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April 2013

April 18, 2013
Cardinal Sean O'Malley's remarks from today's interfaith memorial service at the cathedral in Boston.
April 18, 2013
If the press isn't responsible, the government will start trying to tell it what to...
April 18, 2013
I’m opening up comments for this, to see what you parents out there have to...
April 18, 2013
That comment, and more, is contained in a message the Holy Father sent to Argentine...
April 17, 2013
As the YouTube description puts it: Before the Bruins-Sabres game, Rene Rancourt starts singing, and...
April 17, 2013
Details:  A gay physical-education teacher who was fired from a Catholic high school in Clintonville...
April 17, 2013
Pat Summerall, the sportscasting legend who died yesterday, struggled with alcoholism for much of his...
April 17, 2013
You may remember that I posted on this upcoming event a couple weeks back.  Now,...
April 17, 2013
You may remember that I posted on this upcoming event a couple weeks back.  Now,...
April 17, 2013
Some surprising and encouraging news out of England and Wales: New figures for 2012 show...
April 16, 2013
You may remember the story of Fr. Greg Shaffer that made headlines several days back....
April 16, 2013
I quoted from this sermon after Sandy Hook, and it's worth reprinting here today. This...
April 16, 2013
The Holy Father sent a telegram today, through his Secretary of State: His Eminence Cardinal...
April 16, 2013
This image, from Facebook, appears to be his First Communion picture. Details:   The 8-year-old boy...
April 16, 2013
Details:  Archbishop Charles J. Chaput joined a distinguished group on April 12. It includes four...
April 16, 2013
The pope emeritus turns 86 today. From Vatican Radio:  The German Embassy to the Holy...
April 15, 2013
They were everywhere Monday: the good guys.  EMS workers, rescuers, cops, volunteers, runners who completed...
April 15, 2013
Chilling video, from the Boston Globe website. God have mercy.
April 15, 2013
Elizabeth Scalia notes the pope tweeted a little something yesterday that sounds uncannily like the...
April 15, 2013
From the Vatican website:   Today the Superiors of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...
April 15, 2013
Details:  Jesus has been depicted in art as triumphant, gentle or suffering. Now, in a...
April 14, 2013
Here's something you don't hear about often: a Catholic parish has erected a memorial to...
April 14, 2013
It's a question a few people are asking, after Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley became the...
April 14, 2013
It came up yesterday during his homily (which, appropriately, included a mention of the first...
April 13, 2013
This story is rather loosely sourced—there are versions of it here and here—but it's too...
April 13, 2013
Veteran journo Paul Moses ponders that question over at Commonweal's blog:  There is a lively debate over...
April 13, 2013
Deacon Keith Fournier writes:  In 1996, on the Feast of the Body and Blood of...
April 13, 2013
Deacon Keith Fournier writes:  In 1996, on the Feast of the Body and Blood of...
April 13, 2013
From the Associated Press:  Pope Francis marked his first month as pope on Saturday by...
April 12, 2013
The Wall Street Journal has just published an e-book on the papal election, and there's...
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