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The Deacon's Bench
Randall Terry’s theater of the absurd
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deacon greg kandra
That’s a polite way to describe the frankly outrageous scene described here, at a town hall meeting over Obamacare: While supporters dominated inside the auditorium, opponents made a splash outside the high school gymnasium with street theater. The Moran town hall was the last stop on a 10-city tour for Randall Terry, the anti-abortion activist…
Kennedy: the final days
By
deacon greg kandra
The Senator from Massachusetts had come to rely more intently on his faith, according to his family and his priest. From the New York Times: In recent years, friends say, Mr. Kennedy had come to lean heavily on his Roman Catholic faith. In eulogizing his mother, Rose Kennedy, in 1995, he spoke of the comfort…
Catholic priest “delighted” at Lockerbie bomber’s release
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deacon greg kandra
A move that surprised many — and angered more than a few — has been greeted warmly by at least one Catholic cleric. Catholic News Service has details: A Scottish priest who served at Lockerbie, Scotland, at the time an airliner was blown from the sky by terrorists has welcomed the release from jail of…
Roy Bourgeois: “I will not be silenced” — UPDATED
By
deacon greg kandra
The controversial priest who participated in a woman’s ordination ceremony last year is back in the news again — and continuing to stir the pot: A prominent priest whose support for women’s ordination has him in trouble with the Catholic Church ratcheted up his confrontation with the hierarchy yesterday, calling the church’s refusal to ordain…
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