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Caring for the newborns: First came the rising floodwaters, and the pregnant woman started praying. Please, she said to herself, please don’t let me give birth to my twins in this hot, dark attic surrounded by water. Finally, using a crowbar and hammer, friends pried open the roof and she made her way out by…

There are, of course, lots of them along the Gulf Coast now. Here’s one featured in the Providence, RI paper because one of the teachers is a native of the area. Story: The children at St. Peter the Apostle Elementary School in Pascagoula, Miss., had just started their first weeks of school when Hurricane Katrina…

At The Spectator, Shawn Macomber on a remarkable young man: With the calloused end of a single finger, Miles Forma is putting the vast majority of the rest of us to shame. Wheelchair-bound, robbed of his speech and most other movement by cerebral palsy, the 17-year-old Forma could be understandably focused — fixated, even —…

…and remarks at the total lack of any Christian characters or imagery at his Renaissance Fair of choice. We used to love to go to the Bay Area Renaissance Faire in Largo, and I always noted the same thing. Well, there would be a blustering bishop roaming around and a drunken friar or two, but,…

1. I’ve added a little graphic over on the left, courtesy of Catholic Content – links to the daily Scripture readings. If you have a blog, check it out. 2. Don’t forget the "Spirited Talk" program – also linked on the left. It’s a program from Loyola Press, seeking your feedback on books – what…

Forget Tony. Did Cherie receive Communion when she met the Pope?????? Scott’s book claims that Mrs Blair was disappointed in her own political ambitions, obsessed with money and caught up in weird New Age practices. It alleges she apparently wielded enormous influence over her husband, constantly putting herself at the centre of key decisions in…

A reader sends in this link to a story about a forum at Lehigh University: The chief proponent for intelligent design at Lehigh is Behe, who has drawn international acclaim and criticism for his 1996 book Darwin’s Black Box: The Biochemical Challenge to Evolution.” In his book, Behe introduced the concept of the irreducibly complex…

….or not. MO Governor Blunt has an outraged letter in NRO, explaining his position on cloning, etc., and taking pro-life leaders to task for keeping unborn children "hostage". The NRO editors reply: Blunt continues to mislead with the discussion of legislative “hostages.” Pro-life organizations opposed the weakening of pro-life bills to accommodate the biotech industry.…

Some things are back to normal in Baton Rouge, while of course the people who only care about babies before they are born are just sitting around.

Part of the SF Gate series, this week featuring Huston Smith, who introduced scads of us to world religions… He’s 86 now, God bless him, still a member of the Methodist denomination into which he was born (as the son of Methodist missionaries in China) and has some interesting tidbits: One of the many hot-button…
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