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Details from the AP: A defrocked Roman Catholic monsignor who once led fundraising for the Archdiocese of New York has sued the church for libel. Charles Kavanagh’s lawsuit was filed Wednesday in federal court in Manhattan. Kavanagh accuses the archdiocese of libeling him by saying he had sexually abused a teenage student in the 1980s even though the now-middle-aged man admits he lied. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. The church defrocked the 74-year-old Kavanagh in 2010, eight years after the... Read more

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…and notice how one piece of art can give two different impressions, depending on your point of view.  All it takes is a mirror and some imagination.  Read more here.    And you begin to understand that, in every sense: seeing is believing! Read more

2016-09-30T17:04:55-04:00

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, what we have here is epic.  It’s the story of Taylor Morris, a Navy EOD from Cedar Falls, Iowa and his girlfriend Danielle. Check out this link for the photographs.  (Note: be sure to have a Kleenex nearby.)  And then, for the full story, visit Tim Dodd Photography, for more.  You can also pay a visit to Taylor’s personal website for updates. Love bears all things. These pictures prove it. (H/T to... Read more

2016-09-30T17:04:55-04:00

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That’s the name of a new documentary coming to a TV station near you this fall, detailing the efforts of religious order sisters to help those affected by Hurricane Katrina. Details, from NCR:  Although Hurricane Katrina destroyed convents, schools and social service centers in New Orleans on Aug. 29, 2005, it did not wipe out the determination of six communities of Catholic sisters to continue their ministries in the city where they have served, some through three centuries. A new... Read more

2016-09-30T17:04:56-04:00

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Details:  A vacation house at the South Jersey shore used by generations of elderly priests was sold at auction by the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for $4.5 million Sept. 15. Steve and Ilene Berger of Newtown Square won the bidding at $4.125 million for Villa St. Joseph by the Sea, a 19-room, 9,800-square-foot mansion in Ventnor, N.J., which has been owned by the archdiocese since 1963. They added 10 percent in sale costs, bringing the final price to $4.5 million. The... Read more

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“Dear friends, the days spent in Lebanon were a wonderful manifestation of faith and religious feeling and a prophetic sign of peace. The multitude of believers from the entire Middle East, had the opportunity to reflect, to talk and especially to pray together, renewing their commitment to root their lives in Christ. I am sure that the people of Lebanon, in its varied but well blended religious and social composition, will know how to witness with renewed impetus to the... Read more

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Details: The vote of Catholics remains quite evenly split 47% for President Obama and 45% for Gov. Romney (most of the differences between the candidates have been within margins of sampling error for the sub-group). Once in March and again in July, President Obama had a lead of 9 percentage points. Gov. Romney’s biggest lead was 5 percentage points in April. He also opened a 4 percentage point lead during and after the Republican Party Convention that has now disappeared.... Read more

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…he met the Deacon. Longtime readers will remember this snapshot, from CBS in 2007. Colbert had broken his wrist.  While recovering, he got several TV anchors (including Katie Couric) to sign his cast, and later sold it for charity. Read more

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You may remember that I wrote about Rev. William Freeman last month, in a post about Catholic weddings.   Though I quoted extensively from his own website, and used his own words, he took issue with my conclusions, and asked for an opportunity to respond. I agreed. You can read his essay here.  I think his response speaks for itself. But I would like to make one clarification, which I mentioned to him privately in an e-mail. Rev. Freeman states,... Read more

2016-09-30T17:04:56-04:00

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You may remember this item from last week.  Well…the priest is now, once again, out: The Rev. F. Lee Ryan has been removed from public ministry again. Ryan, 79, who has been accused of inappropriate relations with a minor four decades ago, was put back into limited ministry last week after a ruling from the Vatican based on church law. But Bishop R. Daniel Conlon announced Tuesday that he has decided to put Ryan back on “full administrative leave.” In... Read more

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