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The Deacon's Bench

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I’m not sure if this is cute…or creepy. But several weeks before Easter, we have a visit from this massive Thumper: a rabbit from England that weighs a whopping 40 pounds.  Watch CBS News Videos Online

Lent is a time of penitence and confession. So today, I want to begin with a confession: I love “Undercover Boss.” This reality show debuted on CBS right after the Super Bowl. The premise is surprisingly simple: the CEO of a Fortune 500 company agrees to spend one week living and working as an entry-level…

A columnist who writes from Ohio is using the beginning of Lent to wonder about the great cardio workout people get in church: Before Lent got going, I’d been writing about some of those “edge phenomena” around worship, “adiaphora” or “indifferent things” philosophically and theologically speaking. One was about coming late — or just as…

That aptly describes the remarkable journey of a young woman named Leah Darrow — who is now traveling the country to tell her story: “For years my faith took a back seat until it all came to a soulful boiling point during a high power photo shoot, where I turned back to God and my…

I’m sure you’re probably as baffled by this Olympic sport as I am. We never had curling teams in high school, and nobody that I know ever bought curling season tickets to tournaments at Madison Square Garden. Growing up, the only curling I was aware of involved round plastic things that my sister would put…

And, it’s hardly a surprise: Mary MacKillop, a nun revered for her work with needy children as much as for her rebellious streak, is to become Australia’s first Roman Catholic saint on October 17, Pope Benedict XVI said Friday. The pope, speaking in Latin, announced the date at a consistory or meeting of cardinals at…

From the Windy City comes this story of an ill wind blowing between a divorced couple, over religion and the raising of their daughter: Rebecca Reyes opened an e-mail from her estranged husband last November to learn he’d had their 3-year-old daughter baptized in the Catholic Church — despite his pledge to raise her in…

Last year, the National Catholic Reporter published this little bombshell about the apostolic visitation to American nuns: The vast majority of U.S. women religious are not complying with a Vatican request to answer questions in a document of inquiry that is part of a three-year study of the congregations. Leaders of congregations, instead, are leaving…

“When you preach remember that your greatest homily will always be the integrity of your life. Your preaching will always depend upon the witness of the way you live.” — Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Atlanta, homily at diaconate ordination. Read more about Atlanta’s new deacons here.You can find a great photo gallery here.  Profiles of…
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