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Over at the Times, Maureen Dowd is resting this sabbath, and so her colleague Nicholas Kristof picks up where she left off, with a litany of complaints about the all-male hierarchy. Then, near the end, he offers this tribute to the Catholic Church as the world’s most dynamic and effective social service organization: In my…

Here’s further evidence that deacons come from every walk of life. Check this out, from Arizona: In retirement, Mario Ortega does more in a week than many people do in months. This dedicated public servant is both a deacon for Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church and a detective with the Maricopa Police Department. Ortega…

…well, maybe not.  But still.  This ain’t exactly my cuppa.  From the New York Times: Goad Sibayan went prospecting recently in the remote Philippine highlands here known as the Cordillera. He clambered up and then down a narrow, rocky footpath that snaked around some hills, paying no heed to coffins that, in keeping with a…

“Why this trip to Malta? There are many reasons. First, St. Paul. The Pauline Year for the universal church has ended, but Malta is celebrating 1,950 years since the shipwreck, and this occasion once presents us with the figure of the Apostle to the Gentiles and his message which is still authentic and important for…
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