sacrifice. The saints, virtuous fathers, and selfless leaders in our history have shown us what it means to be men who image Christ. We need to model this for our young men, giving them examples that they can look up to, not only as followers but as leaders called to defend and protect their families, their faith and their parish communities. Our youth programs and seminaries have to respond to this need by preparing men to be loving fathers, strong protectors and holy priests and religious who embrace true leadership. The search for confidence and boldness among young men is a powerful sign that the Church must step forward and nurture virtuous masculinity.
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A call for virtuous masculinity
One of the most visible trends in this election has been the support Trump garnered from young men. Men between the ages of 18 and 29 turned to Trump decisively this election. This demographic voted by a 15% margin for Joe Biden in 2020. In 2024, young men shifted 30 percentage points to the right, going for Trump by a margin of 16%, according to the Wall Street Journal.This generation is searching for something they aren’t finding in the broader culture. In an era where masculinity is often criticized or misunderstood, young men are looking for models of strength and purpose. Many were drawn to Donald Trump’s platform for his message of confidence and boldness. And while the Church’s vision of masculinity differs from political displays of power, it’s clear that young men are hungry for strong leadership — and this is a need we should take seriously.
As a Church, we have an opportunity and a responsibility to guide young men toward a vision of masculinity that is rooted in virtue and sacrifice. The saints, virtuous fathers, and selfless leaders in our history have shown us what it means to be men who image Christ. We need to model this for our young men, giving them examples that they can look up to, not only as followers but as leaders called to defend and protect their families, their faith and their parish communities. Our youth programs and seminaries have to respond to this need by preparing men to be loving fathers, strong protectors and holy priests and religious who embrace true leadership. The search for confidence and boldness among young men is a powerful sign that the Church must step forward and nurture virtuous masculinity.
Refocusing the pro-life movement
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A priest responds to the US election: Three priorities for the Church
What does the decision of a majority of Catholic voters to support Donald Trump reveal about how the Church should engage our culture?
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Catholic group urges Biden to commute federal death sentences before Trump takes office
- By Michie
- OBOB General Politics Forum
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A prominent Catholic anti-death penalty group is urging outgoing President Joe Biden to commute the sentences of the 40 people currently on federal death row in anticipation of the second term of President-elect Donald Trump, who strongly favors capital punishment.
Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), an advocacy group founded in 2009, said in a statement posted Nov. 6 that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”
In light of the upcoming jubilee year in the Catholic Church — a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage, emphasizing God’s mercy, that takes place every quarter-century — Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, CMN’s executive director, noted that Pope Francis has emphasized forgiveness and an end to the death penalty.
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Catholic Mobilizing Network (CMN), an advocacy group founded in 2009, said in a statement posted Nov. 6 that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”
In light of the upcoming jubilee year in the Catholic Church — a special holy year of grace and pilgrimage, emphasizing God’s mercy, that takes place every quarter-century — Krisanne Vaillancourt Murphy, CMN’s executive director, noted that Pope Francis has emphasized forgiveness and an end to the death penalty.
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Catholic group urges Biden to commute federal death sentences
Catholic Mobilizing Network said in a Nov. 6 statement that the federal death penalty is a “broken” system that “does not deter crime or make communities safer.”
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Pastor lauds students pushing back on cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’
- By mindlight
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Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school’s ban on cross necklaces deemed “offensive,” receiving praise from a local pastor.
At Methodist Ladies’ College, a prestigious girls’ school in Melbourne, students have been asked to remove cross necklaces because they might offend others, the Herald Sun reported.
“My friend was wearing a cross and there was another girl in our class who said she found the cross really offensive and so the teacher told her to take it off,” an anonymous student was quoted as saying. “My friend’s parents, who are very religious, tried to get answers from the school and were told ‘it’s not a good look for the school.’”
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Pastor lauds students fighting cross necklace ban as Christian symbol deemed ‘offensive’
Students in Victoria, Australia, are challenging their Methodist school s ban on cross necklaces deemed offensive, receiving praise from a local pastorwww.christianpost.com
Though a Christian I have never worn a cross in public. I have read my bible on a train and other public places and even started conversations about God in many cases, had a fish on my car a few years but never a cross. Must admit stories like this make me want to wear one. Who cares if our identity in Christ offends people? Insults for our faith build our treasure in heaven.
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Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win
- By RileyG
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I'm very thankful for him!
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Pro-life action conference in Calgary draws more than 100 activists
- By RileyG
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Hopefully more Canadians will join the pro-life cause in the future!
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The Tower of Babel
- By Josheb
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This was my point of view for a very long time but as I reflect more on what happened and the nature of sin I am inclined to take a somewhat different view. The flood was a cleansing. 1 Peter 3 explains a correlation between the flood and baptism, asserting its soteriological significance, the patience of God and the pledge of a good conscience. The soteriological significance of Noah is further described in Hebrews 11, the patience of God is self-evident (He could have killed everyone and everything and started over entirely), and the pledge of a good conscience becomes evident in what quickly ensued after the flood: Noah got drunk and his son sodomized him! As you correctly observed: sin moved quickly.
My departure from the standard pov comes from the fact the earth (creation) still groaned under bondage and awaited the sons of God to be revealed. I am, therefore, inclined to amend the op's opening statement to include a "could," as in "God showed He could cleanse the world, and He could do so by completely destroying all humanity (and even the planet itself)." It is self-evident from scripture the whole earth was not cleansed, certainly not from sin. The pruning of the "human family" certainly occurred, but it was a numerical pruning, not much of a qualitative pruning. It was certainly not a pruning like that described in John 15. Because the episode is clearly Christological and soteriological, we can, however, say the account is a foreshadowing of Christ crucified and resurrected.
Amen!
And I would add that it was from this region that Abram came. Abraham and his descendants were Babylonians, Hebrew Babylonians. Knowing this adds to our understanding of God's redemptive plan and His agency thereof.
I think another amendment is in order: the inclusion of the word "idolatrous." The pride problem in Babel was not the good kind of pride (like that to which Paul appeals when he commends his readers) but the fatally egregious kind of pride in which a finite creature irrationally imagines s/he/they can reach the Infinite Creator. That premise should have been prima facie absurd to them. Or, at least it seems to be that way to the spiritually enabled, but the truth is there are as many ways to imagine oneself comparable to God as there are humans, and they often go unnoticed even among the regenerate. Even Paul had a pride issue for which he stood under God's persistent judgment (the "thorn in his side"). This is why Paul wrote,At this moment we encounter a story about the sin of pride wherein we forget the glory of God and esteem ourselves too highly. Let’s consider this story and seek to learn from it.
The Story of the Tower of Babel
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In the story of the great flood, we saw how evil and sin had grown so fast and become so serious that God saw it necessary to cleanse the whole world and dramatically prune the human family. While the flood was a severe measure, that tells us how bad the problem had become! The flood … Continue...blog.adw.org
Philippians 2:1-7
Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bondservant, and being made in the likeness of men.
- Do nothing out of selfishness or vain conceit.
- Regard others more important than ourselves.
- Look to others' interest, not yours only.
- Definitely do NOT regard equality with God something to be grasped.
- Have Jesus' attitude and empty yourself.
- Remember you are a bondservant (our lives were purchased; we are not your own).
No building towers to reach God
. Scripture can be so inconvenient, sometimes .
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