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A retreat for top Hispanic business leaders: A group of more than 40 of the top Hispanic business leaders in the U.S. gathered this weekend for a retreat and conference at the St. Malo Catholic Retreat Center in Allenspark, Colorado.  Participants took part in an in-depth dialogue to discuss the economic, cultural, and spiritual contribution…

Some take exception: A report in this weekend’s Sunday Telegraph, suggested that British pilgrims were getting so out of hand that French riot police needed to be drafted in to curb the late night excesses of young pilgrims, adding that drunkenness and lewd behaviour from Brits were becoming an increasing problem. However, Westminster Diocesan Pilgrimage…

Mercartor.net has loads of good articles on Christianity in the developing world – right now. Really good stuff…did you know that T.D. Jakes recently preached in Kenya…to a million people? Christ is the Answer” screams a billboard at the Valley Road Pentecostal church, catching the eye of motorists as they speed down into Nairobi city…

…something else? Wilfred McClay on the First Things blog wonders if the problem is a "party of death" or actually a party of radical individualism that seeks life…for itself, independent and pain-free. And we know how well that will work out. Abortion, euthanasia, assisted suicide, the cannibalization of embryos—all these things are linked, but they…

A Christianity Today article on pharmacists and conscience clauses.

A rather strange story from Chicago: two priests removed from a parish. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago has asked two priests to leave a northwest suburban parish while authorities investigate the allegations of a 26-year-old Palatine man who said he was sexually assaulted this month in the priests’ home. Rev. Juan Sanchez-Espinoza, 48, who…

Whispers in the Loggia has a post on the international gathering of Communion and Liberation, being held this week in Rimini Fr. Guy at Shouts in the PIazza has a good post on the ordination of three new auxiliaries for the Diocese of Brooklyn – tomorrow!

At his press conference, this morning President Bush indicated he supported the over-the-counter sale of the morning-after pill. Here’s the transcript: Last question. Stretch. Who are you working for, Stretch? Q Washington Examiner. THE PRESIDENT: Oh, good. Glad you found work. (Laughter.) Q Thank you very much. Mr. President, some pro-life groups are worried that…

Written with just a slight sneer, an article on the Integral Liberal Arts program at St. Mary’s College of California Their program is a knockoff of the Great Books Program at St. John’s College in Annapolis, and one of maybe five in the country. It hasn’t changed much in the 50 years it has been…

At all. Church-state issues derail state funding to help repair/restore California missions: "The problem essentially was that it would have authorized state taxpayer funds for churches with ongoing services, violating the church-state ethic that has been practiced in the U.S. for centuries," said Jim Evans, a spokesman for state Sen. Joe Dunn (D-Santa Ana), the…
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