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A woman who says she’s been having visions of the Blessed Mother has been told, in effect, “Uh, no, you’re not”: The Vatican has dismissed the claims of a woman in England who says Mary has visited her outside her home for more than 20 years. Ruling that her claims are “highly questionable,” the Vatican…

This story has been floating around for a bit — the National Catholic Register published it back in July — but it’s getting a second life in the blogosphere, earning a mention here and here. It’s truly astounding: Occasionally, one hears of a parish that has a man in seminary — but 15 from one…

A hat tip to Rod Dreher at Beliefnet for bringing the picture below to my attention: The shot comes from this flickr album, belonging to cjdavis, whoever that may be. It was taken at the Detroit airport four days ago.

A priest friend of mine likes to say “There are really two Catholic Churches. The Church of the hierarchy. And the Church of the people.” It’s the former, I think, that causes the most problems for the latter. Now, in the wake of scandal and institutional turmoil, with parishes closing and schools consolidating and priests…
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