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One more big blowout varia post - open book Aug 8, 2007, 10:20 am
I've finally gotten the courage to clean out my email box from two weeks of neglect, and here's the fruit for your browsing pleasure: Dr. Benjamin Myers of the University of Queensland has a review of Gerd Lüdemann's new book-length...
Gone and done it.. - open book Aug 6, 2007, 9:26 am
New blog... Mine. Different look, different purpose. Had to be done - explanation's over there. This blog will stay up for a while because I know people use the links on the sidebars for their surfing, etc....
Michael's got that covered. Except for the moment at which we turned one of those curvy corners in backroads Upstate New York and came smack dab up against a doe and her fawn. Well, not smack dab - we were...
You know how it is when time plays tricks on you? When you do things - not so long ago- but in retrospect, it seems like forever? This trip, like every trip, was like that. Day One was barely ten...
How'm I doin? - open book Aug 4, 2007, 3:15 pm
Thanks for your concern about the silence (and mild irritation, I discern). No reason to be! So, we're back - from Maine. Making new friends, as you can see. We left ten days ago on a leisurely jaunt there, stopping...
HWTN - Motu Proprio Edition - open book Jul 25, 2007, 3:22 pm
Sweet.8:00 PM. The Colbert Report. Jean-Baptiste Colbert, contrôleur giniral of the Kingdoms of France and Navarre and first minister to the Sun-King, brings his distinctive blend of wikiality and mercantilism to the wacky zoo-like forum of American cable news. Today's...
One more Potter post - open book Jul 25, 2007, 1:23 pm
Ross Douthat's take:From here, the difficulties multiply. While old favorites like Hagrid and Snape languish offstage, Rowling layers on the magical objects: The three 'hallows” of the title join the seven 'horcruxes” in a baffling panoply of talismans (Tolkien, it...
...lest anyone persist in the fantasy that Church Problems = Catholic Problems, take a look at this piece from Christianity Today, a companion piece, almost to William Lobdell's LATimes piece. Beginning with a small, casual, hippy-era (her phrase) church, moving...
At First Things, William Doino, Jr. takes on the treatment of Pius XII in Saul Friedlander's widely-praised history Nazi Germany and the Jews.These are not the only concerns. Relying on the farfetched claims of Susan Zuccotti, Friedlander writes: 'Personally he...
From the Pope's General Audience, last June:Consequently, we can learn much from St James: promptness in accepting the Lord's call even when he asks us to leave the boat of our human securities, enthusiasm in following him on the paths...
Missions near and far - open book Jul 25, 2007, 10:06 am
A reader sent along this link to an article about an Iowa couple dedicated to helping a New Mexico school:Some might be heading west on a family vacation, but for Bob and Tess Thompson their trip will be a mission....
The Church in China - open book Jul 25, 2007, 9:14 am
Several items: From AsiaNews: 50 years of the CPCA:The Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) will celebrate 50 years on August 2. Some 5,000 people have been invited for the occasion, but quite a few of the would-be guests will find...
Red State Update - open book Jul 23, 2007, 11:43 pm
As seen in downtown Fort Wayne today:...
Make your signs talk - open book Jul 24, 2007, 12:08 am
Some people are a little confused by Kansas City Catholic's conversing church signs. Are they real? Virtually - Make your own via the Church Sign Generator And generator more with the scores of toys that you can find via the...
New from the Catholic Answer - open book Jul 23, 2007, 3:14 pm
No, not Catholic Answers, but The Catholic Answer - the OSV publication edited by Paul Thigpen. An apologetics question (and answer) of the day....
The signs are talking again! - open book Jul 23, 2007, 9:14 am
....in Kansas City!...
Harry Potter and the End - open book Jul 23, 2007, 9:22 am
I read the first four or five Harry Potter book, mostly for work purposes - I wrote about the series a couple of times, and since the issue was on the front burner of the religion - pop culture stove...
If you speak Italian... - open book Jul 22, 2007, 5:26 pm
...you might want to add the blog of Vaticanista Andrea Tornielli at Il Giornale to your daily stops..Il direttore dei programmi tedeschi della Radio Vaticana, il gesuita Eberhard von Gemmingen, intervistato dal Messaggero, ha detto: 'Nella Cappella Sistina vedrei bene...
