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Two years ago, the chief financial officer of the Cleveland diocese resigned after suspicions of financial impropriety. He was then, oddly, immediately hired by the Columbus diocese. Who knows why. Anyway, yesterday, the fellow was indicted for his Cleveland efforts: From the Columbus paper: The finance director for the Columbus Roman Catholic Diocese was indicted…

A piece on a popular product, with an interesting Catholic-business-related tidbit. Soft Saints are not cheap – $98/apiece, but they are all handcrafted – the company’s originator employs mostly stay-at-home moms to do the doll construction. O’Toole’s decision to enter artisanship followed two years of caring for a cancer-stricken friend. When he died, she thought:…

A fascinating Dominican saint today: from a biography at an OP (not Ocean Pacific) website: In 1218, Bishop Kadlubec retired, and Hyacinth’s own uncle, Ivo Odrowaz, was selected as his successor. He immediately set out for Rome to confirm his appointment, and Hyacinth was among his companions. St. Dominic was at Rome at that time,…

A powerful piece from today’s WSJ – a woman of Russian parents responds to Ms. Magazine’s request that women proudly declare their value-neutral abortions. Like most Soviet-era fetuses conceived in Russia by couples who were already parents, I was scheduled for abortion as a matter of course. In a society where abortion was the only…
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