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Faith of our (founding) fathers: America’s Christian roots
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deacon greg kandra
Is America a Christian nation? It is, if you agree with Dinesh D’Souza. He’s just published a book on the subject and has a column in USA TODAY addressing America’s religious roots: We seem to be witnessing an aggressive attempt by leading atheists to portray religion in general, and Christianity in particular, as the bane…
The Holocaust’s other victims
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deacon greg kandra
A newspaper in Florida has a report on a group of Holocaust survivors seeking historical recognition — and many are not whom you’d expect. They are Polish Catholics, who were also sent to the camps: Michael Preisler’s arm still bears the signs of Auschwitz. He was number 22213. Preisler doesn’t fit the most common perception…
The remarkable rise of Bobby Jindal
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deacon greg kandra
It’s hard not to like the story of this (as the New York Times puts it) “improbable” candidate for governor in Louisiana — a Catholic convert who could could give a completely new face to politics in the American south: An Oxford-educated son of immigrants from India is virtually certain to become the leading candidate…
He’s got a little list
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
That bit of patter from “The Mikado” could describe Italy’s most notorious cleric. Seems that priest who got into a little trouble last weekend may be ready to cause a little trouble of his own: A high profile Vatican cleric suspended after he was shown on television making advances to a young man allegedly had…
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