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April 2014

April 30, 2014
Really. Details: Bishop Jon Bruno, Bishop of the Diocese of Los Angeles, ordained Scott Claasen...
April 30, 2014
A surprising piece of news uncovered in Catholic New York: Cardinal John O’Connor, who as...
April 30, 2014
Well, this is different: Now you can have your beefcake and have someone feed it...
April 30, 2014
Horrifying:  A battle of political wills over Oklahoma's secretive lethal-injection protocol turned into a gruesome...
April 30, 2014
Cute:  Priests, nuns, and Romans of all ages have been very "happy" about today's dual...
April 30, 2014
Some exciting news, from Catholic Extension: Modeling faith in action, Catholics from Alaska to the...
April 30, 2014
This is highly unusual:  German priest Stefan Hartmann has sent a personal petition to Pope Francis...
April 29, 2014
A little over three years ago, I was blogging at Beliefnet when Elizabeth Scalia called...
April 29, 2014
Details: The Archdiocese of New York took a major step last week toward consolidating its...
April 29, 2014
Over the last 24 hours, in the wake of the Sarah Palin NRA comments, I've...
April 29, 2014
You may remember the controversy surrounding the blog "Protect the Pope", managed by Deacon Nick...
April 29, 2014
More commentary on last weekend's remarks by Sarah Palin—this from canon lawyer Ed Peters:  Sarah...
April 29, 2014
From today's homily—and he makes a reference to deacons, too:  In his homily at morning...
April 28, 2014
Sad news from Charlotte this weekend: Michael Gerard Kitson, 20, of Waxhaw, passed away on...
April 28, 2014
Fr. Dwight Longenecker, married with children, crunches the numbers: Many Catholics have no idea in...
April 28, 2014
She spoke to the NRA over the weekend. Details:  Sarah Palin would like all terrorists...
April 28, 2014
This press release just arrived in my "in" box:  Catholic dioceses and parishes across the...
April 27, 2014
I've said it before: I think journalism students in the 21st century should be required...
April 27, 2014
CNS wrote about the extraordinary number of people who attended the canonizations this morning—and spoke...
April 27, 2014
Details:  The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has backed the Pope’s call for open and immediate...
April 27, 2014
The New York Times columnist Ross Douthat mulls the implications of Pope Francis's controversial cold...
April 27, 2014
And the problem is particularly acute in Europe. Details:  In the mid-19th century, organists knew...
April 27, 2014
From Pope Francis's homily at the canonizations: The wounds of Jesus are a scandal, a...
April 26, 2014
From the always-interesting John Thavis:  The record-setting speed of John Paul II’s canonization does, indeed,...
April 26, 2014
From The Boston Globe's John Allen:  As he prepares to declare two revered 20th-century pontiffs...
April 26, 2014
This video should give all of us pause. Details:  In a video produced by ad...
April 26, 2014
It happened in the UK:  A headmaster was sacked from his job at a top...
April 26, 2014
With canonization fever under way, I thought it would be a good time to remember...
April 25, 2014
From the vault, here's part of a homily I delivered in 2011, on the occasion...
April 25, 2014
And that's not all. Details:  With popularity of Bible-themed projects showing no signs of subsiding, Fox has...
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