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It’s never happened before, but the Archbishop of Canterbury is about to make a historic visit to the most popular Catholic shrine in the world. From the Daily Mail: Doctor Rowan Williams is to become the first leader of the Church of England to make a pilgrimage to the Roman Catholic shrine of Lourdes. The…

The answer, for now, seems to be…maybe. From the Catholic News Agency: Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have invited both major party presidential candidates to meet with them before the election, reportedly to discuss social issues. The bishops who would attend any such meeting are chairmen of USCCB committees on pro-life…

Only hours after I blogged about the U.S. bishops’ voters’ guide, I stumbled across this bit of news. They’re trying to entice people to read it — and using a decidedly unorthodox (ahem) way to get attention: In an effort to get Americans to read their voters’ guide, the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops announced today…

“Tim would have liked this: the people, warm weather, sunshine and the Buffalo Bills are winning right now.” — Sister Lucille Socciarelli, September 15, 2008, at a memorial mass for Tim Russert sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy near Russert’s hometown of Buffalo, NY.
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