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TV! Sort of. I don’t know if y’all watch the news (in the USA, anyway), but in the last month I’ve stumbled on not one but two OBOB alum on national TV, educating people and working for positive change in the world. Shannon who used to post here has been making the morning show and news...

...for a block party a while back, they threw it to help fund a children’s hospital. What a good time! Their clubhouse (probably not the right term) is so old and cool it even has secret doors! Very reminiscent of the old Knights of Columbus building I was sworn in at. Lots of similar...

How dreadful it is that there exist racists and nationalists, and how dreadful that they and those who oppose them are so willing to resort to violence over the past several days. This is terrorism. One dead, 19 injured after car plows into protesters during clashes at 'Unite the Right' rally

More information demonstrating that as Trump played checkers, Putin played chess. This from an outspoken Republican and Trump supporter. Between this debacle and Trump's remarkable failure to orchestrate the end of Obamacare even though he had a Republican House and Senate, it is becoming...

I'm heading in to get a pretty suspicious thing checked out at the Doctor today. I'd really appreciate whatever prayers you can offer. Thank you.

We all recall Mr Trump criticizing President Obama's perceived strength because he only responded with vocal warning to Russia after Russian planed recklessly buzzed our ships, saying “how low we’ve gone that they can toy with us like that.” He added that “when that sucker comes by you, you...

[Staff edit]. For years I watched people like Sykes and Beck and Limbaugh stir the pot, it is refreshing to see at least some of them expressing regret over the monster they helped to spawn. His words in this interview are refreshing. I hope you'll all give a fair listen. Radio Host Charlie...

This is something I was a little concerned about. Russia's invasion and occupation of Crimea was and remains a grave evil and I was concerned, from some confusing things that President Trump said while campaigning, that he might favor letting these evils slide and dropping sanctions against...

Gang, please do me the favor of praying for an wonderful 15 year old girl who has suffered a lot since she was 6 or 7 and is in terrible shape tonight. Her family is suffering unimaginable sorrow and to hear them describe the pain she's in is just awful. Her condition is one that may take her...

As we all know, the early Church fathers understood that sexual intercourse with intentions other than conceiving children is evil, and it is only in recent times that so-called "natural" family planning came to be allowed. Do we all agree that NFP - especially without grace reasons - is awful?

When Pope Francis released his Encyclical on climate change, the vast majority of it was very good, rightly calling attention to the fact that human beings are in all likelihood responsible for effecting the climate in a way that can be expected to kill thousands, maybe millions of human beings...

Hi all. The title kind of sums it up. Should, in your opinion, parents who do not really believe the faith of their ancestors to be true - be them Jewish, Christian, Muslim, or other - send their children to schools or classes that will not only teach them about that faith but also teach them...

Disclaimer: This is not a political thread. While the thought was obviously inspired by Donald Trump calling for the pill to be sold otc, I am not interested in discussing the political side of the argument here, I'm looking for Catholic moral arguments. The pill is moderately harmful, as...

It's no secret that I've had something of a crisis of faith over the past several months, and that I'm not exactly sure what I believe, if anything. At any rate, I am heading into the Doctor's office to have one of those maybe nothing, maybe cancer scenarios that pop up periodically checked...

This is a very brief letter (though they've said much more on the topic) explaining what measures American Catholics should support regarding gun control legislation...

Of course, the North Korean media is government run. I don't think this is a big deal. I remember when dishonest people in this forum slammed President Obama because some questionable people or groups endorsed or complimented him, but I'm not going to go that guilt-by-association route...

Geez, dude sure is upset about strictly defensive anti-ballistic-missile missile missiles. We don't cry about the fact that Russia and before them the Soviet Union have had Moscow ringed with ABMs for like 50 years. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/28/europe/putin-threatens-romania/index.html

Man, lunatics will believe anything. Mental illness can be so awful. Lord have mercy! https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/05/16/calgary-man-believed-he-was-killing-medusas-werewolves-stabbing-trial-hears.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link

Man, I've read this piece 1000 times by different authors belonging to different religions and different nationalities. John Gunther's Inside Russia Today (1957) reads almost the same, as do stories told by my American friends living in the Middle East. While there are a million awful things...

Interesting. Her name has been one of those kicked around as a possible Trump running mate. http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/politics/oklahoma-governor-vetoes-bill-that-would-criminalize-abortion/index.html