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October 2013

October 03, 2013
Pope Francis is getting a lot of heat, and grief, for describing proselytism as "solemn...
October 03, 2013
I have no idea what this tastes like. But I can tell you this much:...
October 03, 2013
Just got this press release from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, which touches on...
October 03, 2013
This is today's reflection from Give Us This Day, the monthly prayer periodical published by...
October 02, 2013
To me, the fact that he's impressed isn't as surprising as the fact that a...
October 02, 2013
Good question. I got an e-mail today from a deacon friend on the West Coast:...
October 02, 2013
CNS has the answer: Pope Francis and his eight cardinal advisers on church governance spent...
October 02, 2013
I do. It was this one: Angel of God My guardian dear To Whom His love...
October 02, 2013
Eugenio Scalfari talks about his interview with what's-his-name. In Italian.
October 02, 2013
Sister Camille D’Arienzo. Photo by Uli Seit for The New York Times Jim Dwyer in...
October 02, 2013
Some fascinating Jewish analysis of Pope Francis, via The Jewish Daily Forward:  It is not...
October 01, 2013
Gerard Nadal captures something I've been thinking for a while, but puts it better than...
October 01, 2013
It happened in France:  A French priest in Nice, south-eastern France, this weekend blessed his...
October 01, 2013
They're sounding a lot like some American Catholics, actually. From the New York Times:  The...
October 01, 2013
While people try to find their balance after this morning's seismic jolt in La Repubblica,...
October 01, 2013
And Rocco Palmo has the first take-away: In the latest proof of his desire to...

September 2013

September 30, 2013
Two weeks ago, Ohio sportscaster Dom Tiberi's daughter was killed in a tragic car accident....
September 30, 2013
The esteemed Dominican concludes his reflection on the Pope Francis interview with this note: Pope...
September 30, 2013
Picking up where she left off last week, Mary DeTurris Poust offered some thoughts this...
September 30, 2013
Acclaimed film maker Charles Ferguson unloads over at Huffington Post, and explains what derailed his...
September 30, 2013
Not that surprising, since Pope Francis mentions that idea often (and he's no slouch at...
September 30, 2013
Details: History was made in the Archdiocese of Armagh yesterday when the Primate of All...
September 30, 2013
And it's only Monday. California wife comes out as lesbian to husband, who in turn...
September 30, 2013
Incredibly, this is the third time this parish has faced this ordeal in the last...
September 30, 2013
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis on Monday morning held the Public Ordinary Consistory for the...
September 29, 2013
  Photo: Newsday / Alejandra Villa Details from Newsday:  In classrooms where Catholic girls once...
September 29, 2013
A writer shares some reservations about the pope, and concludes: I will be honest here:...
September 29, 2013
A friend posted this on her FB page, and it's striking: a 1942 image from...
September 29, 2013
From Religion News Service:  After decades of glum trends—fewer priests, fewer parishes—the Catholic Church in...
September 28, 2013
From the Twin Cities Pioneer Press:  Since taking over University of St. Thomas this summer,...
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