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Once again, the subject of a married priesthood has come up — and once again, someone is saying it’s not in the cards: Ordaining married men is not a guaranteed way to solve a vocations crisis, and it will not automatically improve the quality of priests, said Cardinal Lubomyr Husar of Kiev-Halych, head of the…

In a world hungry for hope, here is something to lift the heart: the story of a New York City window washer who fell hundreds of feet from a skyscraper and, in what may be the very definition of “miracle”, survived: Alcides Moreno plunged 47 stories that morning last month, clinging to his 3-foot-wide window…

Did anyone else notice Mike Huckabee’s unusual quote last night in his Iowa victory speech? A Baptist minister running for president quoted a British convert to Catholicism, G.K. Chesterton: “The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.” Which made me wonder:…

And you will be, after you see and hear this amazing rendition of “Ave Maria,” by Bobby Ferrin. Hat tip to New Advent for linking to it, and to Alive and Young for first posting it. It’s just wonderful. Enjoy.
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