Carmel in Wyoming - open book Jul 22, 2007, 1:57 pm
A shockingly well-written piece in the St. Louis Tribune, by Jessica Ravitz on a new (as of 2003) Carmelite foundation in Wyoming. I say that because the writer does what is seemingly so hard for too many religion writers to...
Let there be peace - open book Jul 22, 2007, 9:39 am
Today, on vacation, the Pope prayed the Angelus and had some words:'Never again war!”: from the mountains of Cadore, a place of great natural beauty that was transformed into a theatre of slaughter during the First World War, Benedict XVI...
The return - open book Jul 22, 2007, 9:47 am
Kidnapped Italian missionary priest Giancarlo Bossi was released last week, and will be returning to Italy in AugustHis deepest desire is to 'be able to embrace my people”, but it will also be wonderful to 'see my family again”. Before...
Religion: a Test of Faith - open book Jul 22, 2007, 1:55 am
Many are writing about LA Times Religion reporter William Lobdell's column on his loss of faith. The short version is that Lobdell had a conversion experience in an evangelical setting, got involved in religion reporting, then started attending RCIA (his...
*On a lighter note - open book Jul 22, 2007, 2:23 am
My birthday was this past week, with no big page-turning feeling accompanying it, though. The reason is idiocyncratic. I was born in 1960, a year which ends in 0, which makes it easy to remember how old I am. Because...
Tour bleg: - open book Jul 20, 2007, 3:08 pm
From a reader:I wanted to ask if you could help me out with some information. Are you aware of any website, clearing house, or source for group trips or pilgrimages to Europe? My wife and I would like to make...
Study the Apostles - open book Jul 20, 2007, 9:27 am
The Study Guide's up online. (Scroll down - pdf file, naturally.) Sample hard copies of the guide are being sent out to parishes in the next couple of weeks. Book is not here quite yet. Soon, soon. Pre-orders are apparently...
Sorry for the sparseness of late. I have actually work to do - got one thing knocked off today, with something else I must get done before the end of next week, with then One More Thing looming, something I'm...
Booknotes. For real this time - open book Jul 19, 2007, 11:25 pm
To those of you who don't know me, the following rave review will seem strange. To those of you who do, even via the blog, it will be totally expected. Over the past couple of days, I read the most...
A bishop for Beijing - open book Jul 18, 2007, 9:38 am
From AsiaNews:The 'community” of the Beijing diocese has chosen Fr. Joseph Li Shan, 43, as their new bishop. The news was gathered from Chinese Catholic sources, who clarify that his nomination took place on July 16th. His election will be...
Reason and clarity - open book Jul 18, 2007, 9:46 am
A nice summary of SP from the pastor of a Jesuit parish in New Orleans. Via the SP blog....
Testosterhome, unabated! - open book Jul 18, 2007, 9:14 am
Meet Henry Ephrem Balducci - congratulations!...
Pittsburgh, you have your bishop... - open book Jul 18, 2007, 8:24 am
But, Green Bay, you lost yours.. Former Pittsburgh Auxiliary David Zubik, bishop of Green Bay since 2003, named new Bishop of Pittsburgh....
The Precedence of the Law - open book Jul 17, 2007, 2:34 pm
Cardinal Law resigned. Cardinal Mahony still reigns. It's not unreasonable to wonder why....
What the Pope's up to - open book Jul 17, 2007, 9:57 am
From VIS:Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. has affirmed that the Pope is dedicating part of the holiday he is spending in the Italian alpine resort of Lorenzago de Cardore to writing the second part of his...
From the mailbox - open book Jul 17, 2007, 9:22 am
Take a look at the blog of Msgr. Kevin Codd of the Spokane diocese , who is making the pilgrimage from Leuven (where he has just finished up a term as rector) to Compostela. He is blogging when he can....
You bet it's serious - open book Jul 16, 2007, 1:49 pm
Or, Portrait of Boy with Gator. Carefully....
Bishops and the MP - open book Jul 16, 2007, 9:27 am
Over the past week, episcopal reactions to Summorum Pontificum have been rolling in. Some are collected at the Summorum Pontificum blog, Fr. Z has been posting and commenting on some - The Stella Borealis blog has posted a useful index...
