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Maybe Phil Robertson of Duck Dynasty Should Run For President

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 3, 2014

The Patriarch of Duck Dynasty, Phil Robertson, addressed the Republican Leadership conference in New Orleans, Louisiana this past weekend. His speech received several standing ovations. It also received predictable mocking from segments of the propaganda press. In characteristic style, Phil Robertson gave them plenty of the one-liners they love to use in their effete condescension masquerading as reporting. In his down home, folksy way, without all the words people like me use, Phil Robertson speaks the truth and moves people to reach down into their hearts and clear out all of the rubbish we have accumulated.

Will We Dedicate June to the Heart of Jesus or the LGBT Lifestyle?

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 3, 2014

In 1993, the late Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, wrote an essay entitled Defining Deviancy Down in which he wrote these words - I proffer the thesis that, over the past generation... the amount of deviant behavior in American society has increased beyond the levels the community can afford to recognize and that, accordingly, we have been re-defining deviancy so as to exempt much conduct previously stigmatized, and also quietly raising the normal level in categories where behavior is now abnormal by any earlier standard. By defining what is deviant, we are enabled to know what is not, and hence to live by shared standard. That same year Charles Krauthammer, offered a response in a Bradley Lecture entitled Defining Deviancy Up, in which he noted - Moynihan is right. But it is only half the story. There is a complimentary social phenomenon that goes with defining deviancy down. As part of the vast social project of moral leveling, it is not enough for the deviant to be normalized. The normal must be found to be deviant.

Heartbeat of the Family: Why do teens drop out of church?

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | June 2, 2014

As we move into June, we would like to introduce a new theme to our readers for the month. This June is "Heartbeat of the Family" month at Catholic Online. We'd like to open our month talking about teens dropping out of church.

Kianna begins her process of learning her new 'trade' - Part Five

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | June 2, 2014

How the makeup palette of Amala's glittered in the sun! There were beautiful colors of every shade, for the eyes, lips, face. Dozens of brushes, wide and small stood nearby for application upon Kianna's 12-year-old face. A dash of violet on the brow brought drama. Shades of pink, artfully applied to her lips made them fuller and far more alluring. What Amala - and the people at the compound would do with this, Kianna thought, had far more sinister implications than she was willing to think about.

What Pope Francis Said about Married Men and the Catholic Priesthood on that Plane

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 1, 2014

Press reports, opinion pieces and editorials often pose the question we are considering in this way, "Should priests be allowed to marry?" That way of posing the question either reveals a complete misunderstanding of the issues and the history - or it reveals an agenda to assert some perceived kind of pressure on the Church. None of the discussions over clerical celibacy concern those already ordained and pledged to lifelong celibacy. That cannot and will not change. The only issue is whether already married men should be allowed to discern a vocation to the priesthood and, if chosen by the Church, be ordained. They can already be considered for ordination to the diaconate.If this were to happen it would NOT mean a diminution in the cherished role of clerical celibacy.

Pope Francis, President Shimon Peres and President Mahmoud Abbas to Pray for Peace on Sunday June 8, 2014.

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 1, 2014

On May 29, 2014, Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Press Office of the Holy See, confirmed that the meeting to pray for peace -- to which Pope Francis invited both the President of Israel, Shimon Peres, and of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas during his Apostolic Journey to the Holy Land - will take place on Sunday June 8, 2014. This is an extraordinary and historic event. It calls for a response of solidarity from all Christians, other people of faith and all people of good will.

Come Holy Spirit! Pope Francis to Address 50,000 Participants in Charismatic Renewal at Rome's Olympic Stadium

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 1, 2014

Pope Francis is a friend and supporter of all of the ecclesial movements in the Catholic Church. So were his predecessors, Saint John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. One of those movements is the Catholic Charismatic Renewal. On Sunday, June 1 and Monday, June 2, 2014, at the Olympic Stadium in Rome, home to massive soccer games, 50,000 people will gather to pray, praise and worship the Lord. They will ask the Lord for a deeper outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the Church. They will participate in the Holy Eucharist and receive instruction on how to fully live the Catholic Christian Life.They will be enlisted in the missionary work of the Church. On the opening evening of this conference, Pope Francis will speak.

UN warns 200,000 kids will die of malnutrition in Somalia this year

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | June 2, 2014

Urgent news out of the United Nations today as the agency warns 200,000 Somali children under the age of five face death from severe malnutrition before the end of the year. The UN says it needs more than $150 million in emergency aid to save some 3 million people.

Why Do We Celebrate the Feast of the Ascension of Jesus? What Does it Mean?

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 1, 2014

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavens, as he chose us in him, before the foundation of the world, to be holy and without blemish before him. In love he destined us for adoption to himself through Jesus Christ, in accord with the favor of his will, for the praise of the glory of his grace that he granted us in the beloved. In him we have redemption by his blood, the forgiveness of transgressions, in accord with the riches of his grace that he lavished upon us.In all wisdom and insight, he has made known to us the mystery of his will in accord with his favor that he set forth in him as a plan for the fullness of times, to sum up all things in Christ, in heaven and on earth. In him you also, who have heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and have believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, which is the first installment of our inheritance toward redemption as God\'s possession, to the praise of his glory. (Ephesians 1:3-14)

Kianna's will remains unbroken - as her captors turn up the pressure - Part 4

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) | May 23, 2014

For the next two weeks, Kianna was largely kept in the room save for bathing time. The stern, angry woman - who she was told was Jo's "mother" who at first met her at the compound had taken on the role of her teacher. Several hours a day, she would lecture Kianna on how things were and what she needed to do to survive at the compound.

Learning from the Apostle Paul How to Engage the Mars Hill of Our Age

By Deacon Keith Fournier | June 2, 2014

During the days between the Easter and Pentecost, our readings at Mass take us back to the missionary exploits of the nascent Christian Church. They also help us to understand and put into perspective the mission of this present hour. Paul's manner in the Aereopagus, a place where the men of Athens met to debate the meaning of life, can instruct us in our missionary task. I encourage Christians to stop viewing this time in which we live as post-Christian. There is nothing we face in this collapsing Western culture which Christians have not faced before.

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