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Just in time for Halloween — and All Saints, of course — Portland ordained new deacons: In the Year of the Priest, last weekend was a time for deacons. Archbishop John Vlazny ordained three permanent deacons, Martin Larner, Jr., John Rilatt, and Richard Williams, during a Mass Oct. 31 at St. Mary Cathedral of Immaculate…

Over at NPR, their series of essays “This I Believe” can occassionaly yield some nuggets of gold. And this is one of them: This is know: I believe in the Lord’s Prayer, all of it, but particularly where it says, “Thy will be done.” For me, that’s one clear channel to God. That one belief,…

There have been some developments in a story I posted last month, about a Dominican sister working as a volunteer escort at a Chicago abortion clinic. From American Papist: Public Statement of the Sinsinawa Dominican Congregation  “Several months ago the leadership of the Sinsinawa Dominicans was informed that Sr. Donna Quinn, OP, acted as a…

One of Europe’s most Catholic countries will show a little less of that, at least in its public schoolrooms: Europe’s court of human rights ruled Tuesday the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms under the continent’s rights convention. The ruling, which could force a Europe-wide review of the use…
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