2016-09-30T16:00:04-05:00

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Bailey Massey was born with biliary artresia, a debilitating liver disease caused by nonfunctioning bile ducts. His parents were told, when he was only seven weeks old, that he needed a liver transplant. Bailey’s father Simon’s liver was a match, so Simon and Bailey underwent surgery on December 20. The surgery was not successful, however; and so Bailey faced a second transplant surgery. That second attempt failed due to a blood complication. When a third transplant was attempted on New... Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:05-05:00

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Graham Turner wanted to be a priest.  It was toward that end that he enrolled at the Beda College in Rome, planning to serve in the Diocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, in Scotland.  Graham had hoped to be ordained with his class last June; but that was delayed when he was diagnosed with leukemia. During Holy Week, it became apparent that Graham’s disease was progressing and that his prognosis was poor; so Graham’s father petitioned Cardinal Keith O’Brien, Archbishop... Read more

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It doesn’t seem like seven years—but that’s how long Pope Benedict XVI has led the Church:  teaching us, praying for us, showing us by example how to live as committed followers of Christ.  The Vatican celebrated the seventh anniversary of his election on April 19.   But what kind of gift can you give to a pontiff?  I mean, someone who has received the gift of God’s grace in abundance, someone who speaks with an authority vested in him by Christ?  Somehow,... Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:05-05:00

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This week the Vatican released its doctrinal assessment of the LCWR, the Leadership Council of Women Religious. The statement read, in part: On June 25, 2010, Bishop Blair presented further documentation on the content of the LCWR’s Mentoring Leadership Manual and also on the organizations associated with the LCWR, namely Network and The Resource Center for Religious Institutes. The documentation reveals that, while there has been a great deal of work on the part of LCWR promoting issues of social... Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:05-05:00

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Jane Schaberg died last night at her home, in the company of friends. Schaberg, a feminist biblical scholar, was perhaps best known for her controversial book The Illegitimacy of Jesus: A Feminist Theological Interpretation of the Infancy Narratives, in which she contends that Jesus was not conceived by a virgin, but was the product of a rape by a Roman centurion.  More recently, she has focused her attention on the gnostic Gospel of Mary (about Mary Magdalene), lecturing and publishing... Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:05-05:00

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Guaranteed to prevent unplanned teen pregnancies, and more!   This revolutionary product protects the user from AIDS, herpes, genital warts, gonorrhea and other sexually transmitted diseases! Read more

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What the heck was Jesus talking about, anyway? I mean, he’s holding up a piece of bread and he says, “This is My Body.”  Does that even make sense?! Ask any group of Christians in your workplace or in your neighborhood what Jesus really meant, and chances are you’ll get a broad range of answers.  Their explanations may follow strict denominational lines; but even within church communities, you may find people who draw different conclusions about this singularly important tenet of... Read more

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The economy, jobs, energy: All these are important, but good people may disagree as to the solutions to these problems. However, when it comes to Life, Marriage, and Freedom, there can be no negotiation. Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:05-05:00

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I was so excited for a minute.  I saw this photo and I thought, “I have a scoop!”  Then I looked more closely, and I am almost certain that’s the papal nuncio, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, standing there on the right.  Archbishop Sambi, you may recall, died a few months ago. So the photo is cool, but it’s apparently from a different year, not this year’s papal birthday party.   One interesting tidbit:  There have been 265 popes since St. Peter,... Read more

2016-09-30T16:00:06-05:00

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The Regina Coeli (“Queen of Heaven”) is a traditional Marian prayer. During the Easter season (from Easter until Pentecost), the Regina Coeli is recited in place of the Angelus, that ancient prayer of the Church which has traditionally been recited at noon and again at 6:00 p.m. The prayer dates back to at least the 1200s. According to legend, Pope St. Gregory the Great heard angels chanting the first three lines one Easter morning in Rome. He was inspired to... Read more

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