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The Deacon's Bench
“I will give to you a new heart”
By
deacon greg kandra
A 23-year-old seminarian in New Jersey, Edmund Luciano, (that’s him in the middle on the left, with his sister and his cousin) just had a heart transplant, and it sounds like he’s doing remarkably well: Luciano knows only that the heart donor was a 12-year-old boy, according to the agreement with the sharing network. “The…
The Medjugorje muddle and the papal preacher
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deacon greg kandra
The papal preacher’s in a pickle. Father Raniero Cantalamessa, who has been the pope’s preacher since 1980, was to be the keynote speaker at the 12th International Seminar for Priests July 3-5 in Medjugorje, the site of thousands of alleged appearances of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Now, Cantalamessa has pulled out, because he did not…
In the Garden of Eden, baby…
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Awful liturgical music taken to its logical extreme, thanks to Bart Simpson.
Your Paul Potts fix of the day
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Deacon Greg Kandra
So, Paul, you’ve just won a bundle of money and you’re going to sing for the Queen and, thanks to The Deacon’s Bench (and a few other places), you’re now a big fat star. Whatcha gonna do with all that moolah? But, of course! Smile, Paulie! You’ve earned it. And thanks for giving us all…
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