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LCWR ‘Stunned’ by CDF

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious issued a short response to yesterday s nbsp CDF Doctrinal Assessment The presidency of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious was stunned by the conclusions of the doctrinal assessment of LCWR by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Beca

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SSPX Smackdown, Part Deux

On the same day that the U S C C B and the C D F brought the hammer down on U S women religious because of their controversial taste in conference speakers radical feminism and alleged lack of sufficient enthusiasm for the church s teaching on abortion women s ordination and homosexuality on

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The Blogger’s Lament

Surveying recent comments responding to a recent blog post I find myself wondering if there is some logical disconnect between the reality of daily blogging and the expectations of our site visitors Blogs as far as I understand the form and I assure you it is not one I am altogether comfortable

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Rebutting Ryan

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan was back in the news today promoting his budget proposals and his take on Catholic social teaching in an interview with CBN Critics including the U S C C B have assailed Ryan rsquo s budget as too hard on the poor but he apparently doesn rsquo t see a contradict

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Pope’s Parting Shots from Cuba

Pope Benedict returned to Rome this morning after a private meeting last night with an aging mellowing Fidel Castro Oh to have been a fly on that wall He had some parting shots on the Havana tarmac for both Cuban socialismo and the U S economic embargo of its one time surrogate The light o

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Coptics: A Child Shall Lead Them

As Pope Shenouda III the leader of Egypt s Coptic Church who passed away on Saturday is laid to rest speculation has begun on his successor Whoever that person may be we can say with some authority that he will certainly be facing historic challenges for Egypt s Coptics One other thing we can s

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