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Here’s one good list of relief agencies. More here.

Frequent commentor James sends this: From an emergency notice put on the TV station’s web site, which mirrors a bulletin they just had on TV (I’m watching online): ****ALL RESIDENTS ON THE EAST BANK OF ORLEANS AND JEFFERSON REMAINING IN THE METRO AREA ARE BEING TOLD TO EVACUATE AS EFFORTS TO SANDBAG THE LEVEE BREAK…

Here’s a good graphic of the levee system in N.O.

The Army is investigating a Roman Catholic military chaplain on multiple charges of forcible sodomy and assault.

Blessing taxis in SF

That’s the report Pope Benedict XVI held a meeting at his summer residence in Castel Gandolfo with Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci, a strident critic of Islam, Vatican sources confirmed. The 76-year-old writer, who describes herself as an atheist Christian and was sued in Italy for insulting the Muslim faith in one of her books, asked…

Some good, some bad… Mark Shea has finished his book and Secret Agent Man vouches for it Domenico Bettinelli is going to be the new editor-in-chief of Catholic World Report The bad news: Karen Marie Knapp of From the Anchor Hold is again in the hospital with a high fever. She is in our prayers.

The topic comes up here now and again. Here’s an Amazon Listmania list of some titles…

This is really fascinating turn of events from the Diocese of Fargo. The link requires registration, but I’ll summarize and quote. In 1999, a laywoman, a secretary in the diocesan office, became pregnant outside of marriage. She was fired. (The diocesan lawyer says she was fired for cohabitating, and was given the chance to change…

Chaldean bishop cautiously optimistic, but with questions Paul Marshall of Freedom House is a bit more concerned: Another concern is Article 39, dealing with personal status—marriage, custody, alimony, and inheritance: "Iraqis are free in the adherence to their personal status according to their own religion, sect, belief, and choice, and that will be organized by…
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