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The Deacon's Bench
The pews get even emptier
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jmcgee
Grim numbers from Ohio point to a larger trend in the American Church: Almost two out of three Catholics in Greater Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky won’t go to church this weekend to celebrate Mass, an event they have been told since childhood is the center of their spiritual lives. The church’s most recent count of…
When the goal is God: NFL stars embracing faith
By
jmcgee
Hot on the heels of this piece about a devoutly religious NFL player, a reader sent me this item, from Sunday’s Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, all about faith and football: Adoring fans carried star safety Troy Polamalu on their shoulders — passing him off, one to another, as though they could live through his efforts. Such adulation…
Deacons, don’t try this in your parish
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jmcgee
Funny, we didn’t see anything like this with the pope yesterday in Westminster Cathedral. But a surprising moment at another Protestant church in the United Kingdom has inspired a new song: t was a Sunday morning that started off like any other, in a quiet little church in the United Kingdom. Same old formula: sing…
Benedict boost: mass attendance up in Isle of Man
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jmcgee
Some heartening news from across the pond: As Pope Benedict XVI begins his papal visit to the UK, Catholic congregations are reporting a rise in numbers in the Isle of Man. The increase is believed to coincide with both his visit and the number of different nationalities settling on the island. The Pope flew into…
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