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There are a lot of bishops floating around this country, and every now and then I stumble across one I haven’t heard of before: someone who is quietly but diligently tending his flock, in a far-flung corner that doesn’t get as much attention as, say, New York or Washington or Los Angeles. This bishop is…

We’re accustomed to seeing Nativity scenes in stables and caves; sometimes, the scenes even unfold under the open sky. But the one going up at the Vatican this week sounds altogether different — and very fitting, actually, coming from a pope named Joseph: Sheltered under a tree and concealed by burlap and scaffolding, the Nativity…

Back in the 1930s, one of the great producers in Hollywood was the legendary Samuel Goldwyn, of Metro Goldwyn Meyer, or MGM. He thought movies should be entertaining, not preachy or heavy-handed. He once said, “If you want to send a message, use Western Union.” I thought about him when I was looking over the…

A regular visitor to The Bench, Pete Bond, sent me this wonderful bit of news: Saturday, he and four other men will become the newest members of the diaconate family in California: As most of the faithful are aware, “Gaudete” means “joyous”…and so it is with great joy that the Diocese of San Bernardino announces…
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