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Kevin Clarke is America’s chief correspondent and the author of Oscar Romero: Love Must Win Out (Liturgical Press).
In All Things
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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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
Music
Faith and redemption taunt Steve Earle's 'I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive'
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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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However uncomfortable has been their association of late the U S C C B and the Department of Health and Human Services have been partners in millions of dollars in federally funded social services and over the past year or so on one court docket Now a U S District Court decision in Massachusett
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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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UPDATE Oops Heard a story was circulating today on this but did not note the date on this story was from Sept Vatican Insider is echoing an Italian daily report that Pope Benedict XVI is planning to resign in April Journalist Antonio Socci has confirmed the same in the Italian daily Libero F
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Tara McGuinness of the Center for American Progress has reviewed the GOP budget Path to Prosperity proposed yesterday by Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan and she is not happy with what she s found so far She offered an analysis to the Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good According to McGuiness
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During a Washington press conference Tuesday Department of nbsp Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters the Obama administration plans to issue a rule in the near future on its compromise plan on contraception coverage that will apparently resolve some outstanding pro