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As we noted last week, the USCCB is sponsoring a meeting in Chicago today – a consulation on sacred music and the documents produced by the American bishops related to it. Here’s the Church Music Association of America’s statement: In preparation for a revision of Music in Catholic Worship (1972, 1983) and Liturgical Music Today…

Rick Garnett of ND and Michael Stokes Paulsen of the U. of Minnesota in the Weekly Standard on the application of stare decisis to the partial-birth abortion ban: The application of Lincoln’s views to Stenberg, and to the Court’s upcoming partial-birth-abortion cases, is clear. Stenberg did not reflect "the unanimous concurrence of the judges," but…

Many of you know that the issue of torture is one that has been absorbing the attention of Mark Shea at his blog, and, for example, in this Crisis article from a few months ago. Several other Catholic writers have taken issue with Shea, and over at Against the Grain, Christopher Blosser is attempting to…

Part 2 of the NYTimes series on religious institutions and government regulation: Many issues raised – lawsuits alleging discrimination because of health issues, sexual harassment and age, as well as unionization issues. Rick Garnett on the series so far: I’ll have more to say, I think, when the series is through.  The first two installments,…
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