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An amazing piece of Street Theatre has been planned for this year's Village Halloween Parade... and all you patriotic New Yorkers are invited to participate -- as zombie followers of Obama! This is a follow-up to last year's successful skit, "Zombies for Obama," led again by artistic director Reynolds Butler. Parading up Sixth Avenue this October 31 will be a group of Obama-worshiping zombies, chanting "Hope... Change... Hope... Change..." and led by an outrageous and wonderfully offensive Barack Obama. You can participate in several ways: •March as a zombie follower of Obama •Blog about the event to increase publicity •Videotape...

Help, my son is not learning anything about traditional Catholic doctrine in his 6th Grade CCD class. For instance, he does not even know what the Immaculate Conception is. They talk about the Readings and the Gospel verse for Mass that day which is okay, but he needs to learn to the tenets of the Faith. It looks like I will have to do it, not that I mind at all. I contacted Tan Books based on EWTN's recommendation, and I ordered a book but have yet to hear back from them. Is there another good book source I can...

I read this article and I am crying and hurting for our men and women in uniform. As an ordinary American citizen who doesn't currently have family members in the military, HOW CAN I HELP? What can I do to boost morale other than post comments supporting our troops and PRAYING? Point me to any organizations that I can help, please. Even if it's only to mail cookies with a note to say that you're on my mind. Thank you.

I want to come back to the Church, but our parish is so big, I doubt the priests remember my name. I have talked to one of my priests about an annulment, and he was so blase', and he even used cuss words, which surprised me a lot. Where I live is not my hometown, no family or church friends here. I am struggling to stay on the straight and narrow and could use a caring priest or fellow Catholic to help me. I even emailed Laura Ingraham yesterday about it because she had an interesting priest on her show...