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Fake celibacy, part 2

Despite the fact that I've evidently been denounced to the Holy Office for my allegedly unorthodox views about mandatory clerical celibacy, I thought...

Recession ripples

The New York Times' Bob Herbert makes some good points in a recent column ("Children in peril"): with all eyes on bank bailouts, foundering home...

Can Catholics go greener?

I was pleased to read today of a new Catholic initiative on climate change, the Catholic Climate Covenant, which was introduced yesterday by Bishop William...

Bring on the princess brides

“Marwiage that bwessed arwangement, that dweem beyond a dweem.” –The Princess Bride But the actual wedding: It’s more like a nightmare for some priests...