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The Redemptorists A Roman Catholic religious order that had until now refused to increase child support payments for a boy fathered by one of its priests pledged Wednesday to provide additional financial support and counseling for the 12-year-old. Father Thomas Picton, who heads the Denver Province of the Redemptorists, said he would also encourage the…

Some, not as much as I’d like. But I’m sending things off this morning anyway. We’ll see. In a bit, we are leaving for South Bend. I’m filming a segment  (on Marian doctrines) for a catechetical DVD being produced by the Paulists and the Archdiocese for the Military Service. It’s aimed at young adult members…

From the Vatican press office: VATICAN CITY, JUL 29, 2005 (VIS) – Following comments made by Nimrod Barkan, an Israeli foreign ministry official, which appeared in the Jerusalem Post newspaper on July 26, the Holy See Press Office issued the following note yesterday afternoon:   "The untenability of the groundless accusations directed against Pope Benedict…

The Tablet approves: John Paul II was perhaps the last Pope to embody the best of the Counter-Reformation tradition; Benedict XVI offers a link with far older roots of European civilisation such as those of the Fathers of the Church, and of the founders of European monasticism, like his namesake. That may give him a…

A Tablet article contrasting the philanthropic habits of the wealthy in the US and in the UK What saves American charities is the high-rollers. In the United States, the rich give away a large proportion of their earnings. Here, despite the fanfare that greets occasions such as the Ark dinner, they are nothing like so…

Douglas Kmiec in the WSJ today: Judge Roberts listens carefully to the questions he is asked, and the extreme premise of Sen. Durbin’s question–as reported–was a judicial action requiring an immoral act. One would hope that all Americans, Catholic or otherwise, would recuse themselves from that. Catholics do not have to recuse themselves, though, from…

A group of women religious under 50 is meeting in Cleveland this weekend. No, not Nashville Dominicans, Daughters of St. Paul, Sisters of Mary of the Eucharist, and such. The sponsoring group is called Giving Voice and is thoroughly mainstream. We come here not to cast a shadow on the admirable committment of any religious…

Frist will not support Bush’s ECSR policy

Very good. Apologies if someone’s already picked up on it.

Blogging break til Friday afternoon. Thanks to a reader who shall remain anonymous until this thing works out, if it does, and if he wishes to be publicly celebrated , lauded and canonized at that point, I have established excellent, positive contact with a literary agent in New York. So I need to be focused…
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