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One of the best bloggers out there – and I mean that – Peter Nixon of Sursum Corda is shutting down. And I guess he means it, because he says he’s going to delete the whole thing! Seriously, Peter is a fine writer, and I am hoping and praying that what he takes from blogging…

So what do you think? I am usually one, during the course of this show, to remain in a state of perpetual confusion about the Mob stories. I can never remember who’s who especially when the New York families get involved. It’s pathetic. (Like with guy whose funeral was tonight. I’m going to have to…

Yesterday Nothing very surprising or shocking about any of this, just the ordinary stuff of politics. But the politicking that went into Tuesday’s primary was a contrast with the rhetoric of Wednesday’s prayer breakfast, where, according to The Washington Times and the Religion News Service, Mr. Santorum held forth on Catholic priests’ lack of fervor…

…can someone tell me how to write nothing pieces like this one and get them published in the NYTimes Magazine? For personal reasons, I’ve been doing a lot of driving lately, crisscrossing the West and the Midwest and noticing along the way just how far the new Bible Belt extends from its traditional Southern origins.…

Bishop tells South Bend high school to rescind pro-abortion rights governor’s speaking invite More. Ray Schmidt, one St. Joseph High School parent commented,“At first I thought it was a little harsh, but then I read that he actually has a pro-choice stance. Being as though I had 16 years of Catholic schooling and my kids…

A WaPo article about an exorcist The vast majority of people who are referred to him suffer from mental illness, he said. He refers most of them to local psychiatrists and mental health professionals. But the Devil does exist, he said, and his emissaries occupy the bodies of people from time to time. Possession is…

Friday morning, we went to the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, the first time since the new vistor’s center had been completed. I rather liked it – the display did a nice job of explaining his life and work, and had some interesting artifacts on display, including one of the small notebooks he kept, recording…

(Rumspringa being the time in an Amish young person’s life when they are given time to experience certain freedoms in life, part of the idea being to ensure that their choice to embrace adulthood as an Amish is really a choice.) Well, I learned yesterday (in reading a periodical – the Sunday supplement to one…

So. We’ve been back and forth to Canada several times since 9/11, and have experienced some relatively lengthy waits, but never any real problems. And, I’ll admit that I’d heard, here and there, that they were asking for birth certificates now, but we’d never been asked for it, so I sort of forgot about it.…

Conason isn’t my favorite, but, y’know… ….consider the long list of prominent Catholic Republicans who advocate abortion rights and civil equality for homosexuals. Like Mr. Kerry, these churchgoing pols have defied church orthodoxy. But unlike him, the Republicans can worship without interference from sanctified busybodies. Let’s name a few names, in the spirit of the…
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