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On Anderson "I used to host a reality show" Cooper’s 360 tonight, the show contains a segment, apparently on: Selling Jesus: Sermons and prayer mixed with music and ads. We’ll look at how companies are using religion to sell their brand. I really have no idea what that could be about. Anyone?

No, not just because they can be used to uh…spread the Good News (sort of), explain papal minutiae, or explain church history. Like every other family with toddlers, we’ve had Duplos for a while. Like every other family with toddlers, we’ve had lots of Duplos. Joseph was interested in them for a while, but for…

Jonathon Turley in the LATimes today Judge John G. Roberts Jr. has been called the stealth nominee for the Supreme Court — a nominee specifically selected because he has few public positions on controversial issues such as abortion. However, in a meeting last week, Roberts briefly lifted the carefully maintained curtain over his personal views.…

Get Religion reports on the nervous reviews, including this one in The Hollywood Reporter What’s troubling from a political point of view is that these filmmakers have, perhaps unwittingly, delivered a film certain to give succor to the religious right. In this ethical horror story, scientists experimenting with human genetics to advance medicine and cure…

The topic at Mirror of Justice And if the Church’s pronouncements on the depth and scope of the abortion wrong lead to denial of communion for pro-choice Catholic politicians, isn’t there a pretty good argument that a devout Catholic judge — including a lower court judge — must view enforcing Roe and Casey as so…

Benedict says being pope isn’t easy Won’t condemn Islam as a whole over terrorism Pope Benedict XVI said Monday he did not see an anti-Christian motive in the recent wave of terrorist attacks blamed on Islamic extremists, attributing them instead to "a much more general intention." The pontiff also told reporters it was important to…

A priest, for abuse allegedly in 1999.

A Filipino magazine has a small subscription base, but a big impact. This month, with the presidency of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on the brink, "those girls" put out a special edition: an account of a meeting of the council of bishops, during which the papal nuncio told them – "scolded them," the magazine said –…

…in Pittsburgh. Was he clear? You decide (This is the same answer, I think, he gave to Raymond Arroyo in an interview earlier this year or last year.) After giving a speech on the importance of the Eucharist for family life, he took written questions on a wide range of topics at a benefit dinner…

Commentor Jason sends along this piece on the supposed decline of skin in fashion (Tell it to the young woman sitting in front of us at the baseball game the other night. Well, it does take a while for the heartland to catch the newest trends) The low-slung "waist" – line and belly shirts are…
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