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David Brooks retells the story that Rodney Stark tells in his new book, and which he wrote about in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education piece, that we discussed here. It’s behind the NYTimes firewall, and there’s nothing that you didn’t read in the Stark piece. But, there it is. The conventional view, embraced by…

From TIME – a slide show of human suffering, a useful reminder in these days when time flies, information hurtles in and out of our consciousness with breakneck speed, and what loomed large yesterday, is forgotten today.

Living here in the Archdiocese of Denver with our wonderful Archbishop Chaput has resulted in the expanded use of Latin; a decision we fully accept!  However, my wife and I converted over 20 years ago and Latin wasn’t even discussed in any manner during RCIA.  We don’t know how to speak it or the meaning…

In DC: Senator Santorum will use the season to bring attention to global persecuation of Christians. Senator Kennedy will use it to argue for raising the minimum wage: At a press conference this morning in front of the Capitol Christmas tree, Mr. Kennedy, joined by Democratic members of Congress, will kick off a campaign to…

A reader writes, in regard to the Saints’ book: I purchased your Book of Saints online recently (from a Canadian bookseller) as a gift for my niece.  I must admit, I did so because it was quick and easy to do so, and I needed an extra book to qualify for free shipping.  I knew…

George Weigel on Mayor Menino of Boston’s "Catholic Fallacies." So it seems that Menino knows neither the Bible, nor the catechism, nor the teaching of popes and bishops. Why should anyone beyond Catholics care? Because Americans will continue to debate the role of religiously informed moral reason in public life. That debate can be intelligent…

Confrontation? Nearly half the priests in the Diocese of Belleville voted Wednesday to demand changes in the way Bishop Edward K. Braxton is running the diocese. The 32 priests met at St. Boniface Church in Germantown. They aired an intense, collective concern that Braxton was not listening to them, and thus not serving Southern Illinois’…

From a parish bulletin (not in my area, but I do know the parish that produced this..and it’s not surprising) "All the children and their families who have just received their First Reconciliation are invited to join together for a special Advent Celebration…..   We will gather to exercise our newly touched sacramental imaginations."    I…

Rocco reports it’s Niederauer

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