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September 2011

September 04, 2011
I didn't, until blogger (and deacon's wife!) Kathy Schiffer wrote about it a few days...
September 04, 2011
Want to know the secret of greater productivity at work? Some researchers are happy to...
September 04, 2011
You gotta see this. HuffPo notes: RTL, a German television station, provided this tearjerking footage...
September 04, 2011
"We have reminded Christians of the wonderful words of Genesis which tell us that God...
September 03, 2011
I just love this.   Watch it and share it. UPDATE: For those who have asked,...
September 03, 2011
Okay.  Besides being a deacon, St. Gregory the Great was also a pope and a...
September 03, 2011
Christians Down Under are outraged over changes in the national school curriculum that would remove...
September 03, 2011
It's a phenomenon that cropped up shortly after the terror attacks, and the New York...
September 03, 2011
From the Baltimore Sun, a profile of longtime FOB (Friend of the Bench) Rocco Palmo,...
September 03, 2011
[Click here for the readings] Not long ago, I read a short essay by a...
September 03, 2011
Okay.  Besides being a deacon, St. Gregory the Great was also a pope and a...
September 03, 2011
[Click here for the readings] Not long ago, I read a short essay by a...
September 03, 2011
The annual tennis match is unfolding just down the road from where I live, and...
September 02, 2011
That's how one priest I know described this new setting to the familiar (some would...
September 02, 2011
Just in time for Labor Day, this week the Catholic Standard in Washington introduces readers...
September 02, 2011
“The moral measure of this historic process is not which party wins or which powerful...
September 02, 2011
You almost never hear of Catholic priests being suspended for being too conservative -- but...
September 01, 2011
This "national church" commands the highest point in Washington and remains a significant spiritual and...
September 01, 2011
For those who thought the 9/11 memorial wine wasn't quite tacky enough...now this. Details: To...
September 01, 2011
Why, Lord, must the good days come to an end? Why are memories not enough?...
September 01, 2011
"Honey, here's something fun for the family...let's go!" H/T to The Ironic Catholic.
September 01, 2011
I have to say: this looks really good. The website for the film describes its...

August 2011

August 31, 2011
It revolves around an interview with Piers Morgan that was broadcast Wednesday night: Presidential candidate...
August 31, 2011
Archbishop Charles Chaput has decided to forgo the customary knock on the cathedral door when...
August 31, 2011
“Those who are adherents to Islam are entitled to pursue their worship in the United...
August 31, 2011
The man who was the most visible spiritual leader to New York's Roman Catholics on...
August 30, 2011
The newspaper's media empire -- growing in collaboration with its new owner EWTN -- continues...
August 30, 2011
Details: A federal judge on Tuesday blocked key provisions of Texas' new law requiring a...
August 30, 2011
As Ramadan ends, this video below is making the rounds, courtesy a group called My...
August 30, 2011
In the days ahead, a lot of us will be struggling to put into words...
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