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One of the more innovative and modern ideas to come out of the Synod of Bishops is one that at least one American bishop has already embraced: blogging. From Zenit: One of the auditors at the world Synod of Bishops has suggested that Benedict XVI opens a blog to explain the word of God in…

News from Iowa: a new crop of deacons has sprouted! From the Catholic Globe: During the ordination Mass to the permanent diaconate Oct. 4 at the Cathedral of the Epiphany in Sioux City, four men were called forward. Byron Gene Stone. Gary Leo Schon. William Anthony Black. David Norton Brown. As their names were called,…

Ahem. But I have to admit, this doesn’t much surprise me… You Are Ketchup You are easy going and very measured in your approach to life. Popular and well liked, you get along with everyone. Seriously, everyone loves you! Your taste tends to be pretty mainstream American. You go for the classic favorites: burgers, fries,…

It turns out one of the oldest Americans who will be voting this November is a nun. She’ll be exercising her own Faithful Citizenship — but not in a way that some bishops might like. From Reuters: A 106-year-old American nun who became a minor celebrity after she appeared on television saying she is voting…

At Thomas Merton’s hermitage, 2004 Words from the master, with a grateful h/t to Doug Souza: Take my life into Your hands, at last, and do whatever You want with it. I give myself to Your love and mean to keep on giving myself to Your love — rejecting neither the hard things nor the…

There’s a shiny new blog on the block, A New Song, from a colleague of mine, Douglas Souza, who toils from time to time (as I do) for Liturgical Publications. Doug’s latest post is worth reading for a variety of reasons — not least being that it is the eloquent testament of a man who…

A business journal in Albany, New York has just profiled a “woman who means business,” and it turns out to be a nun in charge of Catholic Charities: Sister Maureen Joyce never moved far from her roots, but her benevolence gets around. Since becoming a Catholic nun 47 years ago, the Albany native has advocated…

Yes, there is one who is a fairly vocal supporter of the Illinois senator. But he’s not an American. He’s Archbishop John Onaiyekan of Abuja, in Africa. Rocco has the scoop, and this quote: “Of course I believe that abortion is wrong, that it’s killing innocent life,” he said. “I also believe, however, that those…

Those of us who know Mother Angelica from her television ministry might be surprised to learn that her first forays into evangelism began just like the apostles: with fishing. A reader sent me the following, from Fishing for History: One of the most amazing fishing tackle stories of all-time centers on a group of Franciscan…

Yesterday, I received an e-mail from the wife of a deacon, alerting me to a growing movement called Deacons in the Service of Life, an outgrowth of Priests for Life. A message by Deacon Neil Crispo on the website summons all deacons to service in defense of life — especially now: Upon ordination the deacon…
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