Tag Archives: Catholic Church

How not to sell god

Posted on June 21, 2021 by Naomi

There is so much wrong with fundamentalist religious sectors. And what we’re now seeing out of conservative Catholicism is wrong…but from a fundamentalist point of view. How else to describe the perverse disincentives the Catholic Church is demonstrating by their … Continue reading →

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Did you support Trump but now want to abjure him?

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Naomi

We are hardly the only family struggling with that Trump Voter relative. And we’re hardly the only family who continues to ask that fatal question, “Why on earth would anyone vote for Trump?” Indeed, I spent much of the four … Continue reading →

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Do you want to know about a saint named Corona? Sure you do.

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Naomi

My dear friend, Andrea Vuocolo, is my hagiography maven. She knows more about saints and their stories than anybody of my acquaintance. I can’t recall why, many years ago, I learned about her saint savvy. I must have been writing … Continue reading →

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