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“You are my light”
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deacon greg kandra
The always-reliable and alert Amy Welborn, over at Charlotte Was Both, has reminded us that today is the feast of St. John Chrysostom — his last name meaning “golden mouth,” celebrated for his gift for preaching. She quotes from today’s Office of Readings, which gives a small glimpse at his remarkable talent: If Christ is…
Woman looks forward to being “first pregnant Catholic priest”
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deacon greg kandra
In what it bills as a “Web Exclusive,” Newsweek has just posted an interview with a 25-year-old woman named Jessica Rowley, who last week was “ordained” a priest in Missouri. At one point, she emphasizes that she did all the things that men do to become priests — including spending 10 months as a deacon…
From Bush to Bono
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deacon greg kandra
The other day, I posted the item from the Washington Post about the implicit (or even explicit) Catholicism of rock and roll. Now, as kind of a sideways addendum, there’s this interesting piece of news about one of the people mentioned in the essay, Bono: Bono, the lead singer of U2 and a self-proclaimed nonpartisan,…
Headline of the day
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Deacon Greg Kandra
Offers Of Help Overwhelm Santa Barbara Nuns
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