Levada to be questioned about "mental reservations" Attorneys for the victims want to ask Levada whether he would rely on the so-called doctrine of "mental reservation" when answering questions at the deposition in San Francisco. Although the Catholic church teaches it’s a sin to lie, the doctrine allows for circumstances where avoiding the truth might…

This is hopeful: Catholic Answers’ chastity speaker Jason Evert addressing a public school audience: The visit by Jason Evert, 29, of the Catholic Answers evangelical organization, based in El Cajon, Calif., had worried some parents, who feared he would inject religion into his talk. But Evert had said beforehand that, for public school visits, he…

What with heresy trials and excommunications, Catholic life in these Unites States is taking on a decidedly retro tone: Archbishop Burke excommunicates board of St. Stan’s: St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke has notified the six lay members of the board of directors of St. Stanislaus Kostka parish and a priest from the diocese of Springfield…

As you know, Typepad was "degraded" today. ‘Sokay. Michael the Baby woke up in the middle of the night, sick. Like vomiting sick – for the first time in his 13-month old life. Problem was he kept, you know, (prepare for TMI) swallowing it back. He didn’t quite get the concept of the natural progression…

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