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Cloning in Missouri: Yes. (And Talent lost – I went to bed after 1am, and they had called it for him. Well.) South Dakota rejects abortion ban (remember – this had no "rape and incest" exceptions. I suspect that if it had, it would have had greater acceptance.) Prop 85 – parental notification – seems…

Heath Shuler’s in Congress now? What ever could be next? Peyton in Miami? Hmmmm. Election post placeholder… Seriously, folks… Not terribly surprised that Santorum lost, but surprised that he lost by so much.  Really too bad about Michael Steele.  And Mark Foley lost – but by a narrow margin (an interesting sttempt by the GOP…

A week or so ago, a very kind reader – a long-time reader, and early Catholic blogger – and I think he told me he’s blogging again, but I deleted the email, and for the life of me, I can’t remember if this is true or if I just made it up – Anyway, this…

This one’s a keeper – as in, check it out of the library, read it, then go to Amazon or whatnot and buy it. Really, a marvelous book (published in September) – a delight for parents to read, the child likes it, and together, parent and child go on an adventure, immersed in just fabulous…

…do read those on the Spooky post below. Highlights: Fr. Mike: As soon as these clerical slapheads turned away from the altar, they saw all these eyes upon themselves, and drew the obvious conclusion: it’s all about me. Henry: …in a parish where abominations like that can be practiced, who could hope to be well…

Today, the Pope met with Swiss bishops. I don’t think it was an ad limina visit, strictly speaking. The Vatican Information Service reports : Early this morning, Benedict XVI presided at a Eucharistic concelebration in the Vatican’s "Redemptoris Mater" Chapel, with prelates from the Conference of Swiss Bishops. Later, the Pope held a meeting with…

We blogged a bit about the Halloween Mass at a parish in Orange County, CA – the liturgy is quickly becoming more notorious than almost anything that ever took place at St. Joan of Arc in MN. There’s a video at YouTube with some highlights, including the pastor’s promised transformation into Barney for the final…

A bishop from Kirkuk has another perspective: Archbishop Louis Sako of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, has spoken out against a US initiative to Stopp the possible extinction of Christians from the country. The prelate described as “impossible” American plans to give extra protection to Christians who are now fleeing in droves amid reports of ethnic…

Links for you from my emailbox and surfing: Christopher Blosser’s mega-super-gigantic Benedict roundup for October. Fr. Neuhaus was in Cleveland last week, speaking on the pro-life movment; Dave Hartline report (Also check out information about Dave’s forthcoming book, The Tide is Turning Toward Catholicism) Canonist Ed Peters interviewed at Insight Scoop. Did you ever wonder…

A piece from Wisconsin on reactions to Bishop Morlino of Madison’s recorded message on the referenda for vote tomorrow that he required to be played at Mass this past weekend. Via Closed Cafeteria If you’re in the Diocese of Madison…what did you see and hear?
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