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With the political season heating up, and the U.S. bishops planning to meet next week, some American Catholics are clearing their throats and asking for “civility”: A bipartisan group of American Catholics has issued a call for “civility in political debate,” arguing strongly that lay people should not press Church leaders to denounce politicians whose…

I just cannot buy in to this, not at all. I got this from BFF The Anchoress, and she slipped this to me in home room, and of course Sister Steve caught us and we are so busted, and now we have detention, and that really pissed me off, because I had band practice and…

From Illinois comes this surprising story of a mother who is struggling to live the gospel by reaching society’s outcasts — in this case, young men and women who are gay: Jackie Frett of Notre Dame Parish has taken a shocking moment in her motherhood and now she is using it to reach out to…

A boy genius has invented wedgie-proof underwear. Unfortunately, for me, it’s about 40 years too late…but it’s nice to know someone has been working on this problem. Click and see.

This news escaped my attention earlier this week, but it’s quite a surprise, coming from one of EWTN’s most visible personalties. According to the letter read on the air the other day: Dear Family: Regretfully, I have a message that does not come without significant pain to both you and me. I have to tell…

A reader a few weeks back recommended a video at this site and, when I started exploring, the one below captured my attention. It’s got some beautiful images, stirring music, and a moving message about vocations. Enjoy.

What’s it like to be a missionary in the modern age? A couple hundred people called to that vocation are gathering to discuss that question this week in Pittsburgh. And, as the local paper describes it, the job is the same, whether it’s in Albania or Albany: Today’s Catholic missionaries work not only in jungles…

There are still a couple days left to vote! If you click on the logo above, you can add your vote to the Weblog Awards — and maybe give the ol’ Deacon’s Bench a boost. Operators are standing by to tally your vote. If I win, I promise to mention you at the podium. (My…

You can’t blame some folks for wondering. The fabled setting for the book and movie “The Exorcist” has sometimes seemed possessed by spirits that aren’t altogether Catholic. And there’s been even more controversy at the home of the Hoyas lately, causing critics to ask if the nation’s oldest Jesuit university is losing its way. Today,…

Psalm 8 says that. And these amazing juggling videos prove it. Hat tip to Andrew Sullivan, who discovered this gem. Watch and grin.
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