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+JMJ+ It says "[T]he Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel …" and not "Francis teaches, in the light of his own prudential judgement …". :whistle: […] The text can be restored. It's just the Catechism... not Scripture or a Council or even a Teaching from the Chair. […] &quo...

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So much yellow....

+JMJ+ It seems difficult to sustain this reading considering that the Catechetical Revision frames the DP as "Inadmissible in light of the Gospel" — that is, unless the "light of the Gospel" is taken as a mere rule-of-thumb which only applies "when reasonably possible"...

We are headed to the East Coast at the end of June. My so has a 9 day engineering camp at Virginia Tech. We'll be visiting family and old haunts up and down the coast until he is done. We are also stopping by Embry-Riddle for a campus tour in FL. Wow! I used to be an instructor for Embry- Riddle. I...

+JMJ+ The fundamental principle of Respect for Life guides Church teaching on abortion and capital punishment. Death Penalty should be avoided when possible; abortion must be opposed in all cases. It seems difficult to sustain this reading considering that the Catechetical Revision frames the DP as...

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No Bingo! today

+JMJ+ After following the Pope's magisterial breadcrumbs for the whole of this pontificate, I think it safe to say that he sees right-thinking regarding the Death Penalty as a gateway to right-thought on any-&-all fundamental Human Rights violations. Newsom may not be quite there yet, but ortho...

+JMJ+ latimes DOT com/california/story/2024-05-19/newsom-walks-away-from-the-vatican-with-popes-approval-on-death-penalty Curious as to why Francis doesn't see abortion as a death penalty? After following the Pope's magisterial breadcrumbs for the whole of this pontificate, I think it safe to say t...

sweetandsour wrote: ↑20 May 2024, 07:44 I bought 10 shares of snowflake this morning at 163.6 just to put it on my radar screen.

SNOW is going to be fun to watch. I hope you hit a home run with it.

Keep us posted!

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Lucky!