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College students: “He doesn’t act like a rock star, and that’s okay, too”
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deacon greg kandra
Anyone curious about how young people are responding to Pope Benedict just hop over to Inside Catholic, where there’s a terrific piece by Elizabeth Scalia and John-Patrick Mauro on that very subject. They look at the reaction to the pontiff at Catholic University: For students who had known only one pope their whole lives, the…
“A joyous time for Catholics, and it wasn’t such a bad week for Methodists, either”
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deacon greg kandra
The Leader of the Free World had some warm words today for the Vicar of Christ, at the Catholic Prayer Breakfast: It was a privilege to welcome Benedict XVI to the United States, President George Bush told the crowd at the 5th Annual Catholic Prayer Breakfast. The president said this today to the sold-out crowd…
Pope Benedict, “Cultural Catholic”
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Deacon Greg Kandra
The excellent papal commentator and writer David Gibson has zeroed in on an important theme of Benedict’s visit thus far — one that, perhaps, has been overshadowed by all the headlines about the sex abuse crisis. From the Wall Street Journal: Call Pope Benedict XVI a “cultural Catholic” and you’re likely to get puzzled looks…
What do you wear to a papal mass at a stadium?
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deacon greg kandra
My wife and I have been wondering the same thing — and so this nifty article in the Washington Post was of particular interest: “So do not worry and say, ‘What are we to eat? or ‘What are we to drink? What are we to wear?’ . . . ” — Matthew 6:31 But what…
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