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Are Catholics happy campers?
By
deacon greg kandra
By and large, yes. Days before the pope hits the States, a new survey takes the temperature of his American flock: According to the survey, eight out of 10 people are very satisfied or at least somewhat satisfied with how Pope Benedict leads the Roman Catholic Church. However, the study also found out that, although…
Wasn’t planning D-Day easier than mass at Yankee Stadium?
By
deacon greg kandra
Jesus only had to feed 5,000. The pope has to contend with 57,000, or more, at the massive mass planned for next weekend at Yankee Stadium. (Your Humble Blogger, with Spouse, will be there.) How do you pull off something like that? The New York Times offers a peek: The pope will straddle second base…
George W. Bush, “closet Catholic”
By
deacon greg kandra
A pal sent this my way: a fascinating piece on George Bush and Catholicism from the Religion News Service, reprinted in tomorrow’s edition of the Washington Post: Shortly after Pope Benedict XVI’s election in 2005, President Bush met with a small circle of advisers in the Oval Office. As some mentioned their own religious backgrounds,…
Peggy Noonan on “the man at the window”
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deacon greg kandra
While most of the world is turning its attention to what Benedict will be up to when he arrives in America next week, Peggy Noonan is poking around the Vatican, and writing about it with characteristic eloquence and verve: You couldn’t hear Benedict without your eyes going to the small white window in the plain-walled…
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