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I got a heads-up the other day from no less than two people that the Archdiocese of Indianapolis is about to make a little history, ordaining its very first class of deacons. Twenty five men will receive the sacrament of Holy Orders next weekend, on June 28th. The new crop of Hoosier deacons has an…

A few days back, John Allen interviewed Baltimore’s Archbishop, who had some pretty stern words about the controversial Legionaries of Christ. I posted an item on it, and got some interesting responses. Allen has now published a follow-up in this week’s NCR: Since my interview with O’Brien appeared, I’ve had a high volume of responses,…

That was the subject line on an e-mail I received from a deacon friend, who forwarded me this article from a newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. I hadn’t heard anything about it, but it looks like something we should keep an eye on: A fundraising firm hired by the Madison Catholic Diocese to gauge support for…

Much has been written, and debated, about the bewildering news that 17 teenage girls from Gloucester, Massachusetts evidently made a pact to get pregnant. This is a tragedy. But, as this post over at Beliefnet reminds us, it may also be a barometer: Whether this was, as some have speculated, a desperate attempt to find…
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