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Judging from the e-mails I receive on this topic, this is a subject that never seems to grow old. The question: should deacons wear the collar? Last year, I posted a lengthy look at the question, with some sage insight from Deacon William Ditewig. Now, many months later, another deacon has left a comment, which…

I sharp-eyed reader sent this along, and it’s a hoot. Brian Doyle spills the beans in the current edition of Notre Dame magazine: To be admitted without review by committee: children under the age of 12, sixth-grade teachers, the mothers of triplets, janitors, nuns (all religions), nurses, all other mothers, loggers, policemen with more than…

In today’s paper, they’ve published a couple letters responding to Maureen Dowd’s Sunday screed. This one was both humble, and humbling, because it put the entire kerfuffle in such a beautiful context:   To the Editor:  Lay as well as religious people ask for one right and one only when they give their free adhesion…

Another hopeful sign that the church is stepping into the 21st century.     Visit the site for more info. Meantime, a story about it, below.  And there’s a bit of news attached to all this: the pope will pay the shroud a visit in May.  
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