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Worth a bookmark, and a spot on your donation list: Aid to the Church in Need: "Aid to the Church in Need" is an international pastoral aid organization of the Catholic Church, which yearly offers financial support to more than 8000 projects worldwide. We try to help Catholics in need wherever they are repressed or…

That’s the title of The Revealer’s Jeff Sharlet’s article over at Rolling Stone, in which Jeff infiltrates the world of young, hip evangelical Christians who’ve committed to chastity Southern Baptist official Albert Mohler reacts, as does our CTWeblogging friend Ted Olsen, in a comment at The Revealer (scroll down) itself The question is, in essence,…

John Allen got it done before the long weekend, this time Conversations with a couple of archbishops, in town for their pallia, of course, an interesting note about the Mass yesterday: After expressing greetings to Patriarch Bartholomew I in his homily, Benedict conceded that Rome and Constantinople are still divided over the interpretation of the…

Catholic Relief Services has a page on their ongoing and long-term efforts to rebuild those areas impacted by last December’s tsunami Via Professor Bainbridge

And not a mixed-gender couple in sight. Or whatever. Canadian bill passes one house Spain’s parliament gives final approval. Aside from the usual discussions that come with this territory, what I’m particularly interested in is the possibility of civil disobedience. Most of the civil servants in Spain are Roman Catholic. There are, of course, a…

TMatt wonders, based on a Fred Barnes piece. I sort of don’t think so…a lot of people assume Bono’s Catholic. Irish = Catholic, Ian Paisley notwithstanding.

Fr. John Jenkins replaces Fr. Malloy He was actually elected over a year ago A profile from the ND magazine Jenkins joined the philosophy faculty in South Bend in 1990 and over the years has taught such courses as Faith and Reason; Wisdom: A Study of the Concept in the Bible, Plato and Nietzsche; and…

FYI…Jason Torres will be on Larry King Live tonight Here’s the transcript. Jason’s brother Justin was on as well.

Another article on the RE flap Attendance at a total of three Saturday night masses and six Sunday masses at St. Charles averages about 3,500 per week, out of an approximate parish enrollment of 10,000 people. "Everyone is struggling to get people in," the monsignor said. "We’ve got to do something." The Rev. Michael Cichon,…

Yes, I spoke last night at a chapter meeting/dinner of Legatus – the Ann Arbor chapter. Very nice event, good people. About a week ago, I spoke with a Legatus person, who said, "And you’ll be speaking on "Prove It" stuff, right?" Uh…right. That’s it. Good thing he mentioned it, or I’d had have gone…

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