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Top 10 Faith, Media & Culture stories: From fallout following the non-Apocalypse to a peek at NBC’s controversial “Playboy Club”
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John W. Kennedy
Here are today’s Top 10 items from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. 1. And that’s the way it wasn’t. The world didn’t end on Saturday. Here’s how CBS News reported the non-Apocalypse. 2. Volcanic rupture — but not quite Rapture — in Iceland. From The Christian Post: On Saturday, a small island in…
Bill O’Reilly takes on liberal Catholics + Glenn Beck vs. Meghan McCain + Ashton Kutcher in for Charlie Sheen + NBC & CW prepare fall schedules
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John W. Kennedy
Catholic Bill O’Reilly takes on liberal Catholics over concept of “distributive justice.” Why do some liberals seem to feel its okay to use religion to argue in favor of their political positions but find it chilling when conservatives do so? The truth is we all bring our personal moral standards (often formed out of religious…
Jennifer Haigh’s “Faith” takes compassionate look at Catholic abuse scandals; plus a look at Fox TV pilots and other headlines
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John W. Kennedy
Faith takes novel approach to Catholic Church’s sex abuse scandals. I’m in the middle of a very interesting new book (due out today, in fact) about the McGanns, a fictional Boston-based Catholic family for whom the scandals in the Church really hit home. When Sheila McGann’s half brother Fr. Art Breen finds himself accused, she…
“There Be Dragons” and the true story of Opus Dei; Plus “Sing to Your Baby and headlines starring Michael Moore, Steven Tyler and Norma McCorvey
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John W. Kennedy
Movie Review: There Be Dragons tells a riveting story of the Catholic Church literally under fire. Synopsis: A journalist working on a biography of the late Spanish priest (and Opus Dei founder) Josemaría Escrivá as he is considered canonization discovers a disconcerting story involving his own father. In a fictionalized saga revealed to the audience…
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