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Tragic and horrifying news. From the New York Times report: The body of the Chaldean Catholic archbishop of Mosul, Paulos Faraj Rahho, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Mosul late last month as he drove home after afternoon mass, was discovered in an area south of the city, church officials and Iraqi police said Thursday.…

With all the news buzzing today about New York governor Eliot Spitzer, it’s perhaps useful to look at his recently proposed legislation on the issue of abortion. It’s set alarm bells ringing throughout the state. My parish is one of many that set up tables in the church vestibule and organized people to sign petitions…

That was what James Joyce once said about the Catholic Church. It’s still that way, and we’re still “everybody” — a motley and wonderful bunch of saints and sinners, marching toward something we hope (despite all our obvious flaws) is our salvation. Well, here they come again: the catechumens and candidates of 2008, and the…
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