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Spreading the word, instantly, in under 140 characters … Welcome to marriage, in 2009.     

And a little piece of history is made in Florida: The former Episcopalian bishop of Southwest Florida, Rev. John Lipscomb, was ordained a priest of the Catholic Church on December 2 at the Bethany Center spiritual retreat in Lutz, Florida. The 59-year-old former Episcopalian was joined by his wife Marcie and approximately 100 diocesan priests.…

The tee shirts should start rolling into stores any day now, after a new study found that when people ask “WWJD?”, they’re really asking a different question: For many religious people, the popular question “What would Jesus do?” is essentially the same as “What would I do?” That’s the message from an intriguing and controversial…

A Nebraska doctor is continuing the work of one of the most famous — and infamous — abortion doctors: The national battle over abortion, for decades firmly planted outside the Kansas clinic of Dr. George R. Tiller, has erupted here in suburban Omaha, where a longtime colleague has taken up the cause of late-term abortions.…

They are the jolly, jubilant, joyful Daughters of St. Paul, who have made music and the media their ministry.   They’ve been doing concert appearances around the country for years, and have released some wonderful CDs, too. They passed through New York recently, and the cameras of “Currents” were there to catch them in action. Want…

How does a woman with no faith raise a child to have faith? This writer is struggling with that question: I had been potential prey for a religious organization, in part, because I had no faith of my own. As an adult, still with no faith, I long for it – yet as an adult…

…because they ended up interviewing Your Humble Blogger recently on the subject of religious radio. The results, below.  

Another commentator has added his voice to the chorus chiming in about Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Tobin. Here’s former Senator Rick Santorum: Simply put, the church has membership requirements. Kennedy is free to reject them. What he is not free to do is redefine them for himself and condemn the church for not accepting his…

This is just priceless: Stephen Colbert chatting with the Vatican astronomer, Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno, about extraterrestrial life.  The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Gold, Frankincense and Mars – Guy Consolmagno www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor U.S. Speedskating

It wasn’t too long ago that being Irish and Catholic was a source of pride on these shores (particularly for some proud boosters of Notre Dame…but that’s another story…) But times have changed. And over at his blog, Ross Douthat looks at the “tragedy of Irish Catholics” and draws some sobering connections: I’ve been reading…
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