Just think of it as another mortgage payment. In fact...

By Phil Lawler ( bio - articles - email ) | Dec 03, 2004

C'mon, Diogenes; lighten up!

What's $87 million among friends?

The faithful of the Orange diocese are surely willing to make a few more sacrifices so that their priests can live in comfort.

Phil Lawler has been a Catholic journalist for more than 30 years. He has edited several Catholic magazines and written eight books. Founder of Catholic World News, he is the news director and lead analyst at CatholicCulture.org. See full bio.

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Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Agnes (c. 304). St. Agnes, like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as well as laymen were apostatizing from the faith, Agnes, a girl of twelve, freely chose to die…

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