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January 2013

January 30, 2013
A colleague at work said, "Hey, you should put this on your blog," and sent...
January 30, 2013
With Catholic Schools Week now at its midway point, I thought I'd repost something from...
January 30, 2013
Brendan Marrocco lost all four limbs in the war, but as he explains in the...
January 30, 2013
Details, from the Texas Catholic Herald News:  Twenty-nine men received the sacrament of Holy Orders...