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It’s all about bunnies, eggs and chocolate
By
jmcgee
Some surprising news about what folks believe about Easter: While most Americans describe Easter as a religious holiday, less than half of U.S. adults surveyed link it specifically to the Resurrection of Jesus, a Barna Group study shows. Seven in 10 respondents mentioned religion or spirituality in their response to an open-ended question about how…
The Latino paradox
By
jmcgee
Latino immigrants are having a powerful impact on the American Catholic Church — but a new study raises questions about whether that impact will last: New arrivals from Spanish-speaking countries have helped the Catholic Church maintain its status as the dominant religion in the U.S., according to a new Trinity College report slated to be…
Bishops on health care bill: “It must be opposed…”
By
jmcgee
“Two basic principles…continue to shape the concerns of the Catholic bishops: health care means taking care of the health needs of all, across the human life span; and the expansion of health care should not involve the expansion of abortion funding and of polices forcing everyone to pay for abortions. Because these principles have not…
Becoming Catholic: “It’s like being part of a big family”
By
jmcgee
Nashville has an impressively large number of people about to join the Church this Easter — and the local secular press is even taking notice: When she was growing up, Lori W. Caste decided not to get baptized. Her father was a lapsed Baptist, her mother a Jehovah’s Witness. She followed her mother to Sunday…
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