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Some weeks back, I linked to a story about a Canadian Catholic organization returning an honor, because a prominent abortion rights activist was about to receive the same honor. A trend seems to be developing. First, the U.S. bishops spoke out on misconceptions about church teaching on abortion. Now Montreal’s Archbishop is taking a stand.…

Kudos to the Salesian Fr. Steve, who has posted on his blog this reminder of what happened to a lot of the steel from the devastated World Trade Center.

One month since the inhumane terrorist attacks that occurred in different parts of the United States of America, we again recommend to the eternal mercy of the God of our Fathers the numerous innocent victims. We ask for consolation and comfort for their family and relatives, burdened by pain; we invoke strength and courage for…

On this particular morning, sometimes prayer is the best balm. The Anchoress has risen to the occasion, and offers a podcast of Morning Prayer for the Office of the Dead. And below is a music video using images from from the documentary 9/11, by the Naudet brothers. (I was one of the writers on the…

Shield of the fearful, Source of hope,as we mourn the sudden violenceand the deaths of our brothers and sisters,show us the immense power of your goodnessand strengthen our faith.Come swiftly to our aid,and have mercy on all who call on you.Comfort those who mourn this dayand gather the dead in your mercy.Bring to us at…

“Melissa Doi, thirty two years old, called from the 83rd floor of the south tower. When the operator answered, Doi responded, ‘Holy Mary, Mother of God,’ and continued, ‘there’s no one here yet and the floor’s completely engulfed. We are on the floor and we can’t breathe and it’s very, very hot.’ The operator tried…

After getting a lot of inquiries over the last few months — including one just today — I decided to add a new sidebar feature to the blog: Books About Deacons. It’s just a start, but I hope to add to it in the weeks and months to come. It’s in the right hand column,…

“I have never understood the standard Democratic combo of support for abortion and yet opposition to the death penalty. Surely it is the guilty rather than the innocent who deserve execution?” — Democrat Camille Paglia, rip-roaringly good, on the subject of Sarah Palin and “pro-life feminism.”

Today, when nobody was looking, The Deacon’s Bench clocked visitor number 500,000. I did a little Googling and found that’s almost the population of Las Vegas. Wow. Thank you all for making that possible — and for keeping this little engine chugging along, post by post, page by page, for just over a year now.…

Those remarkable words come from the pen of Joe Eszterhas, a man who previously used that pen to write movies like “Showgirls” and “Basic Instinct.” He has a new book out about his conversion, Crossbearer. And he just wrote a stirring essay about his conversion that was published in yesterday’s Washington Post’s On Faith section…
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