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World’s oldest woman to give birth dies at 69, leaving babies orphaned
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deacon greg kandra
Science can do amazing things. But just because it can doesn’t mean it should. A case in point: A Spanish woman who gave birth to twins when she was 67 has died, leaving her two young boys orphaned just two-and-a-half years after becoming the world’s oldest mother. Carmen Bousada, who lied about her age to…
Communion in the Sea of Tranquility
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deacon greg kandra
Here’s a poignant flashback to the anniversary of man’s landing on the moon — the launch happened 40 years ago today — from New Zealand Anglican blogger Bosco Peters: On Sunday July 20, 1969 the first people landed on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were in the lunar lander which touched down at…
Roots: visiting Sotomayor’s Catholic grade school
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deacon greg kandra
Where did the woman who is in line to be the next Supreme Court justice come from? The New York Times visits Blessed Sacrament School in the Bronx: Judge Sonia Sotomayor, 55, was a student at Blessed Sacrament in the 1960s, attending kindergarten through eighth grade at the Catholic school and graduating at the top…
His view from the pew: what a bishop saw at mass on vacation — UPDATED
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deacon greg kandra
How often do you find a bishop who takes the time to look thoughtfully — and critically — at what people encounter when they attend mass? So it’s all the more impressive to encounter this column by Rhode Island Bishop Thomas J. Tobin: During vacation this summer I followed my normal practice of attending Sunday…
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