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Safe travels, and thank you for all you do! (I especially loved the article on the Ukrainian Church, and pray for healing, reconciliation and unity.)

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Mahony handled rampant child rape just like a catholic - he protected 100% of pedophiles in 100% of cases, just like catholics did everywhere else.

330,000 little boys in France were raped by 3,000 catholic pedophile priests, and it barely made the news, because that's what catholics do, even though Jesus said child rape was unforgivable (Matt 18:6-14), and everyone involved will get eternal damnation.

Mahoney protected hundreds of pedo priests, like Ruben Martinez, who admitted raping over 100 children, including his 5 year old nephew. ANy normal male would have beat him senseless. Mahoney did what all catholic priests do - protect Martinez, then send him to safety in another country.

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Hi JD and Ed,

I live in the Twin Cities area in MN.

What time is the recording of the podcast at Skinner’s Pub tomorrow? I don’t see a time listed, and I’d love to join you guys for that.

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Hi all --

We'll get to the pub around 6:30, and aim to start recording the show around 7, and then hang out as long as people are interested in hanging out.

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Dear Sir, I should be most grateful to learn whether Cardinal Mahony’s new humbler self-portrait is also available to largely irrelevant lay folk like myself. Since learning that it’s available free of charge, I’ve been beside myself trying to secure one. This is because the previous one covering my dartboard is long worn out. Yours in anticipation

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Us Midwesterners are naturally friendly; friendliness is part of the culture. Relax and enjoy your visit.

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Aug 2, 2022·edited Aug 2, 2022

I am uncertain why the West, especially The Pillar don't comprehend the difference between the UOC and the OCU.

1. The UOC recently severed all relations with Moscow; yet, your article states otherwise.

2. The UOC is apostolic and canonical; it always has been; and it's recognized as such by all of the local Orthodox churches as such.

3. The OCU is a false church neither possessing apostolicity--no apostolic ordinations--and is the creation of the US Government (USG) and the Ecumenical Patriarch (EP). The OCU would be akin to the Pope creating a new church and bestowing the priesthood on a group of Protestants.

4. The acts in #3 above affect ecclesiology. How can non-apostolic OCU *priests* valid confer sacraments? Yet, the USG + EP + "The Pillar" pretend they can. How can non-apostolic OCU *priests* administer the prayers of exorcism in a baptism?

The demons are celebrating the broken ecclesiology placed forth by the naive an ill-informed USG + EP + "The Pillar." Yet, "The Pillar" states "But the dialogue has captured the imagination of Ukraine, and become a big deal in the media — with many people seeing grassroots conversation like that a sign of the vitality of Ukrainian society." Would you herald such actions and interferences by the USG in America with the American Catholic church?

May God have mercy!

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Not only is Cdl Mahoney holding his basket with five loaves but two fish as well. 🙄

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It's not really a self-portrait of Mahony, is it? Self-promotion, definitely.

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I would not have guessed that Luke's Unprofitable Servant (who did his duty) has helped focus Cardinal Mahoney during his retirement.

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How tone deaf do you have to be to let people know you had a new SELF PORTRAIT DONE.

I mean, wow. That's pretty....egotistical.

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Aug 2, 2022·edited Aug 2, 2022

Hi JD. I was expecting you, an expert on all things Opus Dei, to comment on the recent motu propio and it's implications.

Are we getting something on that?

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Aug 2, 2022·edited Aug 2, 2022

In the Los Angeles suburban parish where I attended Mass while on holiday from Australia in 2017, I saw a visiting Cdl Mahoney - of whom I knew nothing at the time - receive what amounted to a rockstar reception. Maybe he knows his audience?

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You all left off important information on Cardinal Mahony's autograph photo.

The first 100 customers will also receive the Cardinal's own humility prayer: "God grant me humility for it is the only virtue that I lack!".

But wait there's more...the first 100 customers will also receive a second autographed photo (just pay separate shipping & handling). This incredible offer CANNOT be found in stores. Operators are standing by...call now!

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You chaps ought to have talked up The Pizza Factory inside Skinner's on the podcast. Mmmm, pizza! If you are ever in Flint, Michigan, you ought to visit B.J.'s, home of the Dancing Sandwiches.

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Any thoughts on the strange service our Pope participated in while in Canada? Calling upon Wester Grandmother and circle of spirits seem a bit pagan. It is difficult to defend or explain his actions when they go so far into the realm of pagan idolatry.

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