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E.T., phone Rome
By
deacon greg kandra
A Vatican official has some interesting thoughts on aliens — not the undocumented kind, but the outer space kind: Father Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, said this week there is no opposition between belief in the existence of aliens and at the same time belief in God. This position, he reminded, was…
Further proof: Susan Boyle’s got talent…and faith
By
deacon greg kandra
When was the last time you saw someone on a top-rated TV show praying before the Blessed Mother? Check out the clip below, from the finale of “America’s Got Talent.”
Sebelius on her bishop: “It was one of the most painful things I have ever experienced in my life”
By
deacon greg kandra
The Washington Post the other day posted a lengthy interview with Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Catholic. A pertinent excerpt: MS. ROMANO: You are also a pro-choice Catholic, and I was reading some stories out of your home state recently where one of the bishops took an action. Can you tell…
What hath Dan Brown wrought?
By
deacon greg kandra
A writer and professor of theology from the University of Scranton, Eric Plumer, is looking at the Dan Brown phenomenon, and thinks there is a reason the best-selling author strikes a chord with Catholic readers: Women cannot be official leaders or teachers in the Catholic Church — roles reserved for ordained men. Not only are…
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