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From Kenya
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awelborn
Via Aid to the Church in Need: Königstein/Ts. Bishop Cornelius Kipng’eno Arap Korir of the West Kenyan diocese of Eldoret informed the International Catholic Charity “Aid to the Church in Need” that most of the estimated one hundred persons killed during the riots of the past few days in his diocese have still not been…
Fetch the smelling salts
By
awelborn
Tomorrow, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord, Pope Benedict will be celebrating Mass in the Sistine Chapel and afterwards baptizing some babies, as has been the custom. The news has come down that for Mass, the original altar built in and for the Chapel will be utilized. And you know what that means…. This…
The Pope and Augustine
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awelborn
This past Wednesday, Pope Benedict began what a lot of us have been waiting for: his General Audience talks on St. Augustine. Pope Benedict and Augustine go back a long way. In fact, he wrote his doctoral thesis on an aspect of St. Augustine’s thought. From a webpage set up in honor of the Pope’s…
A Free Life
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awelborn
Over the weekend, I read Ha Jin’s new novel, A Free Life. Now, I’ll reiterate that I did read it over the weekend and it is over 600 pages long. So am I saying that I read it so quickly because it was mesmerizing, engrossing and I couldn’t put it down? I don’t think so.…
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