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March 2013

March 21, 2013
Details:  The Catholic Northwest Progress, a newspaper published for more than a century by the...
March 20, 2013
Details: The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople has invited Pope Francis to travel with him to...
March 20, 2013
It concerns  Jerónimo José Podestá, an Argentine bishop who left the priesthood to marry. One...
March 20, 2013
Some details, from CNS: For the good of all people, the care of the poor...
March 20, 2013
A famous woman from a rich family reports on a famous saint from a rich...
March 20, 2013
Some think his chances have just improved.  From CNS: Salvadoran clergy are hopeful that the...
March 20, 2013
Get used to it.  More than a few people might be hearing that in the...
March 20, 2013
An alert reader sent this my way: it's an e-mail from Patrick Lencioni, who runs...
March 20, 2013
From an interview the new pope gave last year: When I was a seminarian, I...
March 19, 2013
Check out this snippet from last Friday's daily briefing with reporters. The briefer is Victoria...
March 19, 2013
A statement from Jesuit Superior General Father Adolfo Nicholas, following yesterday's meeting with his fellow...
March 19, 2013
This morning, in the middle of the biggest day of his life, he got out...
March 19, 2013
The full text of today's homily, from the Vatican: Dear Brothers and Sisters, I thank...
March 18, 2013
Every New Yorker's paper of record—the Post!—dissects the phenomenal popularity of the hit cable series: ...
March 18, 2013
A few choice nuggets:  Regarding the beginning of the ceremony, the Pope, once having entered...
March 18, 2013
As we watch the historic papacy of Francis begin to unfold, and read about his...
March 18, 2013
From the Vatican:  The President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria...
March 18, 2013
From the CNS Twitter feed: the ring is not one made specially for this occasion....
March 18, 2013
It isn't every day that you encounter these kinds of stats on Twitter: 1 TWEET....
March 17, 2013
That was my thought, at least, watching the remarkable and touching images of Pope Francis...
March 17, 2013
Given the widespread reports that the current pope was a runner-up in the last conclave,...
March 17, 2013
Details from Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis is celebrating Sunday Mass in the parish church of...
March 17, 2013
A revealing anecdote from an interview in 2009 with the man who would become Pope...
March 16, 2013
If you want a sense of the new pontiff's personality and his thinking, check out...
March 16, 2013
You can't make this stuff up:  Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man this week elected as...
March 16, 2013
Why yes, it appears he is: Bishops will do that, from time to time—these days,...
March 16, 2013
Back in 1978, when Karol Wojtyla became Pope John Paul II, a French journalist sent...
March 16, 2013
Back in 1978, when Karol Wojtyla became Pope John Paul II, a French journalist sent...
March 15, 2013
This is a pretty big deal, folks:  The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I will...
March 15, 2013
From Sister Mary Ann Walsh with the USCCB in Rome: Pope Francis’ style will make...
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