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A short article from the Chronicle of Higher Education about the Nurturing Network and other efforts to help pregnant college students: Mary Cunningham Agee, founder of the Nurturing Network, a private foundation that provides financial assistance and academic guidance to women who have unplanned pregnancies, says Roman Catholic institutions are generally the "most forward-thinking and…

Tomorrow, the Pope begins his trip to Poland. The first day: Tomorrow, Thursday, Benedict XVI will leave the Vatican on an apostolic trip to Poland, the second of his pontificate following last August’s visit to Germany. In Poland, from May 25 to 28, he will visit Warsaw, Czestochowa, Krakow, Wadowice, Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, and Auschwitz. The…

From today’s General Audience And, in his address, Benedict continues his catechesis on the Church and the apostles: The Holy Father went on: "Nonetheless, Peter’s impetuous generosity did not safeguard him from the risks of human weakness. … The moment came in which even he gave in to fear and crumbled. He betrayed the Master.…

A bit of a mess: A priest was removed from a parish because he’s being investigating for misusing parish funds: Vito Colucci Jr., an investigator based in Stamford, said he documented at least $200,000 in church money Fay spent on limousine rides, dinners at famous restaurants, cruises and gifts. Local and federal authorities are investigating…

…in the UK. Of interest are a couple of upcoming projects: W hile The Da Vinci Code was launched at the Cannes Film Festival to a critical mauling but worldwide interest, the BBC was putting the finishing touches to an ambitious project designed to tap into the clear appetite for dramatic religious themes. It has…

More from St. Paul-Minneapolis: University of St. Thomas student commencement speaker makes waves: Commencement offered the chance to put all the divisive issues aside. As is the custom, the student-selected Tommie of the Year speaks at graduation. "The speech started out pretty normal," Aus said. Then, he said, Kessler began talking about his disappointment at…

We’re on the homestretch, now. 3 more DVC talks in the next week, then one more in July, and then I think that’s about it. Yah, I made free decisions to say yes to all of this, but it’s just about to drive me mad. Did one right here at home tonight – for a…

Well, the Typekey thing didn’t work out – I’ll try again tomorrow. Until then, comments will be moderated and held for approval overnight…

Magister reports on the latest from Civilita Cattolica: La Civiltà Cattolica,” the journal of the Rome Jesuits that is printed under the supervision of the Vatican authorities, doesn’t usually post to its website the complete text of all of the articles published in each of its editions. It does so only with one or two…

Hardest Archdiocese in the world to figure out, it seems. Strong support of Latin in the liturgy, both according to the Novus Ordo and the Tridentine liturgy (post corrected, per Tim F!) ,..on the other hand… controversies about a priest who speaks out against the "child safety" program, on the other hand…apparently really strong "JPII"…
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