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Maybe he just overdid it on Ash Wednesday
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jmcgee
Something rare and remarkable, from National Geographic: an all-black penguin. As one expert described it: “Well that is astonishing,” he said. “I’ve never ever seen that before. It’s a one in a zillion kind of mutation somewhere. The animal has lost control of its pigmentation patterns. Presumably it’s some kind of mutation.” He explained that…
Ah, just another day in the newsroom
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jmcgee
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Sex abuse: would women in power have made a difference?
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jmcgee
The Vatican newspaper thinks so. This little item should raise a few eyebrows — and blood pressures: A greater presence of women in decision-making roles in the church might have helped remove the “veil of masculine secrecy” that covered priestly sex abuse cases, a front-page commentary in the Vatican newspaper said. The article said that…
Obama’s “spiritual cabinet” includes a retired cardinal
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jmcgee
It’s impossible to tell how much influence these figures have, but it’s an interesting group: Near the end of a bumpy first year in office, President Obama readied for a Christmas vacation in Hawaii, but before he left, he called on a group of five ministers for a spiritual recharge. Like previous prayer calls, this…
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