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Or in the case of Archb. Hunthausen, withholding federal income tax to protest preparations for nuclear war. The side-lining of Hunthausen wasn't aimed at one man, but at the teaching authority of the Bishops' Conference, following the pastorals on nuclear war and the economy.
You have to marvel at the ratio of priests & prelates removed in the 80’s-90’s over stuff like liturgical style & advocating women in ministry versus for aiding & abetting abuse of children.
(Here’s @RobertEllsberg on Ap. Ray Hunthausen who died 2 yrs ago yesterday. RIP)
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As his wife waxed eloquently about the brilliance of a local professor, the master grew irritated. “Can he do this?” he asked. “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” She looked at him quizzically. “What’s TV?” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Deserves reprinting every year. (Though note editor’s mistake: Pope Gregory the Great was 591, not 1591.)
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The master was not one to turn his back on old friends the moment their fortunes dipped—as long as he could count on their discretion. On the contrary, he “wished them well.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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You would never know it from the Fake News, the master told his peasants, but neighboring estates were beset with plague, famine, and Ottoman mauraders. All this contrasted with the unbelievable achievements on his own estate, beginning with canned beans! #TolstoysTalesofTrump
You will never hear this on the Fake News concerning the China Virus, but by comparison to most other countries, who are suffering greatly, we are doing very well - and we have done things that few other countries could have done!
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#Anarchists: Gandhi, Tolstoy; Dorothy Day; Gustav Landauer. All featured in my book “All Saints.”
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W.E.B. DuBois: “Either he knew what slavery meant when he helped maim and kill thousand in its defense or he did not. If he did not he was a fool. If he did, Robert E. Lee was a traitor and a rebel—not indeed to his country but to humanity and humanity’s God.”
W.E.B. DuBois’ brief note on the life and moral cowardice of Robert E. Lee is one of the single most brutal pieces of writing I’ve ever read
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John Lewis grew up in Troy, GA, the son of sharecroppers. As a teenager he wrote to M.L. King asking for his help to get into the local college. King sent him a round-trip bus ticket to Montgomery. King always called him "the boy from Troy." That is how a hero got his start.
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Howard Zinn, The Optimism of Uncertainty: "We don’t have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world." HowardZinn.org howardzinn.org/the-optimism-…
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See the quote from King at the end: “A man dies when he refuses to stand up for what is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
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Among those who dedicated themselves, in hope, to a goal they would never live to see.
Albert Luthuli, Zulu Chief and Nobel Laureate, died on July 21, 1967. At the time of his death, the system of apartheid was entrenched; the goal of Freedom seemed impossibly far. Yet, with faith in God, he believed that justice would one day triumph.
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When the master was a young man his father took him to a very high mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their splendor. “All this I will give you,” he said, “but promise me you will never let them see our taxes.” #TolstoysTalesofTrump
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Bears regular rereading. I’ve been thinking of the scene in “Caberet,” where a young Aryan youth singing “The Future Belongs to Me” gradually becomes the chorus of a whole nation, and you realize, preposterous as it seems, it has grown too large to stop. piped.video/_tUctFu46_c
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Leo opened opened the door to modern biblical studies; he named Newman as a cardinal. He inaugurated the modern era of Catholic social teaching. Pius X issued the condemnation of modernism and suppressed critical thought in the church for at least a generation.
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