Feast of St Catherine of Siena, 1 of 4 women Drs of the Church. Still in her 20s she received a divine call to heal the world and the church. She wrote the pope, monarchs, exhorting them to fulfill their duties. In Avignon she rebuked the pope for not returning to Rome.
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After a final vision in which she saw the Church as if a mighty ship placed on her back she collapsed and died soon after at age 33. (Icon by Robert Lentz). “All the way to Heaven is Heaven, because He said ‘I am the Way.’”—(a favorite quote of #DorothyDay)
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One of four doctors of the church but still not good enough to be a priest. No double standard here
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I appreciate this memorial about my father by @ggrenwald above any I have read today--for his comprehensive review of his bio & history, for his attention to themes generally overlooked about his post-Vietnam life, but particularly for deep appreciation of his human qualities.🙏
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Here's my @RollingStone article on Daniel Ellsberg, the heroic Pentagon Papers leaker who died today at 92:
"We’re Told Never to Meet Our Childhood Heroes. Knowing Daniel Ellsberg Proved That Wrong"
rollingstone.com/politics/polit
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