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Gingrich on Catholicism: “This is the place that I belong”
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
“I don’t know that I wanted to become a Catholic so much as I became a Catholic. I don’t know that it was volitional in that sense. Having gone to the basilica (The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in Washington) with my wife, who sings in the choir there, for about…
The Vatican’s odd couple: Diaz and Benedict
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
How will the new U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican get along with the pontiff? NCR’s John Allen sat down for a chat with Miguel Diaz and came away with some interesting insights: In some ways, one could think of Díaz and Benedict XVI as a mismatched pair. In terms of his theological outlook, Díaz is…
Rhapsody in tan: a Beach Boy will finish some Gershwin songs
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
From the “What Were They Thinking?” file…some curious musical news, courtesy the Los Angeles Times: In a surprise union of two quintessentially American composers from different eras, one the 1960s mastermind of “Good Vibrations,” the other the Jazz Age creator of “Rhapsody in Blue,” former Beach Boy Brian Wilson has been authorized by the estate…
Where do bishops come from?
By
Deacon Greg Kandra
Everywhere. But there are a few places that seem to be especially successful at growing them. The top greenhouses are written up right here. Fascinating reading.
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