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I’m pleased to report that Your Humble Blogger survived Theology on Tap tonight. It was my first attempt at something like this — and my first attempt at delivering any kind of presentation longer than, say, 15 minutes. The good news: Nobody threw anything. Nobody walked out. Nobody fell asleep. People asked a lot of…

The record $660 million payout in Los Angeles is taking shape, and it looks like a lot will be on the block: The Los Angeles Archdiocese plans to pay its share of a record clergy sexual abuse settlement by liquidating investments, taking out bank loans and selling up to 50 non-parish properties, including its administrative…

I’ve got decidedly mixed feelings about Tom Monaghan’s new Catholic town, Ave Maria, in Florida. Now it’s getting more attention, as it nears completion — or at least, nears the point where people will begin living there: Ave Maria has not been without controversy. The Florida American Civil Liberties Union has threatened to sue if…

What can Harry Potter teach us about faith? According to Susan Brooks Thistlethwaite, the president of Chicago Theological Seminary, a lot: Children know, from a very young age, that the world is not perfect and that goodness is not always rewarded. Evil is a real presence in the world. One of my children had a…
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