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To be or not to be: a woman decides whether to perform abortions
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deacon greg kandra
You’ll find few stories more harrowing or heart-rending or sobering than this one, from Sunday’s Washington Post, which chronicles the journey of a medical student named Lesley Wojick, as she decides whether or not she wants to perform abortions: “Abortion is one of the most common surgical procedures performed on women, yet nobody in medical…
The non-Catholics who are keeping Catholic schools afloat
By
deacon greg kandra
It’s a phenomenon that most of us have seen: the growing number of students at Catholic schools who aren’t Catholic — and in some cases, not even Christian. A paper in Pittsburgh has more: When it came time for the Rev. Richard Helsel to send his children to school, he surprised his congregation by crossing…
“The family that prays together…” priest up for sainthood
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deacon greg kandra
Archbishop Fulton Sheen isn’t the only gifted Catholic communicator in line for canonization. USA TODAY has the latest on the fabled and much-beloved Fr. Patrick Peyton: Recognized widely for his catchphrase — “the family that prays together stays together” — the late Rev. Patrick Peyton spread his message to millions by radio and later television,…
Affliction: Nordstrom removes controversial t-shirt after complaint
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deacon greg kandra
A department store known for its stellar customer service has lived up to its reputation, and taken an offensive t-shirt off the shelves: The department store chain Nordstrom says it has removed a shirt from its shelves that shows a skeleton holding a small child. A Florida customer said the Affliction-brand t-shirt showed the skeleton…
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