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Just a couple of notes from the emailbox: Last week (I know this is late, but it is still worth reading) Teresa Polk at Blog-by-the-Sea took time to note the enormous pro-family demonstration in Madrid. The crowd was estimated at around 2 million. Godsbody is back and seeking to dominate – not only through Lickona’s…

…Kenyans suffering in the current violence. From Mary’s Aggies: From a friend of mine who quit her (very good) job and now works to help raise funds for this order of nuns in Kenya. Please keep them in your prayers and if you can help fund them, then you can contact AMY MCGOWAN dshorphanages.org 214…

The Blog Train should start rolling again tomorrow, although a potential emergency bit of work may intrude on those plans. I have plenty to talk about – I’ve read books (including a 600-page novel I read over the past 36 hours, I am not sure why) and even seen movies.  No particular reason for the…

From Pope Benedict’s homily at Midnight Mass: Saint John, in his Gospel, went to the heart of the matter, giving added depth to Saint Luke’s brief account of the situation in Bethlehem: “He came to his own home, and his own people received him not” (Jn 1:11). This refers first and foremost to Bethlehem: the…

No more rumors. Or shall we say, rumours? From Ruth Gledhill: As we reported exclusively that he would, Tony Blair has been received into the Roman Catholic Church. Tony Blair is received into full communion with the Catholic Church. This took place during Mass in the chapel at Archbishop’s House, Westminster, yesterday. The former Prime…

As Gashwin details, the Trappists of Mepkin Abbey in  SC have been run out of the egg business – their primary source of income – by PETA. You can help them by shopping at their store.

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The official website for the Pope’s visit to the US. Catholic University has its own site, as well. The Pope’s words at yesterday’s General Audience: (The first part of the homily dealt powerfully with justice and the Coming of Christ) This faith in the Creator Logos, in the Word that created the world, in the…

…Bash Rowan Williams Train today (based on the headlines), do check out Zadok’s post, which includes a portion of the transcript about what Williams actually said about the Nativity narratives. Short version: he didn’t say that the Magi were legend. He said that certain aspects of our imaging of them are the results of centuries of…

The doctrinal note on evangelization from the CDF has been put up on the Vatican website here.
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