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I recently read your review of “The Da Vinci Code” and I am writing to inform you that I wholeheartedly disagree with your views. Mr. Brown has done a tremendous amount of research into the earliest history of the Christian church, most of which is easily accessible and is considered fact, by both Christians and…

Priests annoyed with Church stance towards homosexuality The group singled out Vatican documents that use language referring to homosexual acts and gay marriage as “intrinsically disordered,” “a troubling moral and social phenomenon” and “harmful to the proper development of society.” Such language is driving gays from the church, the pastors said. Cardinal Francis George received…

The WaPost on the Pope’s confidants Observers acknowledge that top officials are eager to lift daily burdens from the pope so that he can concentrate on key duties: naming bishops, creating dioceses, issuing documents and meeting with heads of state. Cutbacks in the pope’s schedule effect not only church business but also how many people…

Pope advices silence “When giving the final touches to the crib and the Christmas tree … it is necessary to predispose one’s spirit to live intensely this great mystery of the faith,” the Holy Father said before praying the midday Angelus. The Pontiff suggested following the example of Mary, Mother of Jesus, who “helps us…

A piece by Joanna Jepson, the British curate who has successfuly moved a court to review its decision not to prosecute a doctor who aborted a child with a cleft palate There is a tragic paradox here: that sometimes we seem to be most threatened by those who are most vulnerable. Herod, for all his…

Miracle approved for Charles I of Austria-Hungary Charles’ miracle reportedly came when a cloistered nun in Brazil prayed for his beatification in the 1970s and was cured of a deadly disease, the emperor’s grandson George Hapsburg told the Hungarian Catholic monthly publication Uj Ember last year. The Vatican would not confirm that or discuss details…

An odd, moving little piece in the NYTimes about the archivist for Princeton’s class of ’33 Now, still remarkably hale at 91, though his snow-white hair is feather-fine and his skin nearly translucent, with few responsibilities other than helping care for his wife, Ann, who broke her hip in May, Dr. Billings said that keeping…

Priests fault Egan for his treatment of accused clerics In a rare challenge, 74 priests of the Archdiocese of New York indirectly assailed Cardinal Edward M. Egan for failing to support their brother priests accused of sexual abuse, and called for a face-to-face meeting. “We need to tell you again what you already know; the…

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Okay, here’s what happened. I was driving around, cautiously because it was snowing and I had Mr. Precious Cargo about to begin his mantra of “I want somepin'” in the back seat. I was listening to Day by Day, which is (take a breath), Slate Magazine’s presence on NPR. It airs at noon around these…
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