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Last month, Felipe Esparza won NBC’s “Last Comic Standing,” taking home $250,000 and a TV development deal. But the story of how he got there is pretty amazing. From CNS: Esparza’s life has not been a laughing matter. He grew up in a housing project. His father was a welder, while his mother was employed…

It happened in Phoenix: The Catholic Bishop of Phoenix responded Wednesday to a priest’s reported participation in an attempted priestly ordination of a woman. Urging prayers for all involved, he said such actions are “divisive” and have “profoundly harmful consequences.” Writing in a Sept. 1 letter published in the Catholic Sun, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted…

She pops up in one of Paul’s epistles, and now an Anglican priest has blogged about her. While debate continues about female deacons (or deaconesses), here’s some interesting context: As is often the case with these first century saints, we do not know much about them, outside of their names being mentioned in Paul’s epistles…

For Labor Day weekend: a classic performance of a great anthem. Keith Richards and Mick Jagger, at the Concert for New York in 2001. Days after the attacks of 9/11, some of the biggest names in music gathered for this incredible event, raising money for the families of firefighters, rescue workers and cops. Thousands of…
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