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Brendan Manning, author and speaker. In a yet unpublished interview with Christianity Today, Manning said that the majority of his readers and retreat attendees are evangelicals. When asked why evangelicals are especially drawn to him, he said: “I’ve tried to figure that out. There’s an evangelical pastor in California who has invited me back to…

And let you consider one reader’s take: You wrote, “Where is our missionary impulse to the unchurched among us?” Good question. The answer is ‘which one’?

….in a post a few days ago, but, not surprisingly, in a much more intelligent way: The Church of the Holy Primary: Candidates Should Stop the Religion Pandering by Douglas Bandow on NRO.

Word has come that Fr. Benedict Groeschel was critically injured in a car accident last night. More details at Michael’s blog (And keep checking there – he is posting updates as he hears them from CFR’s) Tom Allen of Catholic Exchange relates his experience of Fr. Groeschel’s most recent appearance – yesterday.

That Evangelicals are not as big a threat as they think Once you get passed the first few paragraphs, it’s an interesting article, although we may not agree with all of Wolfe’s conclusions. But it’s just one more piece for the “What Does Religion Mean to Americans, Anyway?” file. No other aspect of their faith…

An op-ed on my favorite Michigan governor Gov. Jennifer Granholm last week publicly challenged the Christian faith of legislators who favored spending cuts to balance the state budget, saying, “That’s when I question whether somebody is really living out the faith that they profess.” Forgive us the obvious: A professed Catholic who vetoes protecting partially…

This is the most fundamental of human characteristics that is manifested in every government from Rome to the United States and if you cannot see this then I am afraid that you will merely be confirming my ignorant assumptions about your level of education and personal character. As Brown explains in his text, ‘The most…

But then it’s only January: This e-mail was sent by the CitibankOnline sevrers to veerify your email adress. You must cmloepte this prcesos by clicking on the link below and enttering in the little window your Citi-bank Debit Card Nummber and card pin that you use on local ATM. That is donne for your pcretotion…

As in governor of New Jersey. As in “Catholic.” Described here. McGreevey’s Catholic faith is an integral part of his political identity and he is not shy about letting people know it. Yet refer to him as a Catholic politician and McGreevey shakes his head as if he doesn’t appreciate the term. The response is…

on gay marriage Archbishop Sean P. O’Malley urged Catholic lawyers on Sunday to oppose gay marriage, saying the institution of marriage and the family are under assault and attorneys need to help protect them. “The social cost of the breakdown of family life has already been enormous,” O’Malley said at the annual Red Mass, which…

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