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It’s your husband’s fault
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jmcgee
And now there’s scientific evidence to back it up: It is widely known that women tend to gain weight after giving birth, but now a large study has found evidence that even among childless women, those who live with a mate put on more pounds than those who live without one. The differences, the scientists…
“Sometimes, it’s as simple as praying with them…”
By
jmcgee
From Afghanistan comes this remarkable story of a Catholic soldier who has become the lay spiritual leader for many in his battalion: Like all Marines, Cpl. Matthew Munoz is there for his buddies, but the 23-year-old also has stepped forward to help tend to the spiritual well-being of his comrades in arms. Cpl. Munoz is…
News from Medjugorje: when clerics collide
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jmcgee
The recent visit of a Cardinal to Medjugorje has attracted a fair amount of attention — and the local bishop isn’t happy: Most Rev. Ratko Peri?, the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno in Bosnia-Herzegovina, released a statement in which he criticizes Vienna, Austria’s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn for making a highly publicized “personal visit” to the region in…
A germ-free communion dispenser?
By
jmcgee
Yep. I can’t imagine these things popping up at a Catholic mass, but you never know. Anyway: now this invention is getting even more attention because of a lawsuit: A holy war of sorts has broken out in the communion-wafer-dispensing space. A Minnesota marketer of communion-wafer dispensers is accusing its former president of patent…
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