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Well, there they go again. A New Jersey woman this weekend took part in a ceremony in which she says she was ordained a Catholic priest. From the Newark Star-Ledger: Last July, Mary Ann Schoettly was automatically excommunicated from the Catholic Church after a ceremony that she says made her a deacon — a ceremony…

A deacon in my diocese sent this my way: more on the swirling Carrie Prejean controversy. She was given a warm welcome Sunday at her local church: Miss California Carrie Prejean, who became the bombshell of the Miss USA pageant by saying gay couples should not be allowed to marry, said Sunday that her state…

Nuns in Mexico City wear face masks, as worldwide panic grows, following reports of a rapidly spreading strain of swine flu. PHOTO: by Gregory Bull, AP

Lately, one or two readers have left comments along the lines of: “You can’t say it’s wrong for Notre Dame to honor Obama, but not wrong for them to have honored Bush, because both presidents went against Catholic Church teaching.” I thought it would be beneficial for all who read this blog to be reminded…
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