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November 2013

November 19, 2013
"It is striking that there would be so much energy poured into defending the uniqueness...
November 19, 2013
Details: A South Carolina charter school has canceled its annual Christmas toy drive after a...
November 19, 2013
Photo: Jetta Fraser/The Blade From the Toledo Blade (h/t to Norb!): Five moderate tornadoes plowed...
November 19, 2013
Some compelling thoughts, from Presbyterian pastor Henry G. Brinton:  As Thanksgiving approaches and commerce clashes...
November 19, 2013
From Variety: Star Partners and Hummingbird Prods. are collaborating on production of a sequel to Frank...
November 18, 2013
The Anchoress gets the scoop—and the man's name:  Vinicio Riva, whose head and neck are...
November 18, 2013
A California reader writes: Fifteen new Deacons were ordained for the Diocese of Oakland on...
November 18, 2013
From his homily today: Pope Francis warned the faithful against what he described as a...
November 18, 2013
Details:  "Yes, it's true. I received the telephone call by the Pope. It happened two...
November 18, 2013
Photo: David Gilkey/NPR From NPR: Across the ravaged center of the Philippines on Sunday, people...
November 16, 2013
The following e-mail arrived this evening from Rich Herbst, in the bishop's office: Celebrating with...
November 16, 2013
Details from National Catholic Register:  Pope Francis’ interview with Eugenio Scalfari, the atheist founder of La Repubblica,...
November 16, 2013
Look what just arrived in my mailbox: This is a small pamphlet (very small: 15...
November 16, 2013
This video is a couple years old, but it popped up on my Facebook feed...
November 16, 2013
From The Irish Times:  Vintage Values – this is the title given to the just-published collection...
November 16, 2013
At last, the letter that started it all has been published. Check this out:  FROM:...
November 15, 2013
If it seems like the holiday season is starting earlier this year, there’s a good...
November 15, 2013
Details:  A panel of bishops is set to spark a fresh row over homosexuality by...
November 15, 2013
Don't try this at home, kids.
November 15, 2013
FOB (Friend of the Bench) Patrick Madrid dropped me a line this morning and asked...
November 15, 2013
Following up on her remarks earlier this week, she posted this statement on her Facebook...
November 15, 2013
From The Chicago Tribune:  Bishop Thomas Paprocki of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield said...
November 15, 2013
The prognostication begins, over at PolitickerNJ:  New Jersey in November 2013 is inundated by images...
November 14, 2013
Noah?  Who-ah! Wow.  Just...wow. Check it out. No release date listed.
November 14, 2013
That would be Thomas Peters. As you probably know, he's facing a long road back...
November 14, 2013
From Politico:  Vice President Joe Biden’s message to immigration reform advocates: Don’t let your issue...
November 14, 2013
Sounds that way:  The spirit of curiosity generates confusion and distances a person from the...
November 14, 2013
I got an e-mail last night from Deacon Bob Wojcik, a mentor in Kingston, Ontario,...
November 13, 2013
From the AP:  Ultra-traditionalist Catholics have openly challenged Pope Francis by disrupting one of his...
November 13, 2013
From the incomparable Anchoress:  We do nothing to earn the love of God, and there...
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