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A new study has some interesting answers. This comes from Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. And the National Catholic Reporter this week has the details: A study of the effects of public policy on abortion rates during the past two decades shows that providing social and economic supports for women and family contributes…

I’ve searched in vain for any trace of Sister Catherine Pinkerton’s closing benediction last night at the Democratic National Convention, but no one seems to have it. Even the DNC website, which has all the speeches archived, hasn’t posted it. (When I realized CNN wasn’t going to carry it, I caught the last several seconds…

“Everybody needs a place to restEverybody wants to have a homeDont make no difference what nobody saysAint nobody like to be alone. Everybody’s got a hungry heart…” That was how Bruce Springsteen expressed something St. Augustine had understood 1600 years earlier: “Our hearts are restless until they rest in thee.” Today is the great saint’s…

It hasn’t been a very good week for Nancy Pelosi. Further proof: her theological arguments defending abortion are now the subject of a long critical piece by the Associated Press: Politics can be treacherous. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi walked on even riskier ground in a recent TV interview when she attempted a theological defense…
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