Links for 01/06/06 | National Catholic Reporter Garnett provides good legal advice, although I am not sure about trusting the Church's lawyers - which are bringing what amount to nuissance lawsuits over contraception and who failed so miserably in serving the people of God, rather than the clergy, in the many instances of child sexual abuse - especially those which sealed the records and moved the priests. In the end, the legal rights of the Church to religious power over its employees are, while constitutional, not likely to last in the face of a people of God radicalized to accept the holiness of their gay children's marriages and to seek that holiness recognized by the clergy. (feel free to borrow that line).
Something has to give with giving services to poor and minority populations underserved by banks. While those with cash benefits do have a card to use - it often does not have a Visa plate, so it is only good for withdrawing money, sometimes with fees. Using the postal service for cashing paychecks or withdrawing welfare dollars (and for Heaven's sakes, while you are at it allow some SNAP benefits to be converted to cash - as the underground interest rate is 100% per month - or 1200% per year - when you turn your card over to these modern day loan sharks who give you 50 cents on the dollar for your food stamps).
The Holy Father again says about what any parish should say. Too bad he does not publish his homilies in advance or send them privately to parish priests in time for them to preach on these themes. Of course, while on the Magi, reverse engineering the Star of Bethlehem to what would attract the astrologers shows Jesus was likely born April 17, 6 BCE - which has unfortunate reincarnation overtones during Eastertide, while leaving Yuletide to the mercy of the pagans who invented it (and whose rites remain with us to this day for very good reasons of human psychology). It would also irritate the Trads to tell the truth on this issue, so Happy Three Kings Day!
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