By Providence... - open book Jul 16, 2007, 9:44 am
The National Pastoral Musician's conference was last week in Indianpolis. A couple of reports, from slightly different perspectives, have surfaced here and here. From the former:* Steven Warner's opening address. Ok, much of it was good, but at one point...
What the blogs are saying - open book Jul 16, 2007, 8:41 am
I find the Google Blog search to be a really useful tool (more user friendly to me than Technorati) for sort of exploring what people are saying on a given topic, and more importantly, giving me little windows into how...
LA Settlement - open book Jul 16, 2007, 8:10 am
Professor Bainbridge takes a look and reminds us of what the million-plus for each plaintiff really means. Rick Garnett notices mixes signals in the NYTimes about such things. That is, running an article righteously condemning the Archdiocese, in the same...
Art in Church - open book Jul 15, 2007, 12:17 am
A NYTimes article on some contemporary commissions in European churches....
*Already but not yet - open book Jul 14, 2007, 4:38 pm
A woman's account of her decision to not abort. Context: she and her husband had just moved to Mexico to pursue free-spirited writing careers. She got pregnant. No way, she thought at first. But then:...
What I call The Children's Museum of Atlanta. Those of you who live in Big Cities and travel in Such Circles might see this as nothing worth noting. But I have to say that it was a new scene to...
So today begins the 3 Rivers Festival, a week or so of various activities around here - overpriced food downtown, rides here and there, and arts festival, has-been musical acts. I bought a very nice piece at the arts festival...
Rising Apostles - open book Jul 14, 2007, 2:10 pm
I was startled to see this morning that The Apostles by Pope Benedict, published by OSV, has risen to around 1200 or so on Amazon. Michael says it's because the Pope is in the news pretty constantly these days. Maybe!...
One reality - open book Jul 14, 2007, 12:38 am
...two reactions. The reality: As we drive through The Fort, it becomes quite clear that there's been precious little rain over the past two weeks. The reactions, as we pull in to our driveway: Michael: Excellent! (translation: I don't have...
Coming to America - open book Jul 14, 2007, 12:57 am
300 Burmese immigrants headed for Fort Wayne over the next couple of months... ...joining the 3,000 already here, the largest concentration of Burmese refugees in the US. This resettlement is being coordinated by Catholic Charities:The Fort Wayne Catholic Charities office...
Dangerous outside the stroller - open book Jul 13, 2007, 5:48 pm
What blogs are good for - a simply marvelous, funny and ultimately moving and so true post from the Creative Minority Report.But here's the thing. I'm not as impressed with myself as I used to be. I know all my...
None taken - open book Jul 13, 2007, 6:25 pm
Dr. Albert Mohler, a Southern Baptist, has a clear and reasoned - and most of all, knowledgeable - response to the CDF's statement of earlier this week.There have been changes for sure. Benedict is truly a doctrinal theologian, whereas his...
Summing up - open book Jul 13, 2007, 1:04 pm
Dr. Alcuin Reid on the MP, SP:Well, he has done it. After much speculation, and in spite of intense and orchestrated lobbying from some bishops (as well as the all-too-frequently published opprobrium of ageing priests and liturgists), by means of...
Document Dump - open book Jul 13, 2007, 11:26 am
John Thavis at CNS looks at the question of the Vatican's release of various important documents right before the Pope's vacation: Before Pope Benedict XVI took off for his summer vacation in the Italian Alps, he engaged in a time-honored...
Now, this looks interesting - Fr. Rob reports:Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), home to Televangelists Benny Hinn and Joyce Meyer, will be broadcasting a 90 minute dialogue between Fr. John Riccardo, a priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit, and Pastor Steve...
Much varia - open book Jul 13, 2007, 9:55 am
Now I'll clean out my inbox and the fruit of some of my blog wanderings: Our evangelical seeker exploring Orthodoxy and Catholicism has shifted his blog here. Very excellent discussions continue! At the top of the page now - what...
Cleaning out the camera.. - open book Jul 13, 2007, 1:02 am
...with some final CBA (or whatever) images: Nehemiah, the Praying Mantis: Yes, it is lipstick, gloss and such: Michael with a, er, football team promoting one of Karen Kingsbury's several books. This one, Between Sundays. They were giving away tissues....
