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The mad prophet of the movie masterpiece “Network” would have had a field day with this: What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? Turkish television station Kanal T hopes the answer is a ratings success as it prepares to…

“Whether Palin has a national future or not will depend on her willingness to hit the books at some point and absorb more information about international history and politics than she has needed to know in her role as governor. She also needs a shrewder, cooler take on the mainstream media, with its preening bullies,…

…Oh, no. My mistake. It’s the U.S. Capitol. It’s on the cover of Dan Brown’s new book — whose cover was released yesterday with much fanfare: Ramping up the publicity campaign for Dan Brown’s long-time-coming follow-up to “The Da Vinci Code,” the publisher released the jacket art for “The Lost Symbol” on Tuesday. Showing a…

Don’t have time to read the whole thing? Take a look at what Catholic News Service graphic artist Emily Thompson came up with, below:

The commentaries and analysis of the new encyclical are starting to pour in. One of the first, from Drew Christiansen, S.J., editor of America: Social activists and ethicists who still honor the memory of Paul VI will be glad to learn that Pope Benedict devotes a full chapter to Populorum progressio, one of the most…

A Catholic foundation in Ohio is finding a new use for an old building. It’s taking over the very first Wendy’s hamburger restaurant: The original Wendy’s restaurant Downtown soon will reopen its doors, and though the new tenant won’t be slinging burgers, it will have something to offer the community. Officials with Wendy’s International and…

The Massachusetts deacon who was miraculously healed by the intercession of John Henry Newman is talking about the event that has lead to the late Cardinal’s beatification. Take a look: A day after Pope Benedict XVI ruled that John “Jack” Sullivan’s recovery had been a miracle, Sullivan, a resident of Marshfield, shared his story with…

“When a society moves towards the denial or suppression of life, it ends up no longer finding the necessary motivation and energy to strive for man’s true good. If personal and social sensitivity towards the acceptance of a new life is lost, then other forms of acceptance that are valuable for society also wither away.…

From a far-flung corner of the British Empire comes this sweet tale of an old priest who is remarkably self-sufficient: ‘I’m an old man of 85. I live on fish and potatoes – we grow the loveliest potatoes in the world. I grow all my own crops; we grow them on raised beds of seaweed…

An interesting bit of news from North Carolina, where a deacon is now the father of a deacon — on his way to the priesthood: After 10 years of discernment, Rev. Mr. Richard Sutter took a step closer to serving the church as a priest after he was ordained in May as a transitional deacon…
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