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The Deacon's Bench
Finally, the subject nobody wanted to talk about
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
I speak, of course, of abortion. It finally came up during last night’s debate — very deftly moderated, I thought, by Bob Schieffer, who showed how an old hand does these things — and Michael Paulson has a summary at his blog: For the first time in a presidential debate, Sens. John McCain and Barack…
“Please God, help my 401(k)…”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Is that sort of prayer, well…kosher? A writer at Time magazine decided to ask religious leaders in a position to know: Prayer is humanity’s conversation with God. And very often the prayer is a plea. It seems safe to say that in the face of last week’s Wall Street drop, more Americans have fallen to…
Catholic voters split on key issues
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A new survey is out about Catholics and the upcoming election — and this one may of particular interest because it was sponsored by the Knights of Columbus. From USA TODAY: U.S. Catholic voters are split on the issues of abortion and same-sex marriage between those who attend church at least twice a month and…
How about calling it “Benedict’s Bench”?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
One of the more innovative and modern ideas to come out of the Synod of Bishops is one that at least one American bishop has already embraced: blogging. From Zenit: One of the auditors at the world Synod of Bishops has suggested that Benedict XVI opens a blog to explain the word of God in…
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