No link as yet, this is from the Vatican News Service morning email: VATICAN CITY, JUN 15, 2004 (VIS) – This morning in the Holy See Press Office, Cardinals Roger Etchegaray, former president of the Central Committee of the Grand Jubilee of the Year 2000, Jean-Louis Tauran, archivist and librarian of Holy Roman Church and…

Yesterday, we went back and forth to Detroit to see the mighty “Fish Marlins” beat the Tigers. One out of three ain’t bad. It was a good game, I got some sun, Joseph got very sweaty. This will be a busy week: I have a project I really need to finish up today, then this…

Is time running out? In Kateri’s case, the Pope waived the miracle requirement before beatification. It doesn’t appear he will do it again. “We have, since 1980, needed one miracle performed through her intercession,” said the Rev. John Paret, the Jesuit who is vice postulator of the Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha League, headquartered at the Auriesville…

A wire service article about conflicts over hospital policies – when patients’ families want continued treatment, and medical professionals don’t. Backed by court orders and medical ethicists, hospitals have adopted little-known policies that declare “doctors know best” in deciding when to withhold or withdraw potentially life-saving treatments. As a result, a patient’s final wishes may…

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