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Better look busy
By
jmcgee
A new poll suggests a lot of folks think Jesus will be here relatively soon: Among respondents to the survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press and Smithsonian Magazine, 41 percent said they expect Jesus’ Second Coming in the next 40 years, while 46 percent said it probably or definitely…
It’s time to play “Name that Pope!”
By
jmcgee
Incredibly, a grade-schooler in Indiana can name every one of them, in six minutes. From Today’s Catholic News: Eleven-year-old John Paul Fitzmaurice has completed a project so difficult that few lay men and women even attempt it. The Granger boy has committed the names of all 265 popes to memory. From St. Peter to Benedict…
When a priest retires
By
jmcgee
From the Times this morning comes this touching profile of a priest who did so much — and still has more to do: On a recent overcast morning, the Rev. John C. Flynn, an 80-year-old Roman Catholic priest with bright blue eyes and thick white hair, stepped out of his Bronx rectory and into the…
Faith of steel: meet NFL star Troy Polamalu, devout Christian
By
jmcgee
What a great witness. H/T via Facebook and Deacon Scott Dodge.
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