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Blair v. Hitchens: who won?
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jmcgee
The answer to that may depend on whom you ask — though an informal poll afterward evidently found Hitchens to be more persuasive. The BBC was there and offers some highlights: It felt like the event of the season. Organisers said tickets were selling for inflated prices, and the 2,700 seat Roy Thomson Hall in…
The rite stuff: “Why am I driving 20 minutes to go to a fake wedding?”
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jmcgee
Seminarians spend part of their formation practicing just how to do the sacraments — everything from consecrating the eucharist to reconciliation. Recently, Long Island Catholic dropped in on one unusual rehearsal that actually involved a large number of parishioners: It looked just like a wedding — a beaming bride and groom exchanged vows before a…
Starting a new year, moving the ribbons
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jmcgee
It’s something most of us aren’t even aware of, but it is done in countless churches around the world this time of year — and the Concord Pastor reflects on its meaning: This weekend I will observe a little ritual which it’s been my pleasure to carry out now for some 37 years. I will…
Pope to journos: “Proclaim the Good News”
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jmcgee
Details: On Friday Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholic journalists to “courageously serve the truth, presenting the reasons for faith beyond ideological visions”. He was speaking to a group of editors and reporters from the Italian Federation Catholic Weeklies. In his comments he said “The unique function of Catholic newspapers” is to “proclaim the Good News”…
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