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A Christianity Today piece on Christians and Muslims in Lebanon, which, as per usual with CT, and as noted by Gashwin, completely ignores, you know, Catholics and Orthodox. This is unfortunately fairly standard in CT’s coverage of stories about "Christians" around the world. An interesting point, though: Evangelicals, like Youth for Christ Lebanon director John…

…only Preston Sturges’ version would be classier. Two stories, the Palm Beach Post Whatley and special agent John Marinello of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement were assigned the case in June 2005. Whatley interviewed several former St. Vincent church employees, one of whom told him that Guinan had an "intimate" relationship with his former…

Please pray for the Coffin family and their little daughter Naomi.

Cardinal Arinze visits schools: Four Extra Mile schools serve a black, non-Catholic student body in impoverished neighborhoods. The foundation, supported by many non-Catholics, subsidizes about 60 percent of operating costs, keeping tuition low. At Mass in St. Charles in Homewood, the cardinal spoke beneath an image of Jesus as a crucified African. "The school is…

Cardinal Zen of Hong Kong says he has asked the Pope for permission to retire so he might devote more attention to issues related to the Church in mainland China. Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association announces construction of big seminary Much more China news at AsiaNews, of course.

CNS enters the fray with an article on the proposed USCCB cuts, with far more detail, relating the proposal to the proposed reorganization of the bishops’ own committee structure

I may have driven past Dayton on 75 countless times, but this evening was the first time I actually went into the place. I’m extremely irritated to report that despite the fact that Dayton, according to the 2000 census, has tens of thousands fewer people in it than Fort Wayne, it has something that the…

Sorry to be so repetitive – but the Cardinal’s latest post has lots of interesting photos of Behind the Vatican Walls – stuff you normally don’t see photographs of, including the famous Latin ATM machine (the photo’s too small to really make out the Latin, though)

The Pope and Henry Kissinger, today. Benedict also met with the new German ambassador to the Vatican today: Believing that each person is created in the image of God, the Catholic Church hopes all people will come to know the Gospel, but its primary approach to other religions and cultures must be one of tolerance…

Project Sycamore: The purpose of Project Sycamore is to provide a source of information, a means of communication, and a collective voice to Notre Dame alumni and others in the Notre Dame family who are concerned about preserving the Catholic identity of the University. Unborn Jesus Our Hope: A review from the Lady in the…

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