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Inclusive Capitalism, the hope of a more humaine development. (Spanish) Capitalismo inclusivo, una esperanza?

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      La fe católica nunca se ha pronunciado a favor de algún sistema económico específico, pero siempre ha marcado los excesos y vicios que tanto el comunismo como el capitalismo y otros han tenido. Siempre ha señalado los ejes necesarios para un desarrollo material más humano en la doctrina social de la Iglesia, entre los más importantes: la centralidad del ser humano. Tratando de hacer llegar este mensaje a los empresarios del mundo, el Papa Francisco lanzó un reto en la reunión del FORO MUNDIAL FORTUNE-TIME en el 2016 para trabajar en la posibilidad de que el capitalismo pueda ofrecer resolución a muchos de los problemas sociales actuales:   “Nuestro gran desafío es el de responder a los niveles globales de injusticia promoviendo un sentido de responsabilidad local, es más, personal, de manera que nadie quede excluido de la participación social. Por lo tanto, la pregunta que debemos plantearnos es cuál es la mejor manera de animarnos los unos a los otros y motivar a nuestras

Another Saint, a Riot and Mark 7:15

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Yesterday's headlines oozed acrimony, animosity and anger. So do today's. It could be worse. I could have been reading about a replay of Oxford's St. Scholastica Day riot. I'll get back to that.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .
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Today's Tuesday of the Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. It's also Saint Apollonia's feast day.... ...St. Apollonia isn't on my diocesan or national liturgical calendar. Not that I've seen, at any rate. That's not, or shouldn't be, a big surprise. The Catholic Church is literally catholic, καθολικός, katholikos, universal. Some things we do, like reading the Bible, are universal. Some aspects of our worship are regional or local. 1 ( September 30, 2018 ) I figure devotion to St. Apollonia hasn't been part of my place and time's life. Which is okay. Today's reading — right! That's what got me started. More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

'Everything he did enriched the spiritual lives of the people who were in contact with him.' Sunday Reflections, 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B

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  Christ Pantocrator (Christ in Majesty) Monreale Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily [Web Gallery of Art] Readings   (Jerusalem Bible: Australia, England & Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland) Readings   (New American Bible: Philippines, USA) Gospel   Mark 1:40-45 ( English Standard Version Anglicised: India) A leper came to Jesus, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean.”   Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him,  “I will; be clean.”   And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.  A nd Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once,   and said to him,  “See that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, for a proof to them.”   But he went out and began to talk freely about it, and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places, and people were coming to him fr

Couney's Baby Incubators vs. the Progressive Era

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(Babies under glass at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition, Seattle, Washington. (1909)) Martin A. Couney was not your typical Progressive Era American doctor. For one thing, Couney may not have been an officially-approved doctor. He said that he'd studied under Dr Pierre-Constant Budin. Maybe he had. But he hadn't. Couney revised his origin story rather often. That, changing his name at least once, and at-best-sparse documentation makes sorting out his history challenging.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

Little Saint Julian Mary Pearl, Pray for Us!

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I haven't been much of a blogger the past few years, so I haven't contributed to this site in quite some time.  I recently deleted my Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter accounts, however; and lo and behold , suddenly I find that I have so much more time to spend on my first love, writing full-length blog posts!  Getting off social media has been so good for my mental and spiritual well-being, and for reminding me how much more satisfying writing is for me than endlessly scrolling through social media posts.  My husband and I are blessed to be busy and involved with our ever-expanding family (our 17th grandchild was born in October), and that's another reason I haven't been posting at my blog as often as I used to.  Sadly, though, we have also lost several precious grandchildren to miscarriage in the past two years.  Not too long ago, I shared this post about our most recent loss over at String of Pearls. Please keep our oldest son, his sweet wife, and their five children

Is there a soul in your body?

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Pentheus, Pwyll and Pan Twardowski: Fairly Faustian

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(Marguerite's garden in Gounod's "Faust," set design by Édouard Desplechin. (1859)) Christopher Marlowe based his "Dr. Faustus" on Germany's Faust legend, which was in turn inspired by Johann Georg Faust's reputation. And on J. G. Faust's abrupt death in 1520, give or take a few decades. Someone or something wrung Faust's neck. Or he didn't survive an alchemical laboratory explosion. Stories agree that he died abruptly, but vary on details. J. G. Faust had been a Renaissance con man of sorts, presenting himself as an alchemist, astrologer and magician. His reputation grew after his unpleasant death, inspiring a slew of chapbooks, plays, operas, ballets and video games. Gounod's "Faust" was an early Faustian opera, and I'm wandering off-topic. 1 Or maybe not so much.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

Art Deco, a Style From Another Era

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I like Art Deco. Partly because I see it as one of the 20th century's better ideas. More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

What does God look like?

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Social Media, Security and Assumptions

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I logged in to my Twitter account yesterday. It was the first time in months that I'd been able to log in. I could spin my experience as Twitter, Big Media, the Pixie-Leprechaun Cabal or whoever suppressing The Truth. But I won't. I'm pretty sure it was a technical glitch somewhere. Or maybe operator error. I've noticed that I sometimes read 'sign up' as 'log in.' Particularly late at night.... More at A Catholic Citizen in America .

Taking Sides?

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  Okay, let me go on record to say that I do not support the outlandish ideas spouted by QAnon and Marjorie Taylor-Greene and I would be the very last person to support her antics. But, I was admittedly disappointed when I heard Senior Political Reporter Nia-Maliki Henderson’s analysis on CNN of the address Taylor-Greene gave defending herself. Henderson was saying that Taylor-Greene was wrapping her conspiracy theories in conservative talk, and she gave a few examples.   And she may be right about that, but Henderson went on to say that when Taylor-Greene “talked about God creating man and woman, that really is sort of being anti-transgender." Huh? This is what Taylor-Greene said: “God’s creation . . . as he created them male and female and that should not be denied. I am censored for saying those type of things. That is wrong,” Is that really where we are today?   Honestly, I have no idea if Taylor-Greene was attempting to make a subtle slam against transgender