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The Church is always looking for ways to strengthen marriages — and, according to the Catholic News Service, one diocese is taking it very seriously, even before marriage begins: Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond has approved a new diocesanwide marriage preparation process that will require engaged couples to take a premarital inventory, a full…

They gave the maestro a final sendoff today in his hometown of Modena, at a full Catholic funeral presided over by the bishop and celebrated in the city’s 1,000-year old cathedral. The AP has the details, including praise from the pope and — near the end — some Catholic criticism, too: Verdi’s ”Ave Maria” wafted…

And I’m not saying that just because she mentions me. No, The Anchoress, with her usual laser-beam insight, has summed up beautifully what it means to believe, and to doubt: For those who have given it all, have allowed themselves to be used up until they literally have nothing left to give, it seems to…

News broke earlier this afternoon that the Diocese of San Diego has reached a settlement in the claims of sexual abuse — and, not surprisingly, it’s huge: The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said Friday it has agreed to pay $198.1 million to settle 144 claims of sexual abuse by clergy, the second-largest payment…
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