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September 2013

September 28, 2013
Actually, it's Orthodox priests. But, this gives an interesting window into what some clergy get...
September 28, 2013
[Click here for the readings.] This gospel couldn’t be more timely—or more challenging.  This familiar...
September 28, 2013
Walmart, not content with just offending parents and Catholics, was until recently also doing its best...
September 28, 2013
From the Washington Post:  A new poll finds that major changes in religious affiliation are underway...
September 27, 2013
From the New York Daily News, and reporter Lee Moran, here's my nominee for the...
September 27, 2013
From the Boston Pilot:  At the ordination Mass of 12 new permanent deacons at the...
September 27, 2013
An instant classic. And she even mentions the pope. You have to see this for yourself....
September 27, 2013
On "60 Minutes," the FOX News host talks about his new book—published just in time...
September 27, 2013
From Religion News Service:  The Christian mission field “is a magnet” for sex abusers, Boz...
September 27, 2013
You might think, from various excited postings around the Interwebs, that Pope Francis is about...
September 26, 2013
Behold: singer Sam Robson who, in multiple takes, created this stunningly beautiful a capella rendition...
September 26, 2013
It's our own Leah Libresco, writing about priests and vestments: When an actor puts on...
September 26, 2013
Details:  A parish employee shot himself twice inside St. Mary Magdalen Catholic Church early Thursday...
September 26, 2013
From AFP:  Jesus Christ was the world's first tweeter because his pronouncements were "brief and...
September 26, 2013
In the Los Angeles Times, writer Meghan Daum made a compelling observation, I thought, about...
September 25, 2013
A few words from someone in a position to know, from the next edition of...
September 25, 2013
Details:  The Mater Hospital in Dublin's north inner city is one of 25 named in controversial legislation...
September 25, 2013
This news may raise a few eyebrows:  Former President George H.W. Bush and his wife...
September 25, 2013
A grateful diaconal bow to Joseph Susanka, who discovered this little masterpiece, from Improv Everywhere:...
September 25, 2013
This was very much on the pope's mind this morning—along with some other challenging thoughts...
September 25, 2013
And what is happening in Newark may be telling.  Rocco has everything you need to...
September 25, 2013
It may be one of the great success stories—growing 300% in 20 years, to become...
September 24, 2013
That's the summary that kicks off this report:   I read an interesting summary of the...
September 24, 2013
Elizabeth Scalia takes note of a searching soul she once knew:   I never met Sarah;...
September 24, 2013
From CNS:  In a letter to an atheist Italian mathematician, retired Pope Benedict XVI defended...
September 24, 2013
Willie H. Fowler (center), his daughter Tamara and wife Carol (right) socialize with Elisabeth Omilami....
September 24, 2013
Details:  Providence College, a Roman Catholic institution in Rhode Island, has canceled an event in...
September 24, 2013
Hours after that interview with the pope was published, the grumbling began—and from some unexpected...
September 23, 2013
From the National Catholic Reporter:  Pope Francis will appoint a coadjutor archbishop to the Archdiocese...
September 23, 2013
I've been reading some of the reaction to the ground-shaking interview with Pope Francis. Not...
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