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March 17, 2010 5:11 PM The patron saint of parish closings By Phil Lawler
Needless to say, there is no patron saint of parish closings. The closing of a parish is a tragedy. A parish church is more than just a building. It is a repository of memories: of the
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March 16, 2010 6:08 PM What did the police know, and when did they know it? By Phil Lawler
In Ireland Cardinal Sean Brady is under heavy criticism-- justified, in my view-- for having failed to notify law-enforcement officials about reports that a priest was abusing children. The priest,
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March 12, 2010 4:30 PM the effort to implicate the Pope By Phil Lawler
Count on the London Times to offer the most sensational coverage of a news story involving the Catholic Church. The headline on today's report by Richard Owen screams: Pope knew priest
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March 05, 2010 4:00 PM the trail that doesn't lead to the Vatican By Phil Lawler
For more than a decade, some journalists have been trying to trace the responsibility for the sex-abuse crisis to the Vatican, and preferably to the Pope. They haven't found a connection yet, but
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March 05, 2010 12:23 PM investing in the future By Phil Lawler
"When people stop believing in God, they don't believe in nothing — they believe in anything." That adage is attributed to G.K. Chesterton, and while there's some question as
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March 04, 2010 11:07 AM the Culture Project unveiled By Phil Lawler
After much thought and careful planning, we've launched our Culture Project. Please take a look. Browse through the background material (if you haven't already read it), and then plunge into the
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March 01, 2010 5:20 PM the anti-democratic option By Phil Lawler
"Gay rights by law, not vote" reads the headline on a Boston Globe editorial. Reading it for the first time, one might wonder how else laws are established in a democracy, if not by
Phil Lawler
Mr. Lawler has been a Catholic news editor and journalist for more than 25 years. He has also worked in politics and has written six books and numerous essays, book reviews, and editorial columns. He has been Director of Studies for the Heritage Foundation, a member of two presidential inaugural committees, and a candidate for the US Senate. He has also acted as editor of Crisis Magazine, editor of The Pilot, editor of Catholic World Report, and was the founder and editor of Catholic World News (CWNews.com) - the first online Catholic news service.
Phil has recently written a book titled "The Faithful Departed: The Collapse of Boston's Catholic Culture".
Mr. Lawler lives in central Massachusetts with his wife Leila and three of their seven children.
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