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Irish celebrations: A Church of Ireland minister concelebrated Mass with three Catholic priests at the Augustinian priory in Drogheda Co Louth on Sunday to mark the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, write Patsy McGarry and Paul Murphy Last night Rev Michael Graham, rector at St Peter’s Church in Drogheda, said he had been invited…

You land at an airport. You pull up to the gate. You sit. And sit. The pilot comes on and informs you that there’s no Flyway (the tube walkway from plane to terminal) operator. One’s been called. Fifteen minutes later, the Flyway operator shows up. Minutes pass. "Folks, it seems the Flyway is broken. They’ve…

Maryland Catholic Conference official remarks: In her fight against state funding for embryonic stem-cell research, Nancy Fortier, Maryland Catholic Conference associate director for the respect for life office, said she was repeatedly confronted by lawmakers who called her a liar for pointing out that the stem-cell bill permitted cloning and that adult stem-cell research favored…

2 new episodes last night, correct? Discuss here, if you like – I’m closing the thread down below. The A & E Discussion board on the show – when I just clicked on it there were about a thousand people on the board. That’s quite a few..the show is obviously garnering interest.

Philippines President Arroyo makes a decision: At Easter, President, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, announced the commutation to life imprisonment of around 1,200 death sentences in the Philippines. The Catholic Church and anti-death penalty campaigners have enthusiastically hailed her decision, but there are concerns that victims’ relatives may seek revenge against the pardoned perpetrators. Arroyo’s spokesman, Ignacio…

Finally, Christopher Blosser’s come through with another megapost B16 roundup – no need for me to do any more work!

The Washington Times looks at some numbers A new poll shows U.S. Catholics, like Americans at large, oppose granting amnesty to illegal aliens, despite their bishops’ stance in favor of such a path to citizenship.     "Catholics appear to be slightly to the left of the American public at large on the issue of…

Bunch o’ Canadians believe DVC and other fantasies: Almost one in five Canadians believes Jesus Christ’s death on the cross was faked and that he married and had a family, according to a new poll that challenges the cornerstone Christian belief in the resurrection. Although 73% of Canadians and 78% of Americans said they believe…

Some of you will recall that there was a hot rumor last week that something was going to be released on Holy Thursday regarding the Tridentine liturgy. Obviously that didn’t happen. Since then, various blogs have recalibrated and are thinking through things. What follows is a summary of links.  Most agree that something is up,…

I have been negligent about checking my spam box again. Today, I checked it halfway through the day (after deleting a few hundred this morning), and in 62 spam-mails, I found 2 "real" emails that were actually rather important – one a speaking invitation. Yikes. So, once again, if you have written to me with…
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