He speaks for all of us - open book Jul 13, 2007, 12:07 am
Very Fishy - open book Jul 11, 2007, 12:52 am
This morning, I took the little ones to the Georgia Aquarium, which was under construction last time I was here,and is quite the place. (At quite the price,but that's just the way it is. If you lived in the area,...
CBA Auralia sighting - open book Jul 10, 2007, 11:35 pm
In case he wasn't aware of it (and I'm sure he is), this one is for Jeffrey Overstreet, whose first novel, Auralia's Colors, is being published by Waterbrook this fall. The book, which, from the first chapter seems to be...
A quick look back - open book Jul 10, 2007, 11:56 pm
...to last week. Michael enjoying practice for the Pepsi 400 last Thursday night in Daytona:...
CBA celeb sightings - open book Jul 10, 2007, 11:00 pm
Yes, CBA has its share of celebs, some well-known only in the CBA world, others on a broader stage. Today I saw (but didn't photograph)Jerry Jenkins (co-author of the Left Behind series.) being interviewed with his son, with whom he...
Back to China - open book Jul 10, 2007, 12:43 am
I've not had the time or opportunity to really explore the reception of the Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics, but here are a couple of comments: Jen Ambrose has several useful posts from the past week. Adam Minter does as...
Yes, there are Catholics... - open book Jul 9, 2007, 11:30 pm
There are a few Catholic exhibitors at CBA, and I'm sure more than a few Catholic attendees as well - spotted one sister in full-length habit today, drilling some purveyor of digital music something-or-other about his products. A subtle side...
Speaking of monks - open book Jul 9, 2007, 11:36 pm
...a quick side trip this afternoon to the Trappist Monastery of the Holy Spirit in Conyers which we have both visited many times before. A first time for these two, though, one of whom re-named the place in his own...
Open Wide the Doors - open book Jul 10, 2007, 12:06 am
Also in Conyers: Outside: Inside: Mother of God Catholic Church, Byzantine-Ukrainian Rite. The parish is located on the property formerly known, back in the 80's, as the site of the purported visions of Nancy Fowler, long since gone, I think,...
Don't listen to him, Coach Dungy - open book Jul 9, 2007, 2:54 pm
...he's a Jaguars fan. (The best I could do, rushing to get the camera out and making sure two Wild Boys were still in sight...) One more, after the jump...
Where in the world? - open book Jul 9, 2007, 3:07 pm
Now. What could this be? Click here for a much larger version on which you can almost read the inscriptions. Remember it says on the top, and cascading from there are names and quotations. And below that, a shrouded body....
Varia from afar - open book Jul 9, 2007, 12:05 am
...from here and there. Just grabbing links as I roam. Literally. So don't be out there reading this thinking I'm attempting any coverage. Not here, at this moment! Hitting bottom, liturgically - and as you read, remember that this Moment...
And on the Motu Proprio - open book Jul 7, 2007, 11:39 pm
In addition to all the usual suspects, have a look at Ohio pastor Fr. Martin Fox, who frankly discusses the challenges and also points out:Now we have the great tradition itself, plus what the Council said, plus what re-thinking liturgists...
Still alive - open book Jul 7, 2007, 11:07 pm
...although far less pale than usual. Sort of normal blogging will resume sometime this week....
Letter to China - open book Jun 30, 2007, 8:29 am
The text of the Pope's letter to Chinese Catholics is here. An explanatory note is here....
On Sts. Peter and Paul - open book Jun 29, 2007, 7:54 am
Today is the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Yesterday, at St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Pope formally declared 2008 to be a Pauline Year. The CNS coverage is here. The Vatican Radio report here.You can read a translation of...
Letter to Chinese Catholics - open book Jun 29, 2007, 7:58 am
Will, indeed, be release tomorrow: (to journalists at 9, then under emargo until noon, giving them a chance to write their stories.)Si informano i giornalisti accreditati che domani, sabato 30 giugno 2007, sarà a disposizione, a partire dalle ore 9...
