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Utah law would criminalize some abortions
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jmcgee
A bill awaiting the governor’s signature could go further than any other in the country. Details: Last May in a small town in eastern Utah, a 17-year-old girl, seven months pregnant, paid a man she had just met $150 to beat her up in hopes of inducing a miscarriage that would resolve her crisis. He…
God is his co-pilot
By
jmcgee
What’s it like to be a priest in the remote reaches of Alaska? Meet one of them: a man whose commute from parish to parish involves something uplifting — air travel: Father William Hanrahan was ordained a priest at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Newark, New Jersey in 1969. He served eight…
Worth a thousand words
By
jmcgee
Anawim in Florida? Who knew?! H/T to the indispensable Bill Ditewig: deacon with a sharp eye! (And a handy cell phone…)
“A good priest is hard to find”
By
jmcgee
That’s the title of a stem-winder of a rant that is must reading for anyone involved in parish life. It was prompted by this post, wherein the blogger notes a sad state of affairs: Lately I’ve taken to reading the obituaries and I’ve noted how many people seem to have no church burials or services…
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