Good News Friday.

Former Twin City Good News bloggers, Cathy and Ray.*

First.

DoughBoy is finally leaving The Office!  It is his last day!  The office is partying all day!  DB's office in the boiler room will be closed permanently. 

Second.

Minneapolis St. Paul has a new auxiliary bishop!  Fr. Andrew Cozzens was appointed by Pope Francis.  People are happy.  He's an excellent choice.

Third.

Blessed Angela of Foligno is declared a saint, and Bl. Amato will be - two Third Order Franciscans - lay saints.  Thank you Pope Francis.

Fourth.

LarryD is getting more hits now that he quit blogging than ever before.  Rumor has it that he may be putting together a reality show for EWTN. 

Fifth.

What?  Oh - you mean fifth? 

 Fifth of vodka.

 

*Really huge shoes to fill. 

Charlie Rose and Assad

I couldn't wait for the interview, only to find out it wasn't Audrey Assad he was sitting down with.

What?

Seriously - I have little idea who Audrey is - I just see her name on Catholic blogs.  I know she's a singer, but I'm fairly certain I'm not into that kind of music.   Call me old fashioned, but once you go black you can never go back. 

So anyway - and very seriously.

I watched the Charlie Rose interview with Syria's leader.  I'm not sure what to think.  It was one of the few times I wasn't happy with Charlie Rose.  I'm indifferent as regards Assad.

I just do not think it is necessary to bomb the country to punish the leadership.  How can we who massacre our own children in the womb, justify such an attack.

I'm against it.



Good news here:

The Syrian government supports a proposal to put its chemical weapons under international control as a way to avert a Western military strike, Syria’s prime minister said Tuesday.