When it comes to abortion… Notice anything here? In each of these cases the pro-life side submitted itself to the arduous process of introducing bills and persuading majorities of state and federal legislators to pass them. And in each of these cases the pro-choice side responds by finding a sympathetic judge or court to chuck…

Watched Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast with Katie this evening. She enjoyed it, as did I, but on a completely different level than I did when I first saw it – what – oh, it’s too painful to think about. Maybe 25 years ago. The gorgeous imagery, startling sometimes, worked to bring out undercurrents that…

The Pope won’t be traveling for Ash Wednesday For decades, John Paul would open the Catholic church’s solemn Lenten period with a ceremony in St. Sabina’s Basilica, a 5th-century church on Rome’s Aventine Hill. During the service, the pontiff would smudge ashes, a sign of penitence, on the foreheads of clergy and lay people. But…

Diocese won’t participate in survey designed to tally abuse cases since 1950. It’s the only one. Lincoln Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz, who has held the post since 1992, said in a statement Friday that the study seemed to exist more to “satisfy curiosity” than to help victims, the Lincoln Journal Star reported. Bruskewitz also said the…

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