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Anne Rice “quits” Christianity

Anne Rice announced on her Facebook page the other day that she was quitting Christianity. Anything I could say about that is said better by the following blog post: The Deconversion of Novelist Anne Rice: Straw Men, “Baby / Bathwater” … Continue reading

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Stephen Colbert, again

According to Wikipedia, Stephen Colbert is “a practicing Roman Catholic, as well as a Sunday school teacher.” Whispers in the Loggia writes that he “is said to be quite devout in his practice of the faith, kids in Catholic school, … Continue reading

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Ricardo Montalbán

Ricardo Montalbán died on January 14, 2009 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 88.  He was a devoted Catholic and once said that his faith was the “most important thing” in his life. In 1998, Pope John Paul … Continue reading

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We’re Back.

I decided to try this again.  I re-registered the domain ages ago, and finally got around to bringing it back online today.  I’ve lost a bunch of posts, but the site needed some re-working anyway.

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Anne Rice

Anne Rice has been a cryptocatholic for the past six years. With the release of her new novel, _Christ the King_, yesterday and the accompanying press that she’s doing for it she has effectively come out of the closet globally, … Continue reading

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Christopher Hewett

Christopher Hewett, best known as “Mr. Belvedere”, was a “very active” deacon at St. Victor’s Catholic Church in West Hollywood. He was described by many as a devout Roman Catholic.

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Justice Clarence Thomas

This article contains the interesting tidbit that Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas “grew up attending Catholic school and joined the Catholic Church in second grade, [then after a stint as an evangelical] began attending Mass again a few years ago.”

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Harriet Miers, once Catholic?

Harriet Miers, President Bush’s bewildering nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court, was raised Catholic but became a “born again” Evangelical in her 30s. There is some question as to just how solidly Catholic she ever … Continue reading

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Disappointed

While the wedding date has not yet been set, Katie Holmes is with child by Tom Cruise. Some of Tom’s Scientologist friends are suggesting a “silent birth”, presumably to minimize the amount of auditing their child later has to go … Continue reading

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Stephen Colbert

Stephen Colbert is a practicing Catholic. He was raised Catholic and comes from a family of 11 kids. Colbert is either a cryptocatholic or another in a long line of Hollywood “Catholics” for whom their faith plays no real role … Continue reading

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