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How does Barack Obama plan to woo voters of faith? David Gibson found out: Obama’s two top lieutenants in faith outreach came out to address dozens of reporters at the annual Religion Newswriters Association conference in Washington late this afternoon to pitch the campaign’s new Faith, Family and Values Tour, which will launch next week…

That’s the bemused headline of this well-thought-out argument from the editor of First Things, Joseph Bottum. A snip: Do they think this is a debate they’re actually going to win? Do they imagine the Catholic theologians of America–from Avery Cardinal Dulles all the way to Sister Sara Butler–are suddenly going to whack their heads and…

That is what some Middle Eastern people believe, and USA TODAY published this piece from the AP on that subject a few days ago: On a sweltering August morning, a small group of Iranians crowded outside the green metal door of a cemetery. They wanted to go in to look at the remains of one…

From Los Angeles comes this story of an ingenius new tool for teaching children about scripture: a talking bible. Really. From The Tidings: Three years ago, St. Paul the Apostle parishioner Pamela Fischer woke up one morning in Los Angeles with a new vocation. The 48-year-old wife and mother of two St. Monica High School…
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