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The sad and still-unfolding story of Fr. Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legion of Christ, has touched a nerve in Fr. Raymond de Souza, longtime contributor to one of the LC’s most prominent and popular ministries, the weekly National Catholic Register. He writes in First Things: I have always been proud to be associated…

While the hand-wringing continues over the planned meeting between Nancy Pelosi and Pope Benedict, I thought it might be instructive to look at an item that John Allen posted in the pages of NCR five years ago: In January 2001, Rome’s outgoing mayor, Francesco Rutelli, was the candidate of Italy’s center-left “Olive Tree” coalition to…

One of the more remarkable undertakings of recent years — a complete edition of the Bible, written by hand, and “illuminated,” is nearing completion. And a gallery in Baltimore is putting some of the extraordinary handiwork on display. From the Baltimore Sun: At a time when books can be written and distributed to millions by…

With all the buzz about Timothy Dolan these days, Rocco has taken a moment to put his episcopal career in context. He points to several key homilies, including this stem-winder, from Washington DC’s Red Mass in 2007: Summer, 2002, and I have the joy of being with over a million young people from around the…
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