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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.
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GOP lawmakers warn Texas school district over 'anti-Israel' curriculum, students wearing 'Arafat scarf'
- By Michie
Letter warns attire 'has close ties to Hamas'
Two Republican congressmen are warning about alleged “antisemitic behavior” on school campuses in Texas involving students, teachers and school curriculum.
Republican U.S. Reps. Keith Self and Pat Fallon sent a letter on Aug. 6 to school district officials in Plano, a city about 20 miles north of Dallas, citing reports of “hateful behavior” on the campuses of five high schools, five middle schools and three elementary schools.
Noting recent years of high growth have proved to be "exciting times for North Texas and especially for Collin County,” the congressional letter cites a Times of Israel report from July about an in-class activity shared by parents from the Plano Independent School District (PISD) in which students were asked to play a Jeopardy-style game.
The report cited a prompt used in the game which included the answer, “Group who wants to gain back the country they lost to Israel.” The response read, “Who are the Palestinians?” The Times of Israel report also cited “anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric” in classroom discussions.
“This hateful ideology has no place in America,” Self said.
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Two Republican congressmen are warning about alleged “antisemitic behavior” on school campuses in Texas involving students, teachers and school curriculum.
Republican U.S. Reps. Keith Self and Pat Fallon sent a letter on Aug. 6 to school district officials in Plano, a city about 20 miles north of Dallas, citing reports of “hateful behavior” on the campuses of five high schools, five middle schools and three elementary schools.
Noting recent years of high growth have proved to be "exciting times for North Texas and especially for Collin County,” the congressional letter cites a Times of Israel report from July about an in-class activity shared by parents from the Plano Independent School District (PISD) in which students were asked to play a Jeopardy-style game.
The report cited a prompt used in the game which included the answer, “Group who wants to gain back the country they lost to Israel.” The response read, “Who are the Palestinians?” The Times of Israel report also cited “anti-Israel and antisemitic rhetoric” in classroom discussions.
“This hateful ideology has no place in America,” Self said.
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GOP lawmakers warn Texas school district over 'anti-Israel' curriculum, students wearing 'Arafat scarf'
Two Republican congressmen are warning about alleged antisemitic behavior on school campuses in Texas involving students, teachers and school curriculum
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Former AP reporter on media bias toward Israel after Oct. 7
- By Michie
At the American Jewish Committee Global Forum 2025, award-winning journalist and former Associated Press correspondent Matti Friedman delivered a candid look at the bias, misinformation and double standards shaping global coverage relating to Israel.
From the rise of activist journalism to the endurance of skewed narratives, he revealed how the media can shape — and distort — reality.
Last month, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) released a podcast featuring highlights from the full interview. Friedman’s perspective comes from the inside: he worked in the AP’s Jerusalem bureau — the organization’s largest international office — between 2006 and 2011. And what he witnessed left him deeply concerned about how the Israel–Palestinian narrative is now being played out in today’s media climate.
“At the time … we had about 40 full-time staffers covering Israel — more than we had covering China, more than we had in India, more than we had in all of sub-Saharan Africa combined. I happen to think Israel is the most important country in the world because I live there. But if the news is meant to be a rational analysis of events on planet Earth, you cannot cover Israel more than you cover the continent of Africa. It just doesn't make any sense.”
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From the rise of activist journalism to the endurance of skewed narratives, he revealed how the media can shape — and distort — reality.
Last month, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) released a podcast featuring highlights from the full interview. Friedman’s perspective comes from the inside: he worked in the AP’s Jerusalem bureau — the organization’s largest international office — between 2006 and 2011. And what he witnessed left him deeply concerned about how the Israel–Palestinian narrative is now being played out in today’s media climate.
“At the time … we had about 40 full-time staffers covering Israel — more than we had covering China, more than we had in India, more than we had in all of sub-Saharan Africa combined. I happen to think Israel is the most important country in the world because I live there. But if the news is meant to be a rational analysis of events on planet Earth, you cannot cover Israel more than you cover the continent of Africa. It just doesn't make any sense.”
