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Unholy Alliance?
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awelborn
From the UK Tablet, a critical look at the role the Russian Orthodox Church is playing in the government’s shifting stance towards countries formerly in the USSR: The Cold War rhetoric heard in the run-up to last week’s G8 summit at Heiligendamm, as President Vladimir Putin tried to block the planned deployment of United States…
Desperately seeking absolution
By
awelborn
Mollie Hemingway on the modern culture of confession – some of it sponsored by churches. But this confession was not delivered to a priest or pastor. It was typed online at IveScrewedUp.com, a project that Florida’s Flamingo Road Church began at Easter. With the tag line “Confession is good for the soul,” the site says…
On the MP
By
awelborn
Fr. Z has the latest, including a report from members of Una Voce who met with some VIPs in Rome recently, as well as a translation of the report which contains purported details about the release: Here are the main points in the piece, which I have in Italian below (with my emphases). The document…
Maybe not
By
awelborn
Philly council repeals pro-choice resolution City Council yesterday rescinded its week-old proclamation that Philadelphia is a "pro-choice city," putting an end to a purely symbolic debate that drew the attention of Cardinal Justin Rigali and roiled Council as few other issues had in months. The original resolution, passed by a narrow 9-8 vote, was repealed…
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