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U.S. Catholic: June 2007

Pass the faith, please
Handing on Catholic tradition and practice to your kids can be a little more strenuous than passing the peas and carrots. Not to worry, writes Catherine O’Connell-Cahill in this Reader Survey. U.S. Catholicand family newsletter At Home with Our Faith readers have plenty of ideas to keep family faith cooking.

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From the newsdesk:
June 18
U.S. church leaders call for child health plan

Pope appeals from Assisi for peace in Middle East

June 15
Remembering low-income fathers on Father's Day

June 14:
Gaza: Caritas hospital forced to close as violence escalates

Abortion decision could cost Amnesty International Catholic support

June 13:
U.S. Catholic Bishops/Catholic Charities USA call for more talk on comprehensive immigration reform

Catholic Charities USA to Congress: To reduce poverty and strengthen families, support low-income fathers

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Selections from the June issue of U.S. Catholic

A betrothal proposal
Cohabitation may seem to be a decidedly modern issue, but Catholic tradition can engage its ancient resources to get couples back into the church’s good graces.

Web special:
A betrothal ceremony

The Examined Life:
Sweet Jesus!
A chocolate sculpture of the crucified Christ can give us the chance to learn the difference between a mere aesthetically upset stomach and real moral indigestion.

Margin Notes:
Iran spam
A shockingly awful public relations campaign is underway for yet another war.

The Busy Christian's Guide to Catholic Social Teaching
Visit our popular online guide to 100 years of Catholic tradition.

Multimedia:
Images from Chicago's march for immigration reform

Quicktime 7 is recommended for best viewing.

Guy Consolmagno Siteseeing with astronomer Guy Consolmagno

cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/mpc.html
The astronomical sites I visit are not flashy but useful. For more detailed information about comets, astroids, and trans-Neptunian objects, which make up the heart of my research, I contact the Minor Planet Center at Harvard. The Vatican Observatory’s site is: vaticanobservatory.org.

comedycentral.com
When I am abroad, to keep in touch with what’s really going on back in America, I connect to the source that most people trust for their news: The Daily Show.

girlgeniusonline.com
Comic book sites like this are fun and remind me that what I do is only slightly removed from magic. The artists are a husband-and-wife team, whom I first met at a science fiction convention.

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