Galway We woke up in a graveyard in Limerick in the shadow of a castle. Well, not actually in the graveyard, but along the church wall separating us from the graveyard maintained by the Limerick Civic Trust along with the church which had been in steady operation since the mid-500’s and renovated 200 years ago, …
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The Pope’s Talking, Let’s Hope Somebody is Listening!
New Orleans Pope Francis isn’t perfect. None of them are. All the same, it’s hard not to root for the guy, give him an attaboy and hope he pushes the Catholic Church and its parishioners to demand more social justice and social change. The Pope issued something called an apostolic exhortation which is several degrees …
What’s a Woman to Do?
New Orleans The ascent of Trump may be proving that the personal is not the political, but it also seems to be establishing to a frightening degree that the political is very, very personal. I read a lengthy and poignant story in Harper’s in the wake of the election. It was centered in Rapid City, …