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Priest bans autistic boy from parish – UPDATED
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Deacon Greg Kandra
I’m not entirely sure what to make of this story, out of Minnesota. I’m sure the priest must have very good reasons for choosing this course of action. But if I had to ask myself WWJD … well, I don’t think it would be this: The mother of a 13-year-old autistic boy who was banned…
“Shenanigans”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
An astute writer over at the Washington Post’s On Faith blog has taken a hard look at the Catholic League, and the recent dust-up over John Hagee. The writer is, in a word, skeptical: The Catholic League is not the “All Catholic” League. It is not official Catholicism: still less does it speak for each…
First Jewish woman, first Muslim woman receive degrees from Catholic Theological Union
By
deacon greg kandra
If this isn’t an interesting sign of the times, I don’t know what is. From the Chicago Tribune: As a teen, Sarah Bier traveled from Chicago to Israel to learn more about Judaism. But her journey to the Holy Land, marred by religious violence from beginning to end, ultimately led her to explore other faiths…
From “The Wanderer” to “The Thunderer”
By
deacon greg kandra
Did you know St. Jerome has a connection to doo-wop? This, from today’s New York Times: An Italian-American bluesman records a song in Florida. An Irish-American disc jockey plays it at a radio station in Woodstock, N.Y. He tells a friend from his old neighborhood in the Bronx about the song. And before you know…
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