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While many new Catholics this week are basking in the afterglow of their Easter baptism, one former Protestant (and a former clergywoman, at that) is reflecting back on her first year in the faith, with both gratitude and awe: I am not sure I fully grasped then either the magnitude of the decision or the…

If you think sex abuse is committed at a higher rate by priests…think again: The Catholic sex-abuse stories emerging every day suggest that Catholics have a much bigger problem with child molestation than other denominations and the general population. Many point to peculiarities of the Catholic Church (its celibacy rules for priests, its insular hierarchy,…

Anyone who thinks the media has been treating the Church fairly over the last few weeks should take a moment to read what Sr. Mary Ann Walsh has to say in today’s Washington Post: Some quarters of the media in the past few weeks seem to have a difficulty in getting stories right and fair.…

That’s how Melinda Henneberger concludes this heartfelt explanation of why she remains Catholic: Though Benedict has his admirers, I’ve not led any parades for him, and this is not my first or second rodeo with the rest of these cowboys, either. So when I’m asked how I could stay in a church whose leaders are…
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