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“We’ve been praying for this for two years”
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jmcgee
The New York Times has this intriguing look at one Anglo-Catholic parish that may be one of the first to jump across the Tiber: When the Vatican announced last week that it would welcome groups of traditionalist Anglicans into the Roman Catholic Church, leaders of one Episcopal parish celebrated as if a ship had arrived…
Murder in the rectory — UPDATED
By
jmcgee
This shocking story broke late yesterday: A Catholic priest who ministered to the poor from his wealthy New Jersey parish was found beaten to death in his church rectory yesterday — possibly by someone he was trying to help, sources said. The Rev. Edward Hinds, 61, known as “Father Ed” to his 1,600 parishioners in…
Weigel on the Anglicans: “Theological shock-therapy”
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jmcgee
George Weigel has now weighed in on the Anglican situation. From the Washington Post’s On Faith blog: The first wave of reactions to the October 20 Vatican announcement of a new arrangement for receiving into the Catholic Church groups of Anglican clergy and laity who would retain distinctive elements of their spiritual and liturgical…
Want to buy an altar? Cleveland’s Catholic inventory is up for sale
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jmcgee
One American diocese is having what sounds like the world’s biggest church garage sale: The scattering of sacred and religious artifacts from parishes closed by the Cleveland Catholic Diocese is under way. The diocese’s online liquidator is advertising hundreds of items for sale: Baptismal fonts where generations of area Catholics entered the church. Ornate altars…
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