This election cycle, Rudy Giuliani is the Catholic who’s been getting the most attention — and the most heat. But there are other Catholics running for president. The Christian Science Monitor in its Monday edition has a fascinating profile of Senator Joseph Biden (D-Del.), who talks candidly about his Catholicism: Biden says he grew up…

Now, here’s something you don’t hear about every day: six generations of brides being married walking down the same aisle, in the same Catholic church, over nearly 150 years. This has all the makings of a made-for-TV movie on Lifetime. But you can read about it here, first, courtesy the Twin Cities Pioneer Press: When…

After too-long a time, the Diocese of Pittsburgh is getting ready to welcome a new bishop. Hometown boy David Zubik is to be installed at the end of September, and he’s already making the rounds of the local media. Here’s a nugget from the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: David A. Zubik once hoped to be winning lawsuits,…

It’s one of the most vexing problems facing the Church: how to woo back sheep who have strayed, Catholics who are no longer practicing. An Arizona newspaper has a profile of some people who are trying to reach this particular group — and believe that they can, in fact, be reached: Catholics like Pat Julian…

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