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The Deacon's Bench
Are Catholics happy campers?
By
deacon greg kandra
By and large, yes. Days before the pope hits the States, a new survey takes the temperature of his American flock: According to the survey, eight out of 10 people are very satisfied or at least somewhat satisfied with how Pope Benedict leads the Roman Catholic Church. However, the study also found out that, although…
Dwindling Catholic school enrollment: “A slow-moving disaster”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
A new report paints the clearest picture yet of what is happening in Catholic education — and what isn’t. USA Today has a snapshot: For years, parents at St. Joseph School, a tiny Catholic school in Petersburg, Va., have fretted over just about everything: The 133-year-old school is losing students and faces a debt of…
DC pulls bobblehead pope ad
By
deacon greg kandra
Personally, I think this sounds clever and cute. But others, I guess, disagreed. From the AP: The transportation agency for the nation’s capital has pulled a promotional video from YouTube after the Archdiocese of Washington complained about the star: a Pope Benedict XVI bobblehead doll. The video aimed to encourage people to take Metro to…
William F. Buckley remembered as “truly touched by the grace of God”
By
deacon greg kandra
What can you say about a man who said everything so remarkably well? This, from Catholic News Service: Mourners remembered William F. Buckley Jr. at an April 4 memorial Mass as a man of deep faith and unfailing confidence in the Catholic Church who brought people to believe in God and inspired vocations to the…
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