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Late in the day, I bring to your attention the excellent website for the Center for Thomas More Studies.

In Britain? Britain is facing an infertility crisis, with the number of couples who experience problems conceiving expected to double within the next 10 years. A leading fertility expert warned yesterday that, by 2015, one in three couples may need IVF treatment or similar fertility procedures. The low success rates of such treatments means soaring…

Website taking testimony, prayers and such for the canonization cause of John Paul II

I ask that out of curiosity and a sincere interest in these knotty matters of religious and government. In our religiously diverse country, what is going to happen in regard situations like this? State court officers don’t plan to act immediately on an Islamic group’s request to allow use of the Islamic holy book when…

Magister on Ruini on Marchetto – the author of a new history of the Council contra the predominant narrative of the past forty years: In conclusion, Ruini again contested the contrast made between John XXIII and Paul VI, as seen in the history of Vatican II produced by Alberigo and the Bologna School. And although…

At Pontifications, Al Kimel answers the question – what is moving him to Roman Catholicism rather than Eastern Orthodoxy from where he stands in the Anglican tradition? It’s interesting – as are most of the 412 comments on the post.

From Get Religion, a link to a story on those candles you see everywhere now – the glass pillars with pictures of saints, etc. printed on the front. An interesting history is related in the story: Scholars and candle industry folks find their origin hard to pinpoint. According to Sister Schodts Reed, chief executive officer…

Geldof wants Pope to join anti-poverty march

Long, meaty Books and Culture piece by Mark Noll and Carol Nystrom, adapted from their book of the same title It examines various evangelical stances toward Catholicism, from hostility to conversion. Here’s a link to the book, due to be released next week. The conversion stories range from Peter Kreeft to the Hahns to John…

The Pope’s new book The book covers many of the themes Benedict has already focused on in his two months in office: the role of Christianity in Europe and the need to respect life from conception to its natural death. It also explores faith and what it means to be Christian. It’s an easy, 149-page…
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