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Buffalo Right to Life praises deacon: The Buffalo Regional Right to Life Committee on Wednesday hailed a deacon who criticized Rep. Brian Higgins during Sunday Mass in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Deacon Tom McDonnell’s rebuke of the Buffalo Democrat for voting for federal funding for embryonic stem cell research led Higgins to walk out…

Peter Chattaway reflects on a new film in the works, as reported in the Hollywood Reporter: MGM has acquired North American distribution rights to "Myriam, Mother of the Christ," the biblical story of Mary. The screenplay is written by Benedict Fitzgerald, who penned "The Passion of the Christ." The film, slated to bow around Easter…

A couple of bloggers who’ve written about their experiences at the March for Life. Add more in the comments if you have them, and I’ll move them up here. Maureen Wittman, homeschooling expert, took a group of teens. She’s blogged, has photos, and asked the teens to contribute their thoughts as well. Fr. Martin Fox…

Note:    I am truly surprised, and not in a bad way, by the volume of responses, all within about a 4-hour period, to this post. It sets some sort of record. I’m probably not going leave comments open forever – I don’t know how much more can be said until more details come to…

…patron of writers and journalists, pray for us! If you’ve never dipped into The Introduction to the Devout Life, one of the most accessible and pragmatic works of spiritual direction for anyone, particularly laity, now’s your chance. Great occasions of serving God are rare but little ones are common. He who will be faithful in…

Cardinal George’s latest column: There are many good people whose path to holiness is shaped by religious individualism and private interpretation of what God has revealed. They are, however, called Protestants. So…what’s he talking about? He begins the column by summarizing discussions of the Archdiocesan Pastoral Council, which had come up with a list of…

Michelle Malkin compares coverage of various DC demonstrations. Guess who’s on A10 of the Post? Tim Graham One of our readers sent this to the WaPo: Very often these days you hear charges of “bias in the mainstream media”. Usually these accusations are based on the perception that a writer has injected his or her…

From our friends at the Dominican House of Studies in D.C.: Please check out the video put together by the Dominican Friars in D.C. from the March for Life yesterday. The video (about 18 min. long) was shot entirely on the ground at the March from inside the moving crowd. It includes the personal testimony…

This is a catch-all post. I’m going to try to get some serious work done today, so I invite you to add your own links and most especially your own experiences, if you went to any of the events in DC – or elsewhere. The Washington Post starts off describing the march a bit, then…

I’m sure I saw this book, When Children Became People: The Birth of Childhood in Early Christianity, mentioned on Mike Aquilina’s blog. Got it, read it. O.M. Bakke is a Norwiegan church historian, and this translation is published by Fortress. It’s an excellent survey, completely readable and accessible with plenty of footnotes to flesh everything…
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