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July 2013

July 05, 2013
Via Fr. Z:  The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF)...
July 04, 2013
An interesting look back:  When the Declaration of Independence was drafted on July 4, 1776,...
July 04, 2013
From yesterrday's edition of "Morning Joe" comes this roundtable on the abortion situation in Texas....
July 04, 2013
 George and Mary Kandra, my grandparents, with their daughter, Anne, in the backyard of the...
July 04, 2013
Well, those are four words I never thought I'd put in a headline.  But then...
July 04, 2013
If you're wondering about the Holy Father's first planned trip outside of Rome next week,...
July 03, 2013
This is a minister by the name of Jim Standridge preaching at Immanuel Baptist Church...
July 03, 2013
This is clever, marking today's Feast of St. Thomas, from Catholic Memes:   
July 03, 2013
From the pope's homily today: "In the history of the Church there have been some...
July 03, 2013
This is a minister by the name of Jim Standridge preaching at Immanuel Baptist Church...
July 03, 2013
Seriously? Yes. This is what we have come to. Details:  The same orange-clad abortion rights...
July 02, 2013
Details:  The president of a prominent Minnesota Catholic high school resigned last week after he...
July 02, 2013
From CNS:  A diverse group of religious leaders, including Catholics, Protestants, evangelicals and a representative...
July 02, 2013
Funny how a random visit to Facebook can clarify one's thinking. He's been on my...
July 02, 2013
From the New York Times:  In an indication of the shifting center of power in...
July 02, 2013
From the Daily Telegraph: A Catholic priest has been shot and killed in northern Syria,...
July 01, 2013
This comes via Da Tech Guy on DaRadio:  There was a moment during Sunday’s victory...
July 01, 2013
A reader writes: A friend brought your blog post of 1 July 2013 to my attention (UPDATE:...
July 01, 2013
From the Facebook page for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter: Congratulations...
July 01, 2013
Any video that opens with deacons is a video you have to see.  :-) Some...
July 01, 2013
Note: I've removed an earlier report from this blog indicating that the Vatican had confirmed...
July 01, 2013
Rocco has the scoop:  At a pre-Noon briefing today, the Holy See announced that Pope...
July 01, 2013
From Vatican Radio: Britain may allow a controversial technique to create babies using DNA from...
July 01, 2013
From the Facebook page for the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter: Congratulations...

June 2013

June 30, 2013
Amazing but true. Details:  There aren't a whole lot of priests in the Latin Church...
June 30, 2013
Details:  Pope Francis on Sunday praised his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for courageously following his conscience...
June 29, 2013
From TIME magazine: Following a lawsuit and more than a year of controversy, at noon on...
June 29, 2013
These pictures were accompanied by the headline, "Mother's First Deer." They come from this site...
June 29, 2013
Another voice falls silent. Details, from a statement released last week: Dear Readers, The June...
June 28, 2013
So, as I mentioned earlier today, I was invited to be a guest this afternoon...
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