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It’s out on DVD and CNS reports on what’s happened since the series ended – including the news that the one young man who thought he’d be going to seminary…isn’t. Of the four men featured this spring on A&E’s reality show "God or the Girl," three of them decided against entering the seminary to pursue…

…conversion made tougher: An amendment to the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh’s anti-conversion law makes changing religions even harder. The new legislation passed last week amends the Freedom of Religion Act of 1968, which already made it difficult for citizens to embrace a creed of their choice, the bishops’ conference of India said. The norm…

ABC cancels project: Disney-owned A-B-C says it has cancelled a planned mini-series about the Holocaust that it was developing with Mel Gibson’s Icon Productions.In a statement, A-B-C said "Given that it has been nearly two years and we have yet to see the first draft of a script, we have decided to no longer pursue…

Heh.

Last week, Business Week published this essay by Elizabeth Schlitz, associate professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law about her decision to carry her son, diagnosed with Downs’ Syndrome to term: From my perspective, though, our increasingly sophisticated technological capacity to identify genetic defects in our children also presents some very real…

I’m working on a project at the moment, one that I need to finish in the next couple of weeks or so. (3 down…9 to go!) That’s why I’m being such a bad blogger. But that’s not the only thing – I’m reaching the point at which I really just need everyone to go to…

An entire blog dedicated to them: Only one so far – and the recipient might surprise you. (But perhaps not!)

Today’s the day for the ordination-on-the-river, and props to the Diocese of Pittsburgh for not ignoring it, for offering a thorough, grounded Q & A on the matter Isn’t denial of the sacraments and excommunication extreme? The church doesn’t excommunicate those clergy who abused minors. And politicians who vote in favor of legal abortion are…

Thanks to Clare in the comments for pointing out this story: I think the situation is that a parish that was, in the words of one, "free-wheeling" and dominated by a sympathy with the cause of the Aboriginal peoples was put under the care of a priest from the Neo-Catechumenal Way, and tensions ensued. (Which…

A few articles from over the weekend: Charlotte Hays on NOW’s 40th anniversary celebration: For me, the most memorable session was the one entitled "Feminist Media Reform." Although two NOW employees spoke, along with Kathy Bonk, a well-known feminist media specialist, the star of the session was Bree Williamson, who plays Jessica on the ABC…
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