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The odd couple: the chaplain and the atheist
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jmcgee
From the Wall Street Journal comes this intriguing feature about a chaplain and the non-believer charged with protecting him: They say there are no atheists in foxholes. There’s one on the front lines here, though, and the chaplain isn’t thrilled about it. Navy Chaplain Terry Moran is steeped in the Bible and believes all of…
Enrollments surge at seminary for older men
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jmcgee
That seminary would be Sacred Heart in Wisconsin. Details: Sacred Heart School of Theology, the nation’s largest Catholic seminary geared toward older men, posted its biggest enrollment gain in 20 years this month, seminary officials said. Forty-two new students are signed up for the fall, pushing enrollment to around 210. The incoming class is nearly…
Bishop blasts attempted ordination of a woman
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jmcgee
It happened in Phoenix: The Catholic Bishop of Phoenix responded Wednesday to a priest’s reported participation in an attempted priestly ordination of a woman. Urging prayers for all involved, he said such actions are “divisive” and have “profoundly harmful consequences.” Writing in a Sept. 1 letter published in the Catholic Sun, Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted…
Holy water: nuns on board for surf contest
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jmcgee
Summer may be drawing to a close, but that doesn’t mean surfing season is over. Just ask the sisters who are stoked for some gnarly waves off the coast of New Jersey: Surf’s up, Sister! Sister James Dolores, 73, gives her best surfer-girl pose in Stone Harbor, NJ, where her Pennsylvania convent owns a beachfront…
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