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Comment on: Why gay marriage wonât become a wedge issue - Opinion - The Boston Globe
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Anyone who says that Pope Benedict does not know about other faiths has never read any of his books, i.e., is just plain ignorant of him, not him of other faiths. You could not possibly be familiar wi more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I met a priest who said that when the phone rings at 8 PM, it is never good! If you are a parent putting kids to bed then or finally having some alone time with your wife, what would you do - as a mar more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
Are you judging based on pictures? How long does it take to become a cardinal? Maybe that has omething to do with why they are older. more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
How was the fate of the Jews related to this topic? Have you not noticed that Pius XI did all he could - surrounded by Nazis - to protect Jews and that the Rabbi of Rome was protected by him too? Did more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
According to Cardinal Ratzinger in his book - "What It Means to Be a Christian" - 2006, there are laws of love from both Rabbi Hillel and the New Testament that tell you what is needed, basicaly - Lov more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
I think some of you are learning about the Catholic Church by reading the Boston Globe or NY Times. You cannot judge the Church by these sources. Reading "Jesus of Nazareth" by Pope Benedict might cha more »
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Comment on: Can Vatican conclave release church from its moral predicament? - Opinion - The Boston Globe
There you go again, Jimmy. Lets start at the beginning. Gays are equal with you and me in the eyes of God. On this - you and I and the church agree. The incidence of gays in the sexual abuse scandals more »
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Comment on: Nearly 300 businesses ask Supreme Court to strike down Defense of Marriage Act - Business - The Boston Globe
My wife did not have any choice (& not a Mass. resident) and asking a religeous group to conform to requirements that contradict their beliefs is to ask them to not exist or to get out of the charitab more »
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Comment on: Nearly 300 businesses ask Supreme Court to strike down Defense of Marriage Act - Business - The Boston Globe
My wife and I divorced 30 years ago but later I asked her to move back in since she had no good way to earn a good living. While she was living at my house, my company expanded health insurance benef more »
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
Language is the issue. If you say you are pro-choice then you are also saying that you are for a person having the right to terminate a pregnancy. Then the real difference comes into play - whether yo more »
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
kate2468 says this "attitude" has not changed for thousands of years but I would assert that it changed with the advent of easy birth control. No more jousting works too.
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
Don't be so defensive. It is not controlling female sexuality to assert that the unborn is a person. If you believe that, then this could be about defending the life of the most vulnerable persons. If more »
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
Maybe the taboo would help but I would prefer that we learn to consider how pregnancy is a good thing. When both parties consider how great it can be to have and raise a child together, it can be the more »
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
The 65 year old may not be interrested in procreation, however the point is that unwanted pregnancies that lead to abortions are the result of sex for pleasure but without procreation as an option. As more »
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Comment on: Finding common ground in the abortion debate - - Boston.com
As long as sex is considered to be primarily a source of pleasure and secondarily a source of life, it does no good to ban abortion. Consider what we would be like if food was considered primarily a s more »
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Comment on: A counterculture of Catholic monks - Opinion - The Boston Globe
So why did Cardinal Ratzinger choose the name of Benedict? The first was not even a Pope. In fact, he was just a simple monk who desired nothing more than to live a quiet life of prayer and work and l more »
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Comment on: Contraception, the economic miracle drug - Opinion - The Boston Globe
You don't get it. This is not about getting rid of the 90% now covered by insurance, it's about not requiring those opposed to contraception from paying for other's pills, etc., especially since birth more »
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Comment on: Young Catholic women back birth control use - Lifestyle - The Boston Globe
Hi Bella, I assume that you did not find any women on the BC campus who were in favor of the Bishop's position on birth control and that is the reason why none were quoted in your article. That is, I more »
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Comment on: Birth control and churchâs power grab - Opinion - The Boston Globe
It seems like James Carroll has found his own bully pulpit. With critiques of the bishops for "squandering ...leadership", pushing "buttons", "lust for power", etc., he is adding more heat than light more »
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Comment on: 'Failure to communicate'
Karen Miller's article on communication was great. However, I would recommend that the time to instill discipline in use of the English language is in the primary grades. When I graduated from parochi more »
I think that the government (state or federal) has no business saying who you live with. Gays should be treated with the same respect as heterosexuals. However, governments also have no more right to more »