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How was it, Estelle?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The woman who made the funniest and most famous deli order in movie history has died. She’s Estelle Reiner, who uttered just five words in “When Harry Met Sally,” but ended up practically stealing the picture. (She’s lurking in the background of the shot on the left.) Bless her. It still makes me laugh.
Great expectations
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Longtime readers may remember the item I posted last year about Jessica Rowley, who was looking forward to being the “first pregnant Catholic priest.” Well, guess what? You can read more about her right here. She belongs to something called the Ecumenical Catholic Communion. Which is not remotely Roman Catholic, and has a number of…
Who wrote the bible? Maybe someone you know.
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
This story popped up in the Boston Globe a few days back, but it’s too good to pass up: In Rome recently, a parade of luminaries, starting with Pope Benedict XVI, spent the better part of a week reading the Bible aloud on Italian television. Now, a Christian publisher in the United States has embarked…
Boo!
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The good people at Busted Halo have recruited the esteemed saint expert, Fr. James Martin, SJ, to talk about all the saints (for All Saints) and, because they’re so closely linked, the neighboring holiday, Halloween. Take a look.
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