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Rod Dreher
Can the Pope get rid of problem bishops?
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Rod Dreher
Mark Shea says no, he can’t. Interesting, his explanation for why not: The irony, particularly in Dreher’s case, is that in his frustration and sense of crisis about the Roman Church, he chose to be jump to the ecclesial camp which would be most irate if the Pope did was Dreher demands. They, better than…
Bring on the married priests
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Rod Dreher
A Ukrainian Catholic priest — Eastern Rite Catholics can have married priests — at home with his family. Excerpt: Ukrainian priests, while reluctant to criticize Pope Benedict XVI over his unyielding stance on the celibacy requirement, said permitting them to raise families enriched their ability to tend to parishioners’ needs. “It is important when a…
Templeton Prize winner on Thursday
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Rod Dreher
I’m on my way to Washington now to get ready for the 2010 Templeton Prize winner announcement on Thursday. I can’t reveal the name of this year’s winner, but I can tell you the selection will cause a certain amount of controversy. Watch this blog for more. Here’s the website for the Templeton Prize, where…
Manners make the Mom
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Rod Dreher
To the young mother sitting across from me on the Acela: Look, I know it’s tough to deal with a screaming toddler. We’ve all been there. Traveling with little ones can be really hard. I am pleased to be patient — to a point. If you would make some good-faith effort to calm the squalling…
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