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Vatican Watcher has the reaction from the ground…rather defensive, I’d say.

Going to pay: Middle-class mothers in France could be paid up to €1,000 (£675) a month – almost the minimum wage – to stop work for a year and have a third child under a government scheme to boost the birthrate, already among the highest in Europe. Despite female employment statistics that are the envy…

Why would any doctor be obliged to do this?

Should this be the cover for my new book?

So remarks Zhou… The Chinese government refused permission for a delegation of the China Christian Council (CCC) to attend an ecumenical conference in Rome this week. At the conclusion of the conference, which gathered 150 participants from around Europe, a closing statement cited that Beijing government’s decision as showing "the division that exists and persists…

Karl Keating on the indult Talk about a lack of "demand" for the old Mass will remain fatuous until a fair test is given. Thirty years ago, if you had asked around, you would have found almost no American who had an interest in the cappuccinos and espressos so widely found today at coffee houses.…

Cleaning out the email box: Rich Leonardi has a sharp new look thanks to Christopher Blosser (I mean..his blog has a new look) Bill Cork is evacuating Amid all the really serious threats and destruction, I have to note a rather unfortunate Catholic apologetics group. Fullness of Truth contacted me a while back and asked…

Had some work that came my way all of a sudden…just finished, will try to blog some more in a minute before I head to Columbus.

This story about Senator Ted Kennedy blocking aid to private (read CATHOLIC) schools in a Katrina aid bill: Culture & Cosmos also reports that a prominent Church prelate said he was furious that aid to private schools had been kept out of the package and he was especially angry that it is being blocked by…

I’m taken aback by how quickly it’s grown. Astonishing – after watching Ophelia meander for days, within 48 hours we’ve got a Cat5? Too much…Pray that everyone can get out of her way…

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