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Martino: was he pushed? — UPDATED
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deacon greg kandra
A few people are starting to think so. And that, at least, is the assessment of this commentary over at Catholic Culture: No intelligent observer can credit the official explanation: that Bishop Martino retired because of health problems. The outgoing bishop openly acknowledged to reporters that he “clearly” was not suffering from any grave illness.…
Looking at the “socially minded ethnic Catholic tradition” of the Democrats
By
deacon greg kandra
Over at U.S. News & World Report, Dan Gilgoff (with a big nod to David Gibson) takes note of an interesting demographic point: Ted Kennedy’s death is an end to several different eras, but Politics Daily’s David Gibson warns against seeing it as the end of an era for the socially minded ethnic Catholic tradition…
“Because you are here”: why this baby lives
By
deacon greg kandra
The excellent diocesan paper Florida Catholic is touting an upcoming vigil for life by recalling one inspiring success story from last year’s vigil: The prayers of hundreds of participants in the 2008 “40 Days for Life” campaign at Planned Parenthood in Sarasota were answered in a special way March 25 when Baby David was born.…
For all you Catholic funeral junkies out there
By
deacon greg kandra
If you’re interested in comparing funerals, you can pay your respects at Your Funeral Guy — yes, that’s the name of the site — for an overview of the funeral of Ted Kennedy’s sister, Eunice Shriver, held two weeks ago. H/T Concord Pastor.
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