After a hectic week, things in the news seem to be slowing down today. Of course the U.S. bishops are continuing their "Fortnight for Freedom" campaign, with rallies taking place today here in Chicago. Meanwhile in Baltimore, a former Catholic shares an opposing view on the campaign.
The thrills and joys of those of us who hang onto the tails of Generation X and/or lead the Millennials in the Age of the Internets have been dashed. The Internets this morning tricked us into believing it was Back to the Future Day. By the afternoon, the Internets told us it was a hoax.
The U.S. bishops' "Fortnight for Freedom" is nearing the halfway point and is still all over the news. Baltimore Archbishop William Lori states his case today for why he believes religious freedom is under attack in the Baltimore Sun.
The Supreme Court was busy today, issuing rulings on a number of cases.
William Lynn was convicted on one count of child endangerment, the jury announced today in Philadelphia. In other news out of Philly, the archdiocese is going to lay off at least 40 employees and shut down its diocesan newspaper, partly due to the cost of the legal fees and trial.
Well, the much-ballyhooed Fortnight for Freedom is finally upon us! Festivities abound: you can ask Thomas More to pray for us all, or if you're a fan of more indirect participation, you can even text "Freedom" (or "libertad") to receive campaign updates.
It's the summer solstice, and in much of the country, it's a skahcha (to channel my Boston-born-and-bred grandparents. If you don't read colloquialism, I meant to say "scorcher."). In case you missed 4th grade Earth science (no judgements.
CNN's Belief Blog today features a piece on "recovering Catholics," i.e. people who left the Catholic Church to find spiritual fulfillment elsewhere. The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate blog 1964 takes things a step further with an analysis of Catholics who left but then came back.
Rhode Island passes a "Homeless Bill of Rights," bucking the national trend of criminalizing poverty, poor people, and most ways of serving them in public.
The Catholic Health Association dropped a bombshell today with their letter to the Department of Health and Human Services claiming the current proposal for dealing with the contraception mandate won't work for Catholic hospitals. On the blog today I pondered what this might mean for the bishops vs. Obama administration battle.
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