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Matthew of Holy Whapping took a journey to the Culinary Institute of America, formerly a Jesuit seminary. It’s a lovely meditation. Chatting with the waitress as she handed off a steaming and welcome plate of ravioli to me, the girl explained that somewhere in the bowels of the complex, overgrown with new pseudo-classical wings, was…

Cardinal Dias, the new Prefect for the Congregation of the Evangelisation of Peoples, says farewell to his diocese. Addressing around 4,000 people from different faiths gathered in the Jesuit College of St Peter for the event, the cardinal said India could make great strides ahead in spiritual progress, to be measured not so much by…

A cemetery for aborted babies in Vietnam: The cemetery was born from the initiative of a group of volunteers who wanted to celebrate the “sacredness of life” by giving the little fetuses a burial at least. Every day, volunteers go to collect victims from hospitals, clinics and even from garbage dumps, and then they bury…

More photos here President Gloria Arroyo of the Philippines meets with Pope Benedict In her departure statement, Mrs. Arroyo said her decision to sign the bill abolishing the death penalty was “the best pasalubong [gift]” she could offer to the Pope. “For the first time, I am going to have an audience with Pope Benedict…
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