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Those four little words are causing some big problems, again, after they were added to a popular tourist destination: The American Center for Law and Justice has filed a legal response to a lawsuit that opposes religious engravings in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. In the amicus brief, the ACLJ asks the U.S. District…

As the bishops gather in Baltimore this week, an important topic of discussion will be the new mass translation. Ann Rodgers of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette takes a look: Bishop Donald Trautman of Erie has led the charge against what he sees as a “slavish” rendering of Latin into convoluted, ungrammatical English. “American Catholics have every…

The Washington Post’s often-interesting On Faith section is looking at the subject of interfaith marriage. As authors Sally Quinn and Ellen McCarthy note: The holidays can be a minefield for interfaith couples, unearthing disparities that lay mercifully buried throughout the rest of the year. Because the tree isn’t just about the tree, of course. Like…

Think you have it rough? Nicholas Kristof puts things in perspective for all of us: Any time anyone tells you that a dream is impossible, any time you’re discouraged by impossible challenges, just mutter this mantra: Tererai Trent. Of all the people earning university degrees this year, perhaps the most remarkable story belongs to Tererai…

The resume of this Oklahoma deacon is nothing less than staggering: It’s hard for Oklahoma State Veterinary Professor Dr. James Breazile, 74, to go anywhere because once he does, those who get to know him don’t want to see him leave. Among his professions, he has been a mayor of a small town, a small-town…

Just take a look at this astonishing — and, yes, creepy — video, shot in Denmark, of a massive swarm of starlings. Details here.

I have no idea where this comes from, but a friend posted it on Facebook. We really are Easter people, aren’t we?

I think most of us could be forgiven for thinking that this reading from Mark’s gospel sounds like the preview for the new movie “2012.” You may have seen it the ads: California slides into the ocean, waves come crashing over the Himalayas, and an aircraft carrier slams into the White House. It is the…

Two big announcements from the Vatican today: In an unprecedented double-shot of Saturday appointments on these shores — and on the eve of the US bishops’ Baltimore plenary, no less — Pope Benedict has named: * Bishop Jerome Listecki of LaCrosse as archbishop of Milwaukee. The Chicago native, 60, succeeds Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who was…

Word today that the man who created one of the greatest television episodes (in a series that had many great ones) has passed on to the great writer’s room in the sky. David Lloyd, who wrote the classic “Chuckles Bites the Dust” episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show has died. I pause to remember…
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