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December 06, 2013
What should you call a former Catholic priest?—UPDATED
I get the most interesting e-mails. After posting the news about Thomas Williams yesterday, I...
December 06, 2013
Pope Francis on Nelson Mandela: “I pray his example will inspire generations…”
From the Vatican: Pope Francis on Friday paid tribute to Nelson Mandela expressing his hope...
December 06, 2013
Lest we forget: before “The Sound of Music” went live, the Captain and Maria reunited “On Golden Pond”
While I've been reading a lot on social media about last night's live version of...
December 05, 2013
Former priest, Thomas Williams, marrying daughter of Mary Ann Glendon
From the AP: Thomas Williams, the onetime public face of the disgraced Legion of Christ...
December 05, 2013
More on divorce and communion: “There is no middle-ground”
From canon lawyer Ed Peters: We live in pervasively antinomian times [editor's note: read about...
December 05, 2013
Pope establishes special commission on child sex abuse
From Catholic News Service: Pope Francis accepted a proposal to set up a special commission...
December 05, 2013
Boston Globe: Francis giving other faiths “pope envy”
The reader who sent me this noted: "This is incredible for a Boston Globe editorial."...
December 05, 2013
Breakthrough: an artificial hand that feels
Fascinating stuff. This holds out hope for thousands who have lost limbs: There have been...
December 05, 2013
Patriarch tells pope of three “true martyrs” executed in Syria
Details: The Syrian Greek-Catholic Church has three "true martyrs". They are the "three men from...
December 04, 2013
Obama quotes the pope in economic address
Details, from the AP: The Pope is making the world sit up and pay attention...
December 04, 2013
Theology of the Dead Body: “‘The Walking Dead’ is fully Catholic”
There are two key moments that clinched it for me in "The Walking Dead." A...
December 04, 2013
Where the Extraordinary Form isn’t so extraordinary: South Carolina
A look at one parish that has made the traditional Latin Mass an integral part...
December 04, 2013
Jesus in a snowglobe? See that and more, on a list of the 50 weirdest Nativity sets—UPDATED
Egad. Details from blogger Mark Oestreicher: There’s no question about it: some are horrible and...
December 04, 2013
Dutch bishops give bleak report to Pope Francis
Details: Dutch bishops visiting Rome this week have given Pope Francis a dramatic snapshot of...
December 03, 2013
“TipsForJesus” leaving thousands of dollars for servers
Amazing, from NPR: "Crazy-generous" tips, as Gawker says, have been showing up on checks across the...
December 03, 2013
Argentine congress moves to nominate Pope Francis for Nobel Peace Prize
From Catholic News Agency: Argentina’s House of Representatives has passed a resolution to nominate...
December 03, 2013
New Jersey offers full police honors at funeral of 10-year-old boy
Photo: NBC News Beautiful and heartbreaking: In the New Jersey village of Ridgewood, Michael Feeney...
December 03, 2013
December 3, 1966
It was an unremarkable Saturday. History records that the only newsworthy event on record (or...
December 03, 2013
Shadows and light: you have to see these amazing sculptures
Details: From discarded wood, welded scrap metal, broken tools, cigarette packets, soda cans and piles...
December 03, 2013
“I have never met anyone who has regretted seeking an annulment…”
Elizabeth Scalia has some thoughtful — and especially timely—words this morning on the subject of...
December 03, 2013
Michigan woman sues U.S. Catholic bishops over medical treatment of miscarriage
I've never heard of a case quite like this. From The Chicago Tribune: A Michigan...
December 03, 2013
Syrian rebels kidnap nuns
From the Associated Press: The mother superior of a Syrian convent says 12 nuns have...
December 02, 2013
Pope Francis, bouncer
A fascinating tidbit about the pope's early life, from CNS: In addition to having worked...
December 02, 2013
War on Christmas? Maybe not.
From the Nashville Tennesseean, via USA TODAY: Nothing in evangelical Christian author Rachel Held Evans'...
December 02, 2013
Vatican official says communion for divorced and remarried Catholics will be discussed “without any taboos”
From Vatican Insider: “A new approach needs to be taken with respect to the administration...
December 02, 2013
Polish priest sentenced to eight years for child sex abuse
From the Associated Press: A priest in central Poland was sentenced Monday to more than...
December 02, 2013
Pope Francis: “Christmas is an encounter”
From his daily homily today: In his homily at the Santa Marta guesthouse on this,...
December 02, 2013
What Catholics with developmental disabilities bring to the Church
Photo: Karen Callaway Here's an aspect of parish life that doesn't get much attention. From...
December 02, 2013
What happens when one of these slams into George Jetson’s flying car?
Just in time for CyberMonday... The InterWebs are abuzz with the big story on "60...
December 02, 2013
An early Christmas present: the return of Bill Ditewig’s blog
After too many months, my good friend Triple D—the legendary Deacon Doctor Ditewig (Bill, to...
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