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Are single-sex schools better?
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deacon greg kandra
That’s the question a lot of parents and educators are asking — and Our Sunday Visitor takes a closer look: Dr. Leonard Sax didn’t have a very supportive response when a patient in his private practice in Maryland told him that her son’s academic performance improved when she placed him in an all-boys Catholic school.…
The sins that only the pope can forgive
By
deacon greg kandra
Few Catholics are aware of it, but now there’s word that the Vatican is lifting the veil on a secretive panel which deals with only the most serious of sins: One of the Vatican’s most secrecy shrouded tribunals, which handles confessions of sins so grave only the pope can grant absolution, is giving the faithful…
Ricardo Montalban, RIP
By
deacon greg kandra
The wires reported yesterday the death of Ricardo Montalban, at 88. Among other things, he was the brother-in-law of legendary Hollywood Catholic Loretta Young. Those of us Of A Certain Age remember the strange and smooth stylings of Ricardo Montalban as he intoned on television, week after week, “Welcome to Fantasy Island!,” while the weird…
They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike…
By
deacon greg kandra
…you could lose your mind! Take a look at this picture of twin Jesuits: And read the unusual story behind them here. As the post points out: vocations really do run in families.
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