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Seminary has tsunami of applications

Catholic News Agency

St. Joseph Seminary in Yonkers, N.Y., has received dozens of applications after Pope Benedict XVI’s visit for a youth rally earlier this month. "It's been like a tsunami, a good tsunami of interest," Father Luke Sweeney, the Archdiocese of New York's vocations director, told the New York Daily News.  “I've been meeting people all week and have a lot of e-mails I haven't had the chance yet to respond to. It has been incredible.” More info here>>

Cardinal corrects Giuliani's mistake

The New York Times

Cardinal Edward M. Egan, archbishop of New York, said Monday that former New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani should not have received holy Communion during the visit of Pope Benedict XVI because  Giuliani supports abortion rights. Cardinal Egan said in a statement on the archdiocese's website that he and Mr. Giuliani had reached “an understanding” when he became archbishop in 2000 that Mr. Giuliani “was not to receive the eucharist because of his well-known support of abortion.” More info here>>

Americans know the Good Book

Reuters

A new study by the Catholic Biblical Federation found that Americans are among the world's most 'Bible-literate' people, and Spaniards, French and Italians are among the most ignorant about what the "Good Book" says. Asked if they had read a phrase from the Bible in the past 12 months, 75 percents of American respondents said yes, while between 20 percent and 38 percent of respondents in the other eight countries said yes. More info here>>

Today’s podcast

Joe McClane, host of “The Catholic Hack” and self-proclaimed Scott Hahn groupie, interviews Kimberly Hahn, whose new book “Chosen and Cherished” offers biblical wisdom for building stronger marriages and families. More info here>>