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The Wall Street Journal attempts to get our money by publishing two excellent religion-related pieces over the past few days, available only to subscribers, but sent to me by kind friends. First was a front-page story on the recent misadventures of Bruce Wilkinson, the author of the mega-bestselling Prayer of Jabez: But his life took…

Apologies for the light blogging, which will continue through this morning. I have a Big Thing I need to finish by noon, so just a couple of blogs before I get to work.

New Bishop for Nashville: Fr. David Choby, who was elected Diocesan Administrator when Bishop Kmiec was sent to Buffalo. Not a real surprise to Nashvillians, who’d been predicting a native son of one sort or another.

Nice new Catholic literary magazine. Go check it out!

…a new bishop of Nashville tomorrow. I’m just sayin’.

..her body, to be exact. It looks like the body of 10-year old Alejandra Guttierez has been located and there is word that it is all related to a "suspect in custody." Our intuitions lead us to suspect that the man who killed his wife and three daughters, and whose daughter was a friend of…

An LATimes op-ed If one were looking for a predominant influence on the Supreme Court, it would seem to be Harvard Law School, not Catholicism. In addition to those listed above, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, David H. Souter and Stephen G. Breyer attended Harvard Law, which means that if Alito is confirmed, the school will have…

….sort of. Parish auctions off front-row seating at Christmas Eve Mass. Well, our parish auctions off parking places near the church to raise funds. I guess that’s different. It’s going for a good cause, of course, but it does grate a little. Just a little, but not too much. If they were auctioning off more…

The cause for one of Indiana’s future saints goes forward: Msgr. Frederick Easton, vicar judicial for the archdiocese, said that the commission, having reviewed not only the miracle but also all the acts of the Cause, “decided there was nothing contrary to faith or morals in the miracle and life of the Blessed.” The vote…

Thank you God, for sending angels to soothe Michael the Baby so that when he felt like waking up last night – he didn’t – making him sleep from 9 to 6:30 straight, and letting us get a decent night’s sleep as well. So far Katie and Joseph have escaped. In cases like these you…
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