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I’m sure it’s a mistake…
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jmcgee
…and he must have meant this place. But, if it’s not a mistake, and I read this right, I’m in some pretty swanky company here. Thanks, Marcel! You’ve just made The Bench blush.
Two unplanned pregnancies, two different choices
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jmcgee
The New York Times has a blog called Motherlode, about various parenting issues, and earlier this year the blog’s author Lisa Belkin posted about a couple of unexpected pregnancies. One young woman, after some consideration, opted for abortion; the other opted to keep her child. Several months after those decisions, Belkin today posted some afterthoughts,…
How’s the media covering the Church?
By
jmcgee
Pretty favorably, according to the usually-reliable John Allen. In his year-end wrap-up (converted to a decade-end wrap-up this year, of course), he looks at some of the biggest Catholic stories of the decade, and takes an especially close look at perceptions of media bias: Among some Catholics, it’s an article of faith that the secular…
Mother Teresa to be on 2010 stamp
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jmcgee
How’s this for First Class? The U.S. Postal Service has announced that Mother Teresa will be among those honored with her very own stamp next year: Nobel Peace Prize honoree Mother Teresa, legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, Negro Leagues Baseball and Cowboys of the Silver Screen are among the subjects headlining the 2010 stamp program, the…
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