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Being Catholic now: “A lot of Catholics are having lovers’ quarrels with the church”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A Kennedy is in the news again — this time, with a new book exploring her own Catholic faith. Michael Paulson has the scoop at the Boston Globe: Catholicism ran deep at the home of Bobby and Ethel Kennedy. Prayers before and after every meal, when a family trip was beginning, when something got lost.…
“Mrs.” Clinton and “Ms.” Palin
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The Anchoress dropped me a line a few minutes ago and said a reader was wondering why the New York Times refers to these women differently. I know the Times has a tradition of always using an honorific — Mr., Mrs., whatever — which is very old-fashioned and, I think, nice. But I was stumped…
A Christmas memory in September
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
The legendary animator who helped bring this beautiful moment to life died today: Bill Melendez. Bless him. (I spoke about this particular Christmas memory during my Midnight Mass homily last year.)
“Fr. What-A-Waste” takes on the atheists
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Regular readers will recall that is Katie Couric’s nickname for this dashing TV priest and moral theologian, Fr. Thomas Williams, who works as a Vatican consultant for CBS News. The good father has a new book out, “Greater Than You Think,” an extended argument against atheism. And Elizabeth Scalia has a review of it over…
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