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The Deacon's Bench
Judge not? An aspiring deacon’s dilemma
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
In New Jersey, a nominee for the state’s Superior Court happens to be a man training to become a Catholic deacon. And that may cause a conflict, according to this South Jersey paper: A judge in Middlesex County who is also training to become a Roman Catholic deacon eased some lawmakers’ concerns Monday but may…
The eighth deadly sin: bad reporting
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
As Catholic stories go, it sounded like a bombshell: the pope had added seven new deadly sins that could send a person to hell — and one of them was polluting the environment! I was assigned to write that story for last night’s CBS Evening News, and the more I read about it, the more…
The Bar Mitzvah boy who is a jerk
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
As we prepare for Holy Week, our Jewish brothers and sisters are preparing for Passover. And that led me to this peculiar video (h/t Rod Dreher) which is — as Rod put it — “jerky.” I agree with him. Why on earth would a kid use a religious celebration to declare publicly that he doesn’t…
Worth a thousand words
By
deacon greg kandra
New York governor Eliot Spitzer and his wife Silda, March 10, 2008. Photo: by Mary Altaffer, AP
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