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Legal now, through the first three months of pregnancy: But the debate in Mexico appeared far from over. Opponents vowed to challenge the law before the Supreme Court, saying it violates the Mexican constitution’s protection of individual rights. "This is a step backward for democracy," said Armando Martinez, the leader of a Catholic lawyers’ group…

I vow to catch up on my bloggage. I am hampered by the fact that I have..er..less than 40,000 words to write by 5/15 (the exact number I have left remains a closely guarded secret lest my editor reads this post) and that, very inconveniently, my next novel has clicked into place in my head.…

Good for him: I have received a lot of advice that I should not attend the festival. I’m told that paparazzi will take unflattering pictures, people will be unkind, etc. Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn. As a journalist I can take it as well as dish it out. So let’s talk turkey.…

…when traditionally Jesuit institutions do things like this, you can’t blame us if the word, well…"jesuitical" pops into our heads: St. Louis University, a Jesuit school proud of its Catholic heritage, celebrated a legal victory last week that affirmed it is not controlled by the Catholic church or by its Catholic beliefs. The Missouri Supreme…

The young adult group of the Dominican parish St. Gertrudes and Theology on Tap in Cincinnati are sponsoring an event for young adults: Join us on Saturday, May 26, 2007 for a day of activities including live music, grill out, picnic, and small groups all for free in celebration of the Pentecost! The Church remembers…

Much work to be tackled during the day today, so this will be brief: A disagreement between Bishop Braxton and some of his priests goes very public: Belleville Bishop Edward K. Braxton set off a flurry of e-mail messages among priests and diocesan insiders when he told a 20-year-old Catholic woman she had not studied…

…so it’s a day we get a U.S. episcopal appointment: John Clayton Niestedt, bishop of New Ulm, is the new coadjutor of St. Paul-Minneapolis. (Archbishop Flynn will turn 75 in May of 2008) His page at the New Ulm website

This could be a long story but I will try to make it brief. In our adult education class today, the pastor mentioned the church’s ‘long history of anti-semitism.’ He condemned the Church for forcing Jews to live in ghettoes and also the Good Friday prayer for the line about ‘perfidious jews.’ I have studied…

An English priest-blogger reports on a study from This is London: One in 30 babies aborted for medical reasons is born alive, a study has found.They lived for an average of 80 minutes – although in some cases foetuses survived for over six hours.Most of the babies were born between 20 and 24 weeks of…

…"What did you hear" related. Were the murders at Virginia Tech mentioned at your Mass/church service yesterday? I’m just wondering – no judgment involved – because at the Mass I attended (here in Fort Wayne) it wasn’t – at all. Not in the homily and not even in the Prayers of the Faithful. Again, I’m…
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