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Stephen Colbert cites Matthew 25
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jmcgee
His now-famous — and infamous — testimony on Capitol Hill included one surprising moment when, it seems, he broke character and quoted this scripture passage. Colbert teaches Sunday school at his Catholic parish Montclaire, New Jersey. It’s nice to see him using a bigger classroom. He’d make a great deacon.
Facebook for Catholics?
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jmcgee
Those savvy media types up in Boston are on the case: Want to get friended by Cardinal Sean? Or maybe LOL with your local parish priest over his latest tweet? First the Boston archdiocese joined Facebook. Now local Catholics have their own social-network community – apparently one of the first of its kind for an…
“What good am I?”
By
jmcgee
Looking for a little musical inspiration for approaching this Sunday’s scriptures? This song, by Bob Dylan, in a haunting interpretation by Tom Jones, says it. Sing it, Tom.
Something truly ineffable
By
jmcgee
Like a lot of people, I was surprised to read today that an old CBS colleague of mine, Jon Klein, is leaving CNN. He leaves behind an interesting legacy — from Anderson Cooper to Elliot Spitzer. He also leaves behind, it seems, an epic farewell memo. Check out this random sampling of words contained therein: tinge…
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