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Recent developments out of Rome may have a seismic impact on the Catholic Church — and the world. Or so suggests the Christian Science Monitor in a surprisingly thorough – and critical – piece due to be published Wednesday, but now online: The leader of 1.1 billion Catholics, Pope Benedict XVI, is completing a significant…

That line from “Jesus Christ Superstar” stuck in my head this morning, when I read that the folks at IHOP (or International House of Pancakes, to some of us) are buying the restaurant chain Applebee’s: IHOP Corp. said Monday that it has agreed to buy Applebee’s International Inc. for $1.9 billion in cash, and plans…

A hearty “Deacon’s Bench” welcome to another deacon blogger: Deacon Tom Stonecipher (do you love that name, or what?) who dropped me a line the other day, along with a link to his website and his blog. Deacon Tom, ordained this past February for the Archdiocese of Atlanta, comes to us with a remarkable backstory:…

Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez has never been a big fan of Cardinal Roger Mahony, and this morning he isn’t sending him any valentines: Roger the Dodger has already admitted — albeit without much detail — that he left five priests in the ministry despite complaints of molestation. And my newspaper has counted 11…
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