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When I saw the headline of this email, I thought it might be coming from Catholic liberals or heck, people concerned with quality book design. But no! Some Catholic authors claim they’ve been plagiarized by a TAN author, and TAN is doing nothing about it.

On Saturday, John Allen reported that the wording over Benedict’s condolence telegram for the London bombings caused some problems On Saturday, July 9, Vatican spokesperson Joaquin Navarro-Valls told NCR that the pope never had any intention of using the phrase "anti-Christian" with respect to the bombings. Navarro-Valls said he has sent a letter to the…

Al Kimel on the occasion of his being received into full communion.. But there is no uncertainty in the Catholic Church. The sacramental intention of the Church and her liturgy is clear. This is a Church that truly believes and confesses and prays the Real Presence. The Body of Christ was given to me to…

An Arizona school district is dropping textbooks in its high school and going to laptops This is interesting. I’m thinking it’s a lot more work for teachers, wouldn’t you? Perhaps I’m out of it, and perhaps there are textbook/curriculum companies that are keeping up with this (I know that many textbooks come with either supplementary…

I wrote the August issue of God’s Word Today – it’s on 1 & 2 Samuel. When I told Michael what the topic was, he looked at me as if I were crazy, and even more so when I expressed my enthusiasm. (This was last September). I love 1 & 2 Samuel, and always have.…

Michael and I will be doing a booksigning at the bookstore of the Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in DC on August 7 from 1:30-3:30. Mark your calendars, and let me know if you have any PR ideas.

Whenever we drive through Kentucky, I can’t help but think of the six weeks I spent there back in the summer of 1979. I went to Harlan – not a long distance in miles from Knoxville, but another world away in another sense – as a volunteer in a program run by a religious order.…

Archbishop of Lagos questions debt relief CATHOLIC Archbishop of Lagos, Anthony Cardinal Olubunmi Okogie has described the debt relief granted Nigeria by the Paris Club of creditors as unnecessary, adding that proceeds arising from the relief will enrich those at the helm of affairs in the country. He took this position in an interview with…

Perhaps you saw the NYTimes piece on the Church’s stance on evolution expanding on the background to Cardinal Schonborn’s op-ed: The cardinal’s essay was submitted to The Times by a Virginia public relations firm, Creative Response Concepts, which also represents the Discovery Institute. Mr. Ryland, who said he knew the cardinal through the International Theological…

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