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E.J. Dionne today: Now we know: President Bush’s supporters are prepared to be thoroughly hypocritical when it comes to religion. They’ll play religion up or down, whichever helps them most in a political fight. Shortly after Bush named John Roberts to the Supreme Court, a few Democrats, including Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.), suggested that the…

Diocese of Richmond makes arrangements About 15 months ago, a lay minister at St. Nicholas Catholic Church was arrested and accused of trying to solicit sex from an undercover police officer – an adult male – in Red Wing Park. Terrell L. Mailhiot, 56, minister of justice and peace at St. Nicholas, pleaded not guilty,…

An incentive from the Archdiocese: Priests, it turns out, are prone to bad habits, like everyone else. Some smoke; others eat too much. So as old priests die off faster than new ones replace them, and health care costs climb, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York is taking steps to conserve its precious and…

What did God tell the president during the Red Mass, anyway? While sitting a few rows behind President Bush at church on Sunday, I saw a striking image–one that may help explain how he decides whom to appoint to the federal bench. The service was Catholic, and Mr. Bush is a Methodist, so he wasn’t…
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