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“To tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world”
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deacon greg kandra
It remains, to my thinking, one of the great speeches of the last century. And it deserves attention again today. It’s Robert F. Kennedy’s improvised remarks in Indianpolis, delivered 40 years ago today, announcing the news of the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr. You can read more about it and hear the speech at…
When the CEO is Catholic
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deacon greg kandra
It’s not every day that you encounter the CEO of a major corporation who is also a devout Catholic. But the Associated Press just ran this intriguing profile of the new head of Eli Lilly and Co., and it bears reading: John Lechleiter could pick any mode of transportation he wants for his commute to…
Majority of priests in Belleville call on bishop to resign
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deacon greg kandra
This is some pretty astonishing news: most of the priests in one prominent American diocese have called for their bishop to step down: When dozens of priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville met Wednesday in Germantown to discuss Bishop Edward Braxton, they knew they had to do something drastic. Their contentious relationship with…
Chiara Lubich dies
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deacon greg kandra
This moved a short time ago on the Catholic News Service: Chiara Lubich, the 88-year-old founder and perpetually smiling symbol of the Focolare movement, died early March 14 in her room near the Focolare headquarters in Rocca di Papa, south of Rome. Lubich had been extremely frail since November 2006 when she was treated at…
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