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In his weekly column, Archbishop Chaput address the Communion issue What’s the lesson for Catholics? Fifty years ago, too many of us avoided receiving Communion out of an excessive fear of our own sins. Today, far too many of us receive Communion unthinkingly, reflexively, with no sense of the urgent need for our own self-examination,…

When you see a headline at Lucianne.com: Students cut class to protest state takeover And you wonder where they got all the lawn mowers.

Still arguing over the constitution “Of course, we have a Judeo-Christian past, but the constitution is inspired by a heritage that is cultural, religious and humanist all at once,” Michel Barnier, France’s new foreign minister, said after a news conference at the Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. He made clear that France would not bend to…

puts in his two cents Bishop Donald Wuerl said pro-abortion rights legislators should stop receiving Holy Communion of their own accord, but he said he would not withhold the sacrament, as another bishop indicated he would in the case of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John F. Kerry, a Catholic whose public position is to support…

Michigan priest arrested in sex sting The 35-year-old priest worked as an associate pastor at St. Patrick’s Church in Portland, which is located between Lansing and Grand Rapids. Beas, who church officials said was ordained in Pakistan in 1994, transferred to St. Patrick’s in November 2001 after spending about six months serving as an associate…

As another cycle of DVC mail continues to pour in, I find myself answering the same old same old once again. Today’s topic is….No, it’s not a murky muddle This comes up a lot. People are under the impression that the evidence available to us about the nature of early Christianity is a)too meager to…

If you have any ideas or help regarding getting a kid or two into Book Expo without having to shell out a few dozen bucks for a badge….let me know, will ya?

Are all radio people on the same schedule? I got two interview requests that arrived through email within minutes of each other. One is for the night of the Sopranos finale. I seriously hesitated. But then…where are your priorities? Well….

Update It’s gone. Thanks so much! One more thing Mark Shea asks me to pass on the news that for some reason you can’t get to his site if the www. is before the rest of the address. So if want to read Mark, just go to markshea.blogspot.com More blogging later this afternoon. Got a…

Says his views were misrepresented. The headline in the Arizona Republic (5/21/04), “Bishops won’t link politics, Communion” misrepresents my position. Abortion is the killing of a completely innocent life and thus bad news for both unborn children and their mothers. It is a horrible wrong. It is intrinsically evil. We have a serious obligation to…
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