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Cardinal O’Malley continues to post on his blog – once a week, according to plan. This week’s entry includes a reference to the TridentineClassicalOldLatin MassRite question. He states, in answer to a question from a reader, that he’d allow for the Tridentine Mass as much as the need indicated it should be allowed. He points…

Here’s a rather nice story about Eddie Cipot, once a pitcher for the Mets system (mostly in the minors) now…something else. He recalled, too, that even in his dissolute years in the minors something had inspired him to find a Catholic church every Sunday morning, no matter what city he was in, no matter how…

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Yet another USCCB draft: Contraception introduces "a false note" that disturbs marital intimacy and contributes to a decline in society’s respect for marriage and for life, the U.S. bishops say in a draft document that will come before them at their fall general meeting in Baltimore. The brief document, called "Married Love and the Gift…

Covington bishop bans Right-to-Life group from distributing literature. Foys confirmed Wednesday that he mentioned Northern Kentucky Right to Life in one of his regular letters to priests. "They are not a part of the Diocese of Covington. Our Pro-life Commission is the formal right to life/pro-life organization for the Diocese," Foys said. "I said, ‘To…

Which does Islam need? Ted Olsen rounds up the opinions. Better to see a Muslim Council of Nicea, said Paul Krugman in The New York Times. "I’m all for a respectful dialogue between Islam and the West, but first there needs to be a respectful, free dialogue between Muslims and Muslims. What matters is not…

We’ll be posting a lot on the South Dakota referendum as well. Here’s a piece by Jonathan Cohn from today’s New Republic page on one ad campaign: Here’s the ad, which features doctors giving various individual statements, and then, jointly saying "Abortion stops a beating heart. Vote yes on Referred Law 6". Cohn doesn’t like…

Keep up with CNS’s new feature, which highlights interesting stories from diocesan papers around the country. Such as a piece on a group in Phoenix that helps women in high risk pregnancies that require serious, total bed rest: The group Dziuk and Schmitt have formed hopes to provide all-inclusive support to pregnant women. Schmitt said…

The gradual reveal of info related to the November bishops’ meeting continues with today’s summary of "Happy are those who are called to His Supper" – the document about worthiness to receive Communion. The CNS account: "In order to receive holy Communion we must be in communion with God and with the church," the document…

As we previously mentioned, Benedict was in Verona yesterday, closing out the Italian Church’s big national gathering. Sandro Magister summarizes his lengthy talk here: Dear brothers and sisters, we must now ask ourselves how, and on what basis, […] to provide concrete and practicable resources for Christian witness […] I would like to emphasize how,…
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