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'Conservative' Vatican 'hardliner' or 'Evangelical' Catholic?

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I’m not Catholic, but I am from Colorado. I have to admit I was surprised to learn that Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput had been named the new archbishop of Philadelphia. Tmatt had a great overview of the stories in the Catholic press. And he revisited the dustup between Chaput and the New York Times. I thoroughly enjoyed John Allen’s piece in the National Catholic Reporter so I will reiterate Terry’s suggestion that you read it.


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Yes, it's time for a Times Chaput interview

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For those who are interested in all things Roman, one of the major stories of the day is Pope Benedict XVI’s decision to move Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput out of the free-swinging West and into the oh-so clerical Northeast.


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The soccer pro and the seminary

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It was almost exactly three years ago that we first looked at a story about a young soccer pro named Chase Hilgenbrinck and his decision to leave the sport for seminary. Hilgenbrinck’s story resonated with readers and viewers and we ended up looking at a few different takes on it.


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About the burning of a holy book

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Let’s say that some journalists hear about cases of Marines who are being abused, tormented and bullied. We’re talking crude stuff — sticking a soldier’s head in a toilet and hitting the flush lever over and over — as well as brutal beatings.


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More breaking news from 1537!

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Yesterday morning in Bible class, my pastor actually made us read Joshua Green’s piece on Michele Bachmann’s former church body and the shocking revelation that the Lutheran church body is … Lutheran. We read every word and folks young and old were snickering at some of the more egregious errors and incendiary language.


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