1.0The Deacon's Benchhttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbenchdeacon greg kandrahttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/author/deacon-greg-kandra"Become more Catholic, or else" - The Deacon's Benchrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Paabndzhaa"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/03/become-more-catholic-or-else.html">“Become more Catholic, or else”</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/deaconsbench/2008/03/become-more-catholic-or-else.html/embed#?secret=Paabndzhaa" width="600" height="338" title="““Become more Catholic, or else”” — The Deacon's Bench" data-secret="Paabndzhaa" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Anyone wondering what the pontiff will have to say when he visits the U.S. next month need look no further than the current issue of the New York Sun, which has this tantalizing preview: Pope Benedict XVI will use his trip to America next month to present Catholic educators with a powerful challenge, one whose…http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0DySLTT4PWo/R9SfMB9YdmI/AAAAAAAACHI/bYklot4dni4/s320/72470_main_large.jpg