The Pallium: - open book Jun 29, 2007, 8:02 am
From AsiaNews:Benedict XVI today imposed the pallium on 46 metropolitan archbishops in a sign of their communion with the Apostolic See during mass in St Peter's basilica. The pallium is a stole made of lamb's wool, symbolizing the bishop's vocation...
Car reading... - open book Jun 28, 2007, 11:25 pm
There's nothing to get me back into the habit of intense reading than long periods in the car. Which I had today. So...the New Yorker and at last the article in the Atlantic, by Adam Minter about Shanghai Bishop Jin...
Required reading - open book Jun 28, 2007, 11:51 pm
From Dan at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Read, pass on, especially to journalists attempting to understand this MP business. Including Catholic journalists:In the 1930's and into the 1940's, a handful of Jesuits and Dominicans began a movement to...
Confirmation of the meeting - open book Jun 28, 2007, 8:00 am
Zadok has a translation of today's Vatican Press Office Bulletin announcement about yesterday's meeting. In all of this, let's not forget the letter to the Catholics of China, which rumor has said will be released this Saturday. I was thinking...
Okay, that Motu Proprio - open book Jun 27, 2007, 9:39 pm
Coming, according to news reports on 7/7. I'm not in a position to blog or have comments at the moment - y'all would be posting and posting, but nothing would appear 'til night, so I don't want to waste your...
Learn to chant - open book Jun 27, 2007, 9:33 am
In Detroit on Saturday...
The temptation to Arianism - open book Jun 27, 2007, 9:43 am
Today, in his General Audience, Pope Benedict took on the figure of St. Cyril of Jerusalem, and focused on his fight against Arianism, and the application to today:'Denying Christ's divinity”, which was at the centre of Aryan heresy, 'is still...
Big doings - open book Jun 27, 2007, 12:39 am
BIg doings in Rome over the next few days, leading up to Friday, the solemnities of Sts. Peter and Paul and the bestowing of the pallium on Sunday. First, the schedule, via PRF: June 26 17:30 Cardinal Bertone celebrates Mass...
Random Varia - open book Jun 26, 2007, 11:30 pm
One of those posts. Please take a look at the blog of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of the Apostles. The order described in this article in the Catholic Key, is a new one, and they have the project of...
Searching.. - open book Jun 26, 2007, 5:34 pm
The Search inside the book feature has been activated on The Apostles. If you read the talks as he gave them, nothing much new, but if you're considering using it as an adult ed resource, you might want to get...
Can't stand it - open book Jun 26, 2007, 2:35 pm
HWTN (Holy Whapping Television Network) is back on the air!Thursday.8:00 PM. Luminous Mysteries Movie of the Week. Barat: Cultural Learnings of 19th Century Catholic France Make for Glorious Benefit Nation of America. In this movie film, busload of bewildered monoglot...
Now That's religion reporting - open book Jun 26, 2007, 1:02 pm
A tussle in Spain:A northern Spanish village is furious at a community of nuns whom it accuses of stealing three religious statues, the daily El Mundo reported Monday. The religious order of the Discalced Carmelites had been present for 125...
Into the Scottish Silence - open book Jun 26, 2007, 10:37 am
Over at Slate, a 5-day diary by Inigo Thomas of time spent at the Pluscarden Abbey. Somewhat interesting, from an outsider's perspective, no real attempt to understand the spiritual engine of the place. He never mentions if he attends any...
*Brave new world - open book Jun 26, 2007, 10:04 am
English and Welsh bishops make a statement:Human embryos injected with animal cells, or chimeras, should be accorded human status under proposals to be considered by the British Parliament in the fall, said the Catholic bishops of England and Wales.They also...
Florence v. Rome - open book Jun 26, 2007, 10:10 am
Sandro Magister reflects on the state of the Church in Tuscany, reprinting a recent article by a professor of the sociology of religion in Florence, who in turn (are you still with me) uses a recent letter from some Catholics...
Douthat on Hitchens - open book Jun 26, 2007, 10:18 am
A review:Every talented writer is entitled to be a bore on at least one subject, but where religion is concerned Christopher Hitchens abuses the privilege. For years now, he has supplemented his prolific punditry and criticism with a stream of...
I read Fr. Richard McBrien's latest column last night, and spent a few minutes with teetering between feelings of well of course he would say that and what is he saying? The column is on conversion. Fr. McBrien writes that...
