Hot on the heels of one of the most popular and enthusiastically embraced papal encyclicals in the modern era, an American bishop is continuing to spread the news that – in effect – all you need is love. This time, the message was spread at an interfaith dinner: Inspired by Jesus’ urgent command to “love…

And now Connecticut’s bishops have an answer — and one that will undoubtedly have jaws dropping all over the place. They’ve given approval for Catholic hospitals to dispense a drug that prevents pregnancy in cases of rape. From the AP: Roman Catholic bishops in Connecticut have agreed to let hospital personnel give emergency contraception to…

You may remember Randy Pausch’s incredible “last lecture” that I posted last week. His story was subsequently picked up by Good Morning America and other news outlets. I preached about his message last Sunday in my homily, and later mentioned it to a producer at the office. The result: his story will be featured tomorrow…

…but one of them won’t be this little place on the left. The soon-to-be bishop of Pittsburgh is continuing an episcopal trend begun in Boston and, as announced in this press report, is forgoing the lavish lodgings of his predecessors: Bishop-designate David Zubik has decided not to live in the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese’s $1.5 million…

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