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Former AP reporter on media bias toward Israel after Oct. 7
At the American Jewish Committee Global Forum 2025, award-winning journalist and former Associated Press correspondent Matti Friedman delivered a candid look at the bias, misinformation and double
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God's Discipline
- By Fervent
- General Theology
- 9 Replies
Yes, though mine are also discipline because they relate to my greatest sins and He has humbled me through my mental struggles. In a sense, it was my own choices that allowed for the mental illness to reach the point it came to, and through the treatment of that mental illness He has shown me purpose and brought me peace. Though of course, being discipline those things were not pleasant when I was in the thick of things.I 'get' this!
Yes, God does allow for there to be 'crooks in our lot' ... things we cannot change, and must live with ... to draw us nearer to Him and teach us many things.
It is, in a way, a kind of discipline, because when we are faced with our 'crooks', we can choose to become angry and 'bitter' about them, or to become 'better' by accepting them and becoming more surrendered and dependent upon God to enable us to live with them. (No doubt, it is the latter that God prefers!)
I have a couple 'crooks' of my own ... things in my life that will not change ... difficult things ... but, like you, God has used them, and uses them, to draw me closer and keep me dependent upon Him. And that is blessing, great blessing, for one to know how much they truly do need God.
The 'crooks' God allows in our lives? They are potentially a very powerful, yet very loving, form of discipline.
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Former youth pastor in Maryland arrested after allegedly sexually abusing at least 6 teens
- By RileyG
Not surprising, sadly. Predators are everywhere 
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‘Hebrew Catholic’ association launches in Israel
- One Bread, One Body - Catholic
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They've been around in the USA for a while now. I think they are particularly active in and around St. Louis.The Association of Hebrew Catholicswas founded by Carmelite priest Father Elias Friedman, OCD, a Jewish convert to Catholicism who lived at Stella Maris Monastery on Mount Carmel in Haifa, Israel.
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‘Hebrew Catholic’ association launches in Israel
The Association of Hebrew Catholics celebrated its official launch with a Mass on Aug. 9, the eve of the feast of St. Edith Stein, a Jewish convert to Catholicism.www.catholicnewsagency.com
I’ll be interested to look up Fr. Friedman and his background.
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Reckoning with empire: A Catholic critique of American foreign policy in a nuclear age
- By Michie
- OBOB General Politics Forum
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The Immaculate Conception Cathedral (also known as the Urakami Cathedral) was heavily damaged after the Aug. 9, 1945 atomic bombing. (Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons)
In our era of war, drone strikes and simmering nuclear tensions, Catholics must bring the Gospel to bear on global affairs, not merely in prayer, but in policy, and hold their leaders accountable in doing so.
For too long, American foreign policy has been animated by a belief in “American exceptionalism” — the idea that the United States is a singular, divinely favored nation destined to lead the world — and a determination to preserve its role as the sole superpower in a unipolar world. Yet this vision, however noble it may sound to patriotic ears, has had devastating consequences: perpetual war, collapsed states, millions of lives lost and the ever-present specter of nuclear catastrophe.
Two Catholic thinkers, Patrick J. Buchanan and Andrew Bacevich, have issued prophetic critiques of this imperial orientation. Although differing in temperament and political perspectives (Buchanan from the right; Bacevich from a more centrist and scholarly perspective), both warn that the pursuit of American dominance not only betrays Christian moral teaching but also endangers the very world we claim to lead.
To understand why American foreign policy has become so reckless, one must first examine the myth that sustains it: that America is exceptional, a “city upon a hill,” uniquely tasked with spreading democracy and freedom. This self-image often blinds policymakers to the limits of power, the sovereignty of other nations and the cost in human life of our military interventions. It creates a moral framework where U.S. actions, however violent, are always justified, while resistance is labeled as terrorism or tyranny.
This vision of global leadership is not rooted in humility but in hubris. In the nuclear age, such pride could lead not only to our fall, but to the annihilation of life on Earth.
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Reckoning with empire: A Catholic critique of American foreign policy in a nuclear age
Catholics must confront the myth of American exceptionalism and advocate for a foreign policy rooted in the Gospel value of peace.
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