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Month: June 2021

VP Harris, What About the ‘Root Cause’ of Urban Homicide?

Posted by | Jun 24, 2021 | |

Vice President Kamala Harris just returned from Guatemala where she discussed the “root cause” of the post-election “surge” of “migrants” to our southern border. Harris said, “People leave home … because they don’t have opportunities there to fulfill their basic needs like feeding their children or keeping a roof over their head, or they’re fleeing […]

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Report: Clergy abuse in Iowa was ‘overwhelming’ but now rare

Posted by | Jun 24, 2021 | , , , , , , , , , , |

Catholic priests sexually abused minors across Iowa for decades while church leaders covered it up, but reforms implemented in recent years have largely stopped the problem, a three-year review by Iowa’s attorney general concluded.

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The Eucharist and sinners

Posted by | Jun 24, 2021 | , , , , , , , , |

I am told that I have finally “arrived” on the St. Paul scene, albeit not in any way that I would have anticipated. My name was brought up in a recent conversation between Joe Soucheray and Patrick Reusse on their Monday Night Sports Talk. No, it was not because of my high school tennis forehand. Rather, it had to do with my weight. With what some might consider uncharacteristic restraint, Joe commented on my “stoutness,” speculating that my girth may have mercifully abbreviated a recent funeral in a church without air conditioning as St. Paul temperatures hovered around 100.

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Eucaristía y pecadores

Posted by | Jun 24, 2021 | , , |

Me han dicho que finalmente he “llegado” a la escena de San Pablo, aunque no de la manera que hubiera anticipado. Mi nombre fue mencionado en una conversación reciente entre Joe Soucheray y Patrick Reusse en su charla deportiva del lunes por la noche. No, no fue por mi golpe de derecha de tenis de la escuela secundaria. Más bien, tenía que ver con mi peso. Con lo que algunos podrían considerar moderación inusual, Joe comentó sobre mi “robustez”, especulando que mi circunferencia pudo haber abreviado misericordiosamente un funeral reciente en una iglesia sin aire acondicionado cuando las temperaturas de St. Paul rondaban los 100 grados.

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