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“I didn’t know you were Catholic.” — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, during a White House meeting, September 25, 2008. Paulson had reportedly gotten down on one knee to beg Pelosi and other Democrats to keep negotiating a deal to rescue the economy.

How is the economic news playing across the religious spectrum? The Associated Press takes a gander this morning: In Parma, Ohio, an organizer for Barack Obama arrived at a recent “Catholic house party,” a campaign-sponsored chat about values, prepared to answer questions about abortion. The conversation instead lurched into the battered state of the local…

That familiar line from a song from my youth ran through my head as I started to read this absorbing dissection (or vivisection?) of Fort Wayne, by Amy Welborn. She’s left the town, and moved south, and spends many paragraphs saying: “Good riddance.” Read it and see why. It’s a very good read.

Every preacher knows you can’t please everyone. And the Archbishop of Canterbury has just displeased a vocal group of Protestants with his homily yesterday at Lourdes. From CNS: Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams of Canterbury, England, has come under fire for his homily during a pilgrimage to the Marian sanctuaries in Lourdes, France. Archbishop Williams, leader…
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