Fr. Columba Kevin Daugherty

Luther (our dog) has made himself comfortable among the paraments.

Old Catholic Identity In the Autocephalous Catholic movement, there are a number of different groups. As I know you are aware, dear long-time readers, I have an o...

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Many seminary programs do not teach enough of the organizational/business management side of church.

It's interesting that the new Roman pope is from Chicago. The pope (patriarch) of the Church of the East is also from Chicago.

"Inequality is the root of social evil (2014)." #PopeFrancis

That could happen if you follow David Hogg's and AOC's advice. Get rid of the old guard that is only good at getting Trump elected.

FBI arrests Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan for allegedly obstructing ICE agents, Director Kash Patel says FBI Director Kash Patel announced in a since-deleted post Friday that Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested for “misdirecting” federal agents.

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Fox labels Ukraine's Kyiv as Russian city during Easter broadcast Fox's online news channel labeled Kyiv as a Russian city during an Easter service broadcast.While airing Easter services from Moscow on Saturday, LiveNOW from Fox simultaneously broadcast a church in ...

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Even 99% is too low.

Liturgical ministers from our Easter Vigil (Solomon’s Porch and Faith Lutheran).

Bare-bones docket for Juan Carlos Lopez Gomez (misspelled in the file as "Jaun")

To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:3

The Church has a calling to prioritize justice, sometimes even more than worship. The Church needs to act as a prophetic force in these days.

He thinks deporting innocent people he doesn’t like is funny.

Could be anyone.

weird, what could explain this

My parish used to always have a booth at Rainbow Festival, but it and Phx Pride have both gotten very expensive. Now we do Melrose Street Fair.

Make America Christian Again Since the early 1980s, with the rise of the Moral Majority Movement and the Religious Right, much of the American political and cultural landscape has been dominated by a very specific type of Chri…

My latest post for PCPJ.
"American Christianity is not destined to be the movement for right-wing authoritarianism that it is today. In fact, American Christianity has a far longer history of advocating for peace and justice. It is this history that needs to be reclaimed."
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I am curious, where does this place Old/Independent Catholics, in the same category as Roman Catholics or under Other Christians?

Betrayal at the White House: Orthodox Archbishop’s Unholy Alliance with Political Power At the White House’s annual Greek Independence Day celebration on March 24, 2025, Archbishop Elpidophoros of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America presented President Donald Trump with a Holy Cros...

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I saw it a lot in PA and here in AZ, especially among ELCA parishes. My parish (Independent Catholic) is mixed (parishioner preference).

Self-intinction is very common in my experience, especially in the churches I frequent.

Thomas Ken's hymns have been in my memory for ages. I heard them all of the time in the Presbyterian church as a kid.

At a packed town hall Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern proposed a general strike to combat the Trump administration's assault on the federal government.

The lack of deuterocanonical books in the NIV is a problem for me.

“God allows confusion to sweep through a country because the Church is not clear and precise about its message so that God can get her in place.” - Archbishop Mar Enoch (Veron Ashe)

Fools for Christ: How to Respond to Un-Christ-Like Leaders The day after every U.S. Presidential Inauguration, Washington National Cathedral (of the Episcopal Church) hosts an interfaith National Prayer Service. Normally, this event does not get a lot of a…

My latest article for Pentecostals & Charismatics for Peace & Justice: pcpj.org/2025/02/24/f...

Trump Spoils Food Worth $500 Million Instead of Giving it to the Poor Food that was supposed to be distributed to millions of hungry people, worth half a billion dollars, is currently being spoiled after Donald Trump stopped all American aid around the world – and th…

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We should call it the Gulf of X to reflect the real leader of the US right now.