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Pope may try to prevent stoning of Iranian woman
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jmcgee
This news broke mid-day and bears watching: Pope Benedict XVI is monitoring the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning and has not ruled out getting involved through diplomatic channels, the Vatican said Sunday. As he has in the past in humanitarian cases, the pope would intervene if asked by authorities in…
“Praying for what?”
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jmcgee
“Of the astonishing and flattering number of people who wrote to me when I fell so ill, very few failed to say one of two things. Either they assured me that they wouldn’t offend me by offering prayers or they tenderly insisted that they would pray anyway. Devotional Web sites consecrated special space to the…
A Chicago city church moves to the suburbs — brick by brick
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jmcgee
Last winter, I posted this story about a Buffalo, New York church moving, brick by brick, to Georgia. Now, a similar move is about to happen in Chicago: Church congregations have been known to migrate from the city to the suburbs. But rarely has a church edifice made the journey. The former St. John of…
“The Whole Gritty City”
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jmcgee
That’s the title of a new documentary about New Orleans marching bands competing to perform in the Mardi Gras parade. It was produced, directed and edited by a former colleague of mine from CBS, Richard Barber — and, judging from the preview trailer below, it’s a stunner. Just watch.
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