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That local boy would be St. Paul, and his hometown of Tarsus evidently plans to get into the act for the recently-announced Year of St. Paul: Pope Benedict has declared 2008 the year of Saint Paul and so preparations gained speed in Mersin’s Tarsus district, Saint Paul’s birthplace, and an area recognized as a place…

St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke is wading into the ’08 presidential campaign, and he’s already stirring the waters: As the 2008 presidential campaign revs up, St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke is reprising his role from 2004. And the blogs are buzzing. Four years ago, Burke drew international attention when he said that if Democratic presidential…

This piece in the current National Catholic Register has some interesting voices on the subject of Rudy Giuliani and Catholicism. I’m not persuaded that a majority of Catholics are “turned off” by a candidate who is pro-abortion, even one who is a nominal Catholic like Giuliani; a good number of Catholics backed Kerry, and they…

It was a year ago today, October 2, 2006, that tragedy was visited upon the Amish people of rural Pennsylvania. USA Today has an insightful interview with someone who understands their culture very well, and who tries to explain one of the great mysteries of their faith: After the shooting deaths of five Amish girls…
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