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DAILY BLOG | Breaking News and Analysis PRINT EDITION | March 14, 2010 Issue

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Commentary

Apocalypse Now and Again

by Joan Frawley Desmond

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by Melinda Selmys

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Force Is Futile

by Donald DeMarco

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News

D.C.’s Hand Forced

by JOAN FRAWLEY DESMOND

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington has been forced to drop health benefits for spouses of employees because of Washington, D.C.’s new same-sex “marriage” law.

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Beginning of the End for Church-Backed Hospitals?

by SUE ELLIN BROWDER

The problems that led to a bishop declaring a hospital in his diocese no longer Catholic might be more widespread.

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10 Years and Counting

by Joseph Pronechen

The Worcester men’s conference is the oldest in the U.S.

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Massive Earthquake Rocks Chile

by ALEJANDRO BERMÚDEZ

The 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rattled Chile has taken a significant toll on Church infrastructure, according to a bishop in the capital.

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Health Reform Would Now Fund Still More Abortions

by RICH DALY

Catholic and pro-life leaders see signs that the latest approach to get a health-care reform bill passed could expand public funding for abortion even beyond previous versions.

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Books

Christians as Second-Class Citizens?

by JOHN M. GRONDELSKI

John Grondelski reviews The Naked Public Square Reconsidered, an essay collection edited by Christopher Wolfe.

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Travel

A Little Church on an Island

by Angelo Stagnaro

In time for the feast day of Jesus’ earthly father, a look at St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village. It is the oldest church edifice in New York and has an active parish life, with the involvement of many neighborhood families and local college students.

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Opinion

Model Sons, Model Story

by Father Owen Kearns, LC

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Vatican

Cardinal Clears the Air

by EDWARD PENTIN

Cardinal Carlo Caffarra of Bologna said any Catholic who approves of same-sex “marriage” can no longer be considered Catholic.

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Lent: A Time for Conversion and Openness to God’s Love

Pope Benedict XVI’s weekly catechesis.

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Inperson

The Art of Offering It Up

by TIM DRAKE

Father James Kubicki, national director of the Apostleship of Prayer, reveals where the Holy Father's prayer intentions for each month come from.

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Culture of Life

Jesus and Mary Show Us How to Be Holy

by Tom & April Hoopes

Reflections on forthcoming Mass readings by Tom and April Hoopes. Note: More guides are available under “Register Exclusives.”

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MARCH MEN

by Brian Caulfield

Sts. Joseph and Patrick, the Church’s “March Men,” are models of masculine virtue.

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Mary’s Home

by Joseph Pronechen

Annunciation Maternity Home has had many providential connections to the feast of the Annunciation in the last decade. It’s nonprofit status approval was granted on March 25, and every year a baby has been born on that day or the night before.

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Financial Unity

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The Family That Eats Together …

How teens benefit from gathering around the dinner table.

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Rejoice & Be Glad

by Lori Hadacek Chaplin

Lenten and Easter traditions modern Catholic families observe to make the season more meaningful — especially for their children. Plus, Easter treats!

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Arts & Entertainment

Burton’s Looking Glass Goes Topsy-Turvy

by Steven D. Greydanus

Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland strays from Lewis Carroll’s original story into feminist territory.

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