Points to Ponder:

Perhaps the single best example of the common lack of high standards in question of honesty is our tendency to think in labels. Terms like "existentialism", "pragmatism", and "empiricism", "liberalism" and "conservatism" are, more often than not, so many excuses for not considering individual ideas on their merits and for not exposing one's self to the bite of thought. For less educated people, words like "Jew", and "Catholic", "Democrat", "Republican" and "Communist" do much the same job. These labels have some uses that are perfectly legitimate, but frequently they function as an aid to thoughtlessness and permit people to appear to think when they are merely talking. [Walter Kaufmann]

Cardinal Marx offers Pope Francis his resignation, citing ‘responsibility for the catastrophe of sexual abuse’

This is a step in the right direction.

Points to Ponder:

The test of your fairness is how fair you are to those who are not. [Author Unknown]

Perseverance is necessary for prayer, pope says

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