Author: Daniela

  • The Rebirth Of Catholicism, Ctd

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    Originally posted on The Dish: A reader responds to the incredible interview with Pope Francis released today: After reading the Pope’s remarkable interview, I noticed that James Martin, an editor at America and himself a Jesuit priest, had a short companion piece about preparing the interview for publication. This comment jumped out at me: Our review process…

  • The Rebirth Of Catholicism

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    Originally posted on The Dish: I am, I must confess, still reeling from Pope Francis’ new, lengthy and remarkable interview. I can barely believe that these words – so redolent of Jesus’ – are coming from the new Bishop of Rome, after so long an absence. Although the Pope is unfailingly respectful of his predecessor,…

  • Birdseye View

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    Check out this amazing video of an eagle with a GoPro camera strapped to its back:

  • Summer Hill

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    Originally posted on Viewfound: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

  • Traveling

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    I will be traveling all week and will try to post when possible.  Will be back on Sunday and will resume blog.

  • The Hiding Places Of Insane Ideas

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    Originally posted on The Dish: Pivoting off of the fundamentalist speculation about Syria’s potential role in the apocalypse, Amanda Marcotte details the influence of crazy Christian beliefs and how they spread: The rule of thumb with bizarre Christian right beliefs, such as the belief that Syria’s conflict is a sign of the end times, is…

  • Sunday Prayer

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    The clear bead at the center changes everything.  There are no edges to my loving now. You’ve heard it said there’s a window that opens from one mind to another, but if there’s no wall, there’s no need for fitting the window, or the latch. — RUMI —

  • New Syrian Poetry Relies on Literal Images

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    Reposted from Melville House website: New Syrian poetry emerging amid violence by Nick Davies With the news in Syria centered around the chemical attacks andPresident Obama’s plan for military intervention, Leigh Cuen reported this week forAl Jazeera about another, perhaps unexpected, result of the ongoing civil war in the Middle Eastern country: an invigorated poetry scene unlike anything Syria has…

  • Voyager Enters Interstellar Space

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    PBS NEWSHOUR EXTRA passes along NASA’s announcement that the Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached interstellar space. The scientists working on the Voyager 1 mission say the spacecraft entered interstellar space on or around August 25, 2012. They estimate that Voyager 1 is 11 billion miles from Earth, which puts it beyond all of the planets…

  • Sex and Spirituality

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    The Times of India, delves into the attitude toward sex and spirituality in many Indian traditions.  I post this on the heels of the Catholic Pope finally acknowledging that celibacy in the Catholic Church is only a tradition, not dogma.  I’ve long held, as does this article, that celibacy is against man’s natural instinct and…