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July 19, 2011

Let’s go to the tapes

This week’s Catholic Review will feature a special report on how the practice of the faith has developed in Poland since the collapse of Communism.  You can read the story online here. Below are some video reports I put together while I was in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in late May and early...
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July 15, 2011

Turkey Bowl’s 2011 edition moving from M&T Bank Stadium to Towson University

Nothing says football in Baltimore more than Johnny Unitas or the Turkey Bowl. Now, at least for one year, the two will be linked.
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July 15, 2011

German court upholds conviction of Holocaust-denying bishop

BERLIN – A German appeals court has upheld the conviction of a traditionalist bishop for denying the Holocaust.
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July 14, 2011

Procession, proclamation of the Gospel

Q. In many churches I have noticed that the Book of the Gospels is carried in procession and placed on the altar. Is this something new and who should do it? And what do we say and do after the Gospel reading is introduced?
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July 14, 2011

The end of Harry Potter

So starting tonight, “it all ends here.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 arrives in theaters at midnight. When I first started this blog, I had a bunch of Harry content, including an interview with author Nancy Brown about the series and Catholicism. It’s amazing how quickly those nine months went by and...
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July 13, 2011

Decriminalizing polygamy is no laughing matter

Jonathan Turley (From Turley blog) Some people laugh when they hear New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and others suggest that the decriminalization of polygamy might be the next big fight in the ongoing battle to defend marriage. Here’s a story to wipe the smiles off their faces. Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington...
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July 12, 2011

Belfast bishop urges Catholics, Protestants to show restraint

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The bishop of Belfast appealed for Catholic and Protestant residents to prove to the world they can live together in peace after fresh sectarian violence flared during the region’s contentious Protestant marching season.
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July 10, 2011

MD braces for gay marriage fight; NY archbishop worries about what’s next

In the wake of a failed effort to block gay marriage from becoming law in the Empire State, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan is raising concerns about what might be on the horizon. Check out what he wrote in a recent blog: Archbishop Timothy Dolan Veterans my age and over can remember sixty years ago...
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July 8, 2011

Wishing Space Shuttle Atlantis all the best

I’m a little wistful today, as I watch media coverage of the final launch of the space program. As a college journalist, I covered the very first shuttle launch, STS-1, April 12, 1981. STS-1, Columbia, clears the tower at Kennedy Space Center in Florida, April 12, 1981. Photo © 1981 Christopher Gunty I had followed...
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July 8, 2011

John Mackey added to poignancy of funeral for John Unitas

On Sept. 17, 2002, I ignored the request that media not attend the funeral of John Unitas, tucked a note pad into my blazer and entered a pew in the back of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. I’m not sure if it was during a reading or one of the many spoken tributes to the great Baltimore...
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July 8, 2011

Joe Flacco’s awesome wedding

Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco was married a few weeks ago to his high school sweetheart, Dana. Turns out it was at New Jersey’s Church of the Holy Saviour. It also looks like Ozzie Newsome should sign Dana to solve some center-QB exchange issues. Check out these photos from his wedding photographer!
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July 6, 2011

Vatican says ordinations for traditionalist society ‘illegitimate’

VATICAN CITY – The ordinations of 20 new priests for the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X are “illegitimate, period,” said the Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi.
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