Welcome the faithful. (Letters: you may be right).I have eight children, and my oldest one was married last year. He wanted to get married in the Catholic Church, but he got the same sort of treatment that Catherine O'Connell-Cahill described in March's The Examined Life ("Getting engaged"). So now they have a baby who will probably never be baptized bap·tize v. bap·tized, bap·tiz·ing, bap·tiz·es v.tr. 1. To admit into Christianity by means of baptism. 2. a. To cleanse or purify. b. To initiate. 3. , and two parents who were turned away from the church because of silly Silly, in addition to its dictionary definitions, may refer to:
1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. accept all of what the Catholic Church teaches, just take a hike--we don't need you." I think it may be the majority of the Catholic leaders who say this, and I am really tired of it. We are not perfect and we are only as good as we treat each other. Time for a change? You bet it is. I prefer the "big tent big tent n. A group, especially a political coalition, that accommodates people who have a wide range of beliefs, principles, or backgrounds: "[Lyndon] Johnson's . . ," too, Ms. O'Connell-Cahill! Gale Hercula via e-mail |
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