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Fr. Jim Tucker on the reaction to this week’s announcements: I think it’s totally disproportionate and exaggerated that out of the mountain of emails I’ve received on the Diocese’s two new permissions, almost all of them have to do with altar girls and many of them are rash. I’ve read through some of the comment…

Andrew Greeley: The Bernardin reforms have worked quite well for the last decade and a half and have been imitated in many other dioceses. The problem is not with the reforms but with the clerical culture that permeates the archdiocese’s Pastoral Center and its affiliates. The Defenbaugh and Childers reports reveal almost unimaginable blindness in…

John Allen reports. Nothing from today, but some tidbits: Benedict listened attentively, and at the end of the day offered a brief summary of the discussion. The pope is known for his capacity to absorb information and synthesize it rapidly, and sources told NCR he was in good form Thursday. "It was a tour de…

"New setup could make Catholic League even tougher." Whoa! Donohue on ‘roids? What? No, not that one.
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