2016-09-30T15:58:19-04:00

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Details:  Stars of stage and screen will gather in New York on Friday morning for Philip Seymour Hoffman’s funeral. The tragic actor’s estranged girlfriend Mimi O’Donnell – the mum of his three children – arrived at a New York funeral parlour today to plan the ceremony. The star’s ex was accompanied by Hoffman’s British assistant Isabella Wing-Davey at the Frank E Campbell funeral home. Sources say a private wake for Hoffman’s family and friends will be held at the funeral home from 5pm-9pm... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:19-04:00

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It’s our own Elizabeth Scalia—turning into an international papal pundit—with some thoughts on Pope Francis, divorce, annulments and the sacraments:  This month…the pope will meet with the eight cardinals who advise him to discuss the pastoral care of the modern family, which has been wracked by divorce, redefined by secular interests and the sexual revolution, and is in dire need of spiritual direction and large slices of capital “T” Truth, served up with generous dollops of mercy. They will be... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:19-04:00

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From Associated Press:  A U.N. human rights committee denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for adopting policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, and urged it to open its files on the pedophiles and the churchmen who concealed their crimes. In a devastating report, the U.N. committee also severely criticized the Holy See for its attitudes toward homosexuality, contraception and abortion and said it should review its policies to ensure children’s rights and... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:19-04:00

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Hunting for a radio station on the car during my recent trip to South Carolina, I heard this service being mentioned on the news and thought: Really?  Is this what we’ve come to? Yes. Seems so. From the Daily Mail in the U.K.: You’ve been with your boyfriend a year. You think he’s pretty swell. He asks you to move in with him. You say ‘sure, what the heck’. But you’re not totally convinced he’s the one… so what do... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:19-04:00

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From the Associated Press:  An unmarried teacher at a Roman Catholic middle school in Montana has been fired after getting pregnant, the Diocese of Helena confirmed. Patrick Haggarty, the superintendent of Catholic schools for the diocese, said Tuesday that Butte Central teacher Shaela Evenson “made a willful decision to violate the terms of her contract,” which requires her to respect the moral and religious teachings of the Catholic Church in both her professional and personal life. “The Catholic moral teaching... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:20-04:00

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A few years ago, when the movie “Doubt” was released, one of the film’s technical advisors, Fr. James Martin, wrote about his experience working with Philip Seymour Hoffman, who played the accused priest. Jim first got to know the actor while serving as a consultant on a play that Hoffman was directing at the Public Theater, “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot.” He remembered a man with a lively and curious interest in religion. Jim’s essay, published by Busted Halo,... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:20-04:00

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This. To mark the 30th birthday of the Mac, Apple created this astonishing video. And the whole thing was shot in one day, in various locations around the world, on an iPhone. And some people think it’s just for making phone calls. Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:20-04:00

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From Catholic News Service:  Courageously follow Jesus in seeking out the poor and sinners, and in making difficult sacrifices in order to help and heal others, Pope Francis said. Christians are called to confront the material, spiritual and moral destitution of “our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical steps to alleviate it,” the pope said in his first message for Lent, which begins March 5 for Latin-rite Catholics. Saving the world... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:20-04:00

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From The Boston Globe: Matthew Barrett thought he had found his dream job. He had worked in the food industry for more than two decades, and when he was offered a job in July as food services director at Fontbonne Academy, a Roman Catholic-based girls’ prep school in Milton, he quickly accepted. But Barrett, 43, said the offer was rescinded only two days later — once the head of school realized Barrett had listed his husband as his emergency contact,... Read more

2016-09-30T15:58:20-04:00

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The big news today out of New Hampshire: A priest who had held one of the highest positions in the Diocese of Manchester in the past decade has signaled he will plead guilty to charges of stealing money from the Catholic diocese, Catholic Medical Center and the estate of a fellow priest, state and federal prosecutors said today. Edward J. Arsenault III has agreed to spend at least four years in New Hampshire State Prison, under terms of a plea... Read more

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