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A luxury senior-citizens apartment building with no connection to the Church has been named “The Bernardin” The power to grant the authority for the commercial use of the Bernardin name is the legal province of the archdiocese of Chicago,” spokesman Jim Dwyer said. “I don’t think (the developer) realized that.” . An investigation by the…

I have to admit, after my weeks of Amazon frustration, this big Barnes and Noble sale did me a world of good. Because, as I mentioned to one correspondent, I wrote this book, (as well as almost every other book I do) with an evangelistic/apologetic stance in mind, and one that is subtle, non-threatening, but…

From the UK journal Priests and People This is a wonderfully rich way of bringing together incarnation and salvation, focusing on the theme of Christ’s solidarity with and commitment to human beings who have lost their way. But more should be said: there is a particular significance in the fact that the climax of his…

Fernando! Junior, that is. Plays for the mighty Fort Wayne Wizards. Opening home game. Joseph lasted eight innings, with help from a pretzel, a hamburger, peanuts and ice cream.

“Mom, can Leah spend the night after the dance?” somehow turned into “Mom, would it be okay if Hannah and Mona spent the night, too? They were standing right there and….” Whatever. Take care of three “you take my kid tonight” obligations at once, I say. Not a terrible deal.

Up and running More fundamentally, however, it is conventional wisdom in the Holy See that the heart of the American crisis lies in the episcopacy. Many in Rome believe that American bishops failed for more than a decade to take advantage of the canonical tools at their disposal to discipline wayward priests. That failure, they…

Next week: Al Kresta, again Monday at 11 am Eastern. It’s their fund drive week, and they will be using De-Coding as a premium. HMS Radio on Monday at 2:50 Eastern With Drew Mariani, Thursday at 2:06 pm Eastern.

Who shares this story: Once upon a time I was at a lecture on the historicity of the Gospels by Raymond Brown, S.S. (who is, I hope, no relation to Dan) and at the end he took written questions from the audience. The last question was, “what do you think of the theories that Jesus…

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