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Not about religion, but…maybe. In Sunday’s NYTimes Magazine, Michael Lewis pens a marvelous, beautifully written piece about his old high school baseball coach and changing times. The changing times are, of course, parents who want their kids to be stars, but don’t want them to have to suffer or work for it. Be careful if…

Vote of Confidence Cardinal Roger M. Mahony, recently criticized by a national Catholic panel for his legal tactics in sexual abuse cases, received a vote of confidence this week from the Los Angeles Council of Priests, an elected body representing the Roman Catholic archdiocese’s 850 clergymen. In a resolution passed unanimously earlier this week, the…

Turning his back on the spirits Voodoo is part of Haitian politics,” said hougan Philippe Castera, who lives in a shack but carries a cellphone. “The National Palace is filled with the spirits of the ancestors, and the president must be introduced to these spirits and deal with them.” According to a foreign diplomat, it…

Wellesley cancels the production of the Cardinal Law play – they’re looking for another Boston-area venue.

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Four years’ probation for O’Brien

Canonical questions about the norms And Eastern European martyrs…

Greg Popcak helpfully comments on the situation of a couple who seemed to be doing everything right possibly getting divorced. In my capacity as a Catholic marriage counselor who has done over 10,000 hours of exclusively Catholic counseling since 1999 with a very seriously Catholic population, I can tell you that outward signs of piety…

Committing oneself to focusing on Jesus during the liturgy isn’t selling out. It’s a good thing. Experiencing a deeper communion with the Lord during a liturgy marked by “bad” music and inadequate homilies and a host of other faults isn’t a character flaw. Believing that Jesus is present, no matter what, isn’t giving up. It’s…

The Cause Moves Forward Roman church officials have renewed formal contact with the nonprofit Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation and its local co-founder, Gregg Ladd of Highland. In a Jan. 23 letter, Roman Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins, prefect of the Congregation for Sainthood Causes, wrote that the Vatican’s internal inquisition regarding Sheen’s vices and virtues…
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