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“Wonderful to meet you, Deacon. I’m Teddy Kennedy.”
By
deacon greg kandra
Triple D — Deacon Dr. William Ditewig — posted a fascinating personal remembrance of Ted Kennedy on his Facebook page last night. He told me he wrote it for his family. But with his permission, I post it below: I was serving on the senior staff of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops when…
“Grace met grace”
By
deacon greg kandra
Peggy Noonan recalls a very different era, and two strikingly different men. She also offers us a reminder why she was, and remains, one of the great speechwriters.
“Overheard in the newsroom”
By
deacon greg kandra
That’s the name of a popular website that has now become my favorite loitering place on the ‘net. And for good reason. Some of this stuff is so insanely hilarious, you just know it has to be true. Believe me, I know. My own personal example: I recall vividly the words of a certain well-paid…
Health care reform: “It is the great tension in Catholic thought right now”
By
deacon greg kandra
The New York Times has picked up on something many of us noticed weeks ago: not all Catholic bishops are thrilled with proposed changes to health care: The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has been lobbying for three decades for the federal government to provide universal health insurance, especially for the poor. Now, as…
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