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“Power-mad nuns hellbent on beating an education into us”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
In the annals of opinion journalism, I don’t think I’ve encountered anything quite as idiotic as this: Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) has offered a resolution that will be taken up the by the House this week (H.Res. 916) honoring Catholic schools. The resolution, which is co-sponsored by 43 other lawmakers, congratulates America’s Catholic schools for…
It was a dark and stormy parody
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Now for something completely different: “She’d been strangled with a rosary-not a run-of-the-mill rosary like you might get at a Catholic bookstore where Hail Marys are two for a quarter and indulgences are included on the back flap of the May issue of “Nuns and Roses” magazine, but a fancy heirloom rosary with pearls, rubies,…
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
Pope Benedict (who else?) greets the overflow crowd gathered to support him at Sunday’s Angelus. You can read the story behind the picture right here. A big h/t to Rocco at Whispers.
Hollywood’s latest hit: having babies
By
deacon greg kandra
Is there something in the water? Or is it the Holy Spirit? Hollywood has just unleashed a spate of movies about unintended and unexpected pregnancies — and in every case, the mother chooses life. USA TODAY picks up on the trend and talks to some directors and critics about this mini-phenom: Today, the impending, though…
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