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I missed Oprah and her Dominicans sisters — I was otherwise engaged at that hour — but The Anchoress was impressed: Really good show. Winfrey teased but was never disrespectful, and the whole discussion -from leaving parents, to leaving relationships, to giving up what is thought of as “normal,” was a healthy back-and-forth. Winfrey was…

Another sign that The End Times are upon us: Your Humble Blogger will be appearing this afternoon on “The Catholic Guy” with Lino Rulli on Sirius satellite radio.  This event will occur around 4:15 pm ET.   Hide the children.     

So goes the latest ditty by a Catholic comedian Nick Alexander — dubbed by the National Catholic Register the “Catholic Weird Al.” I confess this guy is new to me, but his work is clever and pretty funny. (You can find out more about him at his self-titled website.) Meantime, his video on Lent, below.…

The e-mail from Atlanta’s associate formation director, Deacon Steve Swope, says it all: This past Saturday Archbishop Gregory ordained fifteen Deacons here in Atlanta. The back row of the picture L-R are: (me, Bishop Joseph Madera -visiting from California, Auxiliary Bishop Luis Zarama, Archbishop Wilton Gregory, Archbishop Emeritus John Donaghue, a new Deacon Wayne Nacey…

Um, yeah. That seems to be just one radical idea behind this report: A new report by the International Planned Parenthood Federation is advocating that children as young as 10 be given extensive sex education, including an awareness of sex’s pleasures. The report, “Stand and Deliver,” charges that religious groups, specifically Catholics and Muslims, deny…

The promo for her chat with the Dominicans, scheduled to air tomorrow.   Stay classy, O.  

After last night, that phrase is truer than ever — and the cult of the quarterback seems stronger than ever, as the T shirt below indicates. For his part, Drew Brees — a Catholic — seems non-plussed and unimpressed. Check out the interview below. (H/T Da Mihi Animas).

From Fr. Austin Murphy’s fine blog, Jesus Goes to Disney World, this snapshot of his church grounds in Maryland:

How do you rebuild a country’s faith after its spiritual infrastructure has been — in essence — destroyed? It’s happening right now in Haiti: Mass at Port-au-Prince’s Sacred Heart Catholic church is held under a UNICEF tarp beside Coleman tents. Open-air, it’s conducted near the statue of the Virgin Mary, one of the few church…

No, it wasn’t Tebow. It was this oh-my-gawd jaw dropper from CBS — arguably the biggest surprise of the night (or, at least, the biggest one that wasn’t on the football field.) UPDATE:You can read how it all came together right here. 
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