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On Lent: students striving to “turn around more to face God”
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deacon greg kandra
Down at Louisiana State University, the student paper is looking into Lent — and what some of the students are doing for the season: Thomas Kajor is more productive these days. Since Ash Wednesday, Kajor, mechanical engineering sophomore, hasn’t been on Facebook for more than 15 minutes a day — which he attributes to his…
An apology from the pope: “A mishap I sincerely regret”
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deacon greg kandra
As has been widely reported, Pope Benedict penned a letter to the world’s bishops about the Williamson boondoggle — and expressed regret for how it was handled. You can read the entire text here. A snip: One mishap for me unforeseeable, was the fact that the Williamson case has superimposed itself on the remission of…
“The bill is designed to bankrupt the Catholic Church”
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deacon greg kandra
“Devastating” is just one of the words used to describe a new bill working its way through the New York State Legislature. It has set off alarm bells among the Empire State’s Catholics — and many fear it could even lead to some dioceses (like my own) having to declare bankruptcy. The New York Times…
A pro-life Catholic writes for the New York Times?!
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deacon greg kandra
Well, who’da thunk? The New York Times has just hired a new columnist that fits that description. And he’s under 30. Take a look: The New York Times has hired Ross G. Douthat, a 29-year-old conservative writer and editor at The Atlantic, as an Op-Ed columnist, nearly two months after ending the yearlong run of…
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