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The courage of her convictions

A few weeks ago when Georgetown University invited President Obama to give the commencement address, I meant to write about it. Then, when the President asked that the crucifix and IHS logo behind the podium be covered, I meant to write about that, too.
Now Notre Dame University has also invited the President to give [...]

Posted 27 April 2009 † Brigette Russell § Politics § Religion ‡ Comments (9) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Disenfranchisement comes for the archbishop

My column in the New Mexico Independent this week is the involvement of the Catholic Church in the legislative process. There has been much criticism of Archbishop Sheehan’s vocal opposition to the domestic partners bill that was recently defeated in the New Mexico State Senate. The archbishop wrote a piece in the editorial [...]

Posted 07 April 2009 † Brigette Russell § New Mexico Independent columns § Politics § Religion § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Palm Sunday on the Plaza

My two eldest daughters and I took part in our first ever religious procession yesterday.  Every year, the clergy, choir and lay ministers of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi and two other downtown Santa Fe churches, Holy Faith Episcopal and First Presbyterian, process from their churches the few blocks to the Plaza [...]

Posted 06 April 2009 † Brigette Russell § Religion § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Pope Joy

While I was over at Newsbusters reading a story about how CNN’s Jack Cafferty says the Catholic Church must drag itself out of the 13th century, and another about professor Robert McElvaine blogging at the Washington Post to the effect that Pope Benedict XVI ought to be impeached, I saw this totally unrelated little gem:
Joy [...]

Posted 21 March 2009 † Brigette Russell § Books § Politics § Religion ‡ Comments (11) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Married priest ordained at St. Francis Cathedral

As reported in the Santa Fe New Mexican, Archbishop Michael Sheehan ordained three priests at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi here in Santa Fe yesterday, and one of the three was Jeffrey Whorton, a married father of five.
Father Whorton’s ordination does not mean that the Catholic Church has abandoned the celibacy requirement [...]

Posted 02 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § Religion § Santa Fe ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , ,