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…but were afraid to ask. It can all be found right here, at this encyclopedic link put forth by Aggie Catholics. Want to know all about Lent, ashes, fasting and fish on Fridays? Look no further. This is a treasure trove. Only one more week to go. Can you believe it?

True headline: Cher Says She’s Living Like a Nun in Las Vegas

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A controversial image of President Obama is causing a small war to break out in the California city named for a patron of peace: He may be the Second Coming to many San Franciscans – but one local Catholic priest wants a popular prayer candle with President Obama’s picture on it pulled from a local…

Amy Welborn, writing here about a discovery in the midst of her own sorrow, stumbles on something so simple but profound, it just took my breath away: From where I sit on my bed, I count 6 icons, 2 crucifixes, one image of St. Francis, one image of Adam and Eve being lifted from death,…

The sad and still-unfolding story of Fr. Marcial Maciel, the founder of the Legion of Christ, has touched a nerve in Fr. Raymond de Souza, longtime contributor to one of the LC’s most prominent and popular ministries, the weekly National Catholic Register. He writes in First Things: I have always been proud to be associated…

Last week, my own diocese announced a unique plan to save some Catholic schools threatened with closure: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio of the Diocese of Brooklyn unveiled a proposal on Saturday to convert four Roman Catholic schools singled out for closing into public charter schools, an 11th-hour lifeline meant to…

From AFP: Visiting US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will have an audience with Pope Benedict XVI during her weeklong visit to Italy, a Vatican official said Monday. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, the official told AFP, saying it would likely occur after the pope’s weekly general audience. There’s more at the…

After posting Part 1 of “Confession 101,” the good folks at Busted Halo have now put up Part II — which stars Steve Carrell!! No, wait. That’s not Steve Carrell. It’s Fr. Dave Dwyer. (Carrell will play him in the movie version, I’m sure…) Anyway, I found this to be a friendly primer on the…

While the hand-wringing continues over the planned meeting between Nancy Pelosi and Pope Benedict, I thought it might be instructive to look at an item that John Allen posted in the pages of NCR five years ago: In January 2001, Rome’s outgoing mayor, Francesco Rutelli, was the candidate of Italy’s center-left “Olive Tree” coalition to…
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