“As so many of us know, the dissolution of any marriage is a sad and painful process. It is also a very personal and private one. Because Mark and I are public figures, we have naturally had less privacy with which to deal with our difficulties than do other couples. Indeed, I know it will…

I got the impression that Patrick Kennedy wanted to put his clash with Bishop Tobin behind him and move on, but some commentators just won’t let it rest. The latest to add his two cents is Timothy Egan from the New York Times: In a terse exchange of letters, the bishop said it was “inappropriate”…

This bit of news slipped under the wire over the weekend, but it’s worth noting: A Long Island priest with close ties to Rudy Giuliani has been cleared of allegations he molested a teenager in 1975, church officials said Saturday. Msgr. Alan Placa was the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s pointman on sexual abuse until 2002,…

The Massachusetts deacon whose miraculous healing is clearing the way for Cardinal Newman’s beatification met with Tony Blair’s wife Cherie last month — and now he wishes he hadn’t: Cherie Blair has received a humiliating snub from a leading Roman Catholic in the U.S. Jack Sullivan – the man the Church of Rome believes was…

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