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Under the stuff you can't make up, the Archdiocese of Washington is starting a media blitz to get Catholics back to confession.
A story by Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post notes the archdiocese has launched a major marketing blitz, advertising on buses, subway cars, a billboard, the radio and in 100,000 brochures in an effort to get people back to the confessional.
Seems that what used to be long lines of people waiting to go to confession, and the priest hearing a...
We're planning a story on Palm Sunday, and where the palms for this service come from. What's your church's tradition?
I remember as a child watching adults trim the palm branches from the trees on the grounds of my church in San Diego. It was fascinating to watch. While we'd be out playing on the blacktop (there was no playground, this was a pretty poor Catholic school) a group of very dedicated parishoners would climb the massive palms and prepare the fronds for Mass.
The church...
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