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April 2013

April 30, 2013
From New Zealand:  Hundreds of parishioners watched in shock as a Catholic priest died at...
April 30, 2013
Details:   Joseph Thomas Finnigan, the 73-year-old Catholic deacon who admitted stealing $120,000 from Grand Haven...
April 29, 2013
But wait, there's more:  At an annual art school parade [at Carnegie Mellon University], a...
April 29, 2013
Good to know for all those who have dealings with Cardinal O'Malley or Archbishop Chaput....
April 29, 2013
From a German news website: Germany's top Roman Catholic has called for women to be...
April 29, 2013
The e-mail went out this morning: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops welcomes Kim Daniels...
April 29, 2013
Details:  A student shot himself with a gun in front of classmates at his Cincinnati...
April 29, 2013
From a German news website: Germany’s top Roman Catholic has called for women to be...
April 29, 2013
You may remember the story of Newark's Fr. Michael Fugee from February.  Now, an update...
April 29, 2013
His story, and why he did it, from the Chicago Tribune:  Just days after crossing...
April 28, 2013
Details:  At least four people were hurt at an Albuquerque church Sunday when a visitor...
April 28, 2013
My blog neighbor Fr. Mike Duffy notes that it's that time of year again: the...
April 28, 2013
Take a look:  "A man drunk with God", the title (from the French) of the...
April 28, 2013
From the Post-Tribune newspaper, which toward the end makes mention of deacons: Early in his...
April 27, 2013
A website calls attention to this item in a USCCB newsletter on the new Roman Missal, from...
April 27, 2013
They aren't exactly flying nuns, but they're definitely on the air. Details:  Yesterday we spent...
April 27, 2013
[Click here for readings.] “As I have loved you, so you also should love one...
April 26, 2013
From the Atlantic Wire:  For their May cover, following the Boston Marathon bombing, Boston Magazine has created an...
April 26, 2013
What's it like to live and pray in an officially atheist state?  CNS has a...
April 26, 2013
His homily from today: Our journey of faith is not one of alienation, but prepares...
April 26, 2013
You may remember this story from earlier in April.  Now, an update:  The story of...
April 25, 2013
  Meet Ronald Davis, a homeless man from Chicago whose story has suddenly become a...
April 25, 2013
The cardinal, on his blog, explains:  It was a lesson I began to learn when...
April 25, 2013
Details:  A former teacher who said she was fired for being gay said she was...
April 25, 2013
From John Thavis:  It looks like Pope Francis will be finishing ex-Pope Benedict's encyclical on...
April 25, 2013
That's how the Diocese of Brooklyn describes its new ads for "hipster Jesus." From CNN:...
April 24, 2013
From the Detroit Free Press:  Retired Episcopal Bishop Gene Robinson, who was the first openly...
April 24, 2013
The visionary producer Mark Burnett has had another vision: dollar signs. Details:  Jesus is heading...
April 24, 2013
Fr. Michael P. Orsi—a research fellow and scholar at Ave Maria University in Florida— makes...
April 24, 2013
  Details:  Aleppo's Greek Orthodox archdiocese said Wednesday it had no news on two Orthodox bishops...
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