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Parish hopes to “bless” homosexual partners
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
I can’t imagine this initiative will fly, but you never know: St. Francis Cabrini church, of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese, has announced on their website that they are ready to “bless” homosexual partners. The parish has published a “Statement of Reconciliation” repudiating the Church for its teaching on sexual purity and married chastity…
When a church closes: “I went all my life, and then they threw me out”
By
deacon greg kandra
It’s becoming a familiar story: a parish closes, and the flock can do little more than grieve. It happened again this weekend in Buffalo, and the local paper picks up the story: The Kilgen pipe organ thundered for the last time. A rendition of “Ave Maria” echoed gloriously among the decorative oak rafters. A haze…
You can shop for anything on the web — including a church
By
deacon greg kandra
Looking for a place to pray? USA Today says: look no further than your computer screen: Across the country, fall is high season for “church shopping,” as people in search of a new faith community to call home set about the task of finding one. But that doesn’t mean they’re showing up, singing hymns, shaking…
The perfect place for a little gathering of 9,000
By
deacon greg kandra
A new church has just opened in Portugal, to help comemmorate the 90th anniversary of the apparitions of the Blessed Mother in Fatima. The new facility is not exactly intimate, according to this report from the BBC: Thousands of pilgrims have flocked to a ceremony in Portugal to consecrate one of the world’s biggest churches.…
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