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(notice) LCWR president Pat Farrell, OSF will be giving an interview about LCWR on the NPR show, Fresh Air with Terry Gross. NPR will broadcast the program (barring any major news event that would shift the schedule) today.  Fresh Air is broadcast on more than 450 NPR stations across the country. If you are not sure when it airs in your local area, you can obtain that information here. You can also listen to the show online. The show is usually posted after 3 PM ET on the day it is broadcast.

(commentary) Pope shuffles Vatican’s deck with two key appointments by John Allen Jr. in the National Catholic Reporter

(blog) On Women Religious: How I Continue to Agree and Disagree with Ross Douthat by Dan Horan OFM on Dating God: Franciscan Sprituality for the 21st Century

(blog) St. Louis: A “Sister” City/Welcomes the LCWR to St. Louis/ Show Your Support for Catholic Sisters/LCWR in this Historic Moment by Bridget Mary Meehan on Bridget Mary’s Blog

(blog) A Free Pass for Catholic Conservatives? by John Gehring on Bold Faith Type at Faith in Public Life

(blog) Rabbi Challenges the Catholic Church by Eliza Wood in the Huffington Post

(blog) Generic nuns in Baltimore decline, sell property by Terry Mattingly on Get Religion

(column) Words to remember— ‘You’re in my prayers and in my heart’ by Dermot Cole in the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

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