On the contrary - open book Jun 26, 2007, 9:22 am
A few weeks ago, one of the bloggers at Cosmos-Liturgy-Sex commented on Phliip Jenkins' observation that some forms of Christianity are growing in Europe, and Eurabia might not be inevitable:I would only add that if the future of Christianity lay...
That Motu Proprio. Pope Benedict issued a Motu Proprio today - about Papal elections. Fr. Z explains.Pope Benedict XVI desires that the manner of electing a Pope in a conclave will return to an earlier form. John Paul II had...
Apostles on the brain - open book Jun 25, 2007, 3:18 pm
So, I spent most of late last week and the weekend working on this study guide for The Apostles, finishing up today with suggestions for opening and closing prayers for each of the twelve sessions. The study guide will be...
Who do your books say that I am? - open book Jun 25, 2007, 12:29 pm
Eric Miller of Geneva College takes a quick survey of some recent books on the Jesus issue in Christianity Today - from Marcus Borg to Craig Evans. That is, from the Jesus Seminar gestalt to refutations of same. Not surprisingly,...
Praying for the China Letter. More than 600 female monasteries are praying 'so that the Holy Father's letter is well-received, China opens up to the Gospels and give unrestricted religious freedom to all believers.” This initiative is the brain-child of...
To the library - open book Jun 25, 2007, 9:19 am
Today, Benedict visited the Vatican Library, which has been in the news lately because of a 3-year shutdown that will begin in July. The closing has caused much distress to scholars, as detailed by the NYTimes hereSince the Vatican announced...
Arts and Crafts - open book Jun 24, 2007, 12:28 am
Auberon Waugh - son of Alexander, grandson of Evelyn - has written a family history. Looks interesting. Hey, Lickona, doesn't that inspire an anecdote? The Tavener concert at Westminster was this past week. An account of a protest in front...
Hometown history - open book Jun 24, 2007, 1:12 am
An article in one of the local papers (and yes we still have two dailies - Lord knows how) - about the local priest who, in addition to pastoring two parishes, directs the diocesan historical museum. He's also the master...
Who knows... - open book Jun 23, 2007, 8:48 pm
...if this is true. Cum grano salis, and all that. But here's what the Daily Mail is saying about today's meeting: Lots of sources say this means kind of language. But the Pope's miracle crack is worth noting. Put him...
Chinese Catholics - open book Jun 23, 2007, 10:42 am
Several points of discussion this week. First, the Chinese government to destroy a shrine:Next July 16th pilgrims and faithful from Henan will not be allowed to go on pilgrimage to the sanctuary in Tianjiajing. The government from the province of...
Visiting the Pope - open book Jun 23, 2007, 9:28 am
Well, today was Blair's visit. I've not joined in the feverish he's-about-to-convert speculation because, well, it's coming from the British press, and who knows. Various stories about the visit linked here. (Blair's gift to the Pope, seen here, consisted of...
*Pro-Life Dems - open book Jun 22, 2007, 9:00 pm
...meet in NY:At the Democrats for Life conference Wednesday, Oklahoma Democratic state legislator Rebecca Hamilton, who has successfully sponsored legislation to restrict abortion, spoke of the arduous role of being a pro-life Democrat. She said she'd been 'attacked about as...
Next question - open book Jun 22, 2007, 9:15 pm
Will he: eat them? I found 3 today on the tomato plants...I guess it's their year. I've never had a garden here. Well, I've never exactly had a garden anywhere. So I don't know if Cicadas eat tomatoes or not....
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*Speech-less (70 hits)- open book Apr 14, 2006, 10:03 am
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*Schiavo in Queens? (69 hits)- open book Jun 10, 2005, 3:24 pm
A quite interesting post at the Benedict Blog about a contentious family/nutrition and hydration case decided by a judge who took a far, far different path than Judge Greer, and actually, among other points, took the family's (Orthodox Jewish) faith...
*Under Study (69 hits)- open book Nov 23, 2005, 11:07 am
RU-486 comes under scrutinyFederal drug regulators have discovered that all four women in this country who died after taking an abortion pill suffered from a rare and highly lethal bacterial infection, a finding that is leading to new scrutiny of...
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