Fr. Paul Lickteig wants to be a mystic and a revolutionary, because the world needs people of vision and people of action.
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On Trial, or The Law Will Let Us Down
Responding to the verdict in the Trayvon Martin murder trial & the tensions we feel when the law lets us down.
You Can’t Take it with You: Accidental Pioneers
None of this week’s departed started out to make a statement, but they all leave behind quite a mark
Worth Reading: Socrates’s Best Burns
In his role as president of the Defend Socrates At All Costs fanclub Paddy Gilger has unearthed some unacceptable, albeit humorous, Socrates slander over at BuzzFeed.
Doctor Who as Religion
Academic comparisons of sci-fandom to religious community has our man John Shea wondering about his status as a full-fledged Whovian.
Fun! A Spiritual Manifesto
Michael Rossmann has decided that enough is enough; it’s high time for a spiritual manifesto. What’s on his agenda? Fun.
Worth Reading: “Saints John Paul II and John XXIII”
Over at America James Martin has written about the dual canonization of Sts. John Paul II and John XXIII.
Worth Reading: Lumen Fidei, Hot Off the Presses
Somewhere there’s a song that calls three a magic number. Sam Sawyer reports on Lumen Fidei, the third of BXVI’s/first of Francis’ papal encyclicals.
‘Murica! – #tbt
Have a very TJP Independence Day with Vinny Marchionni, who is taking in this July 4th with an attitude of gratitude.
Worth Watching: PLINKO!!!
Vinny Marchionni on a TV event you won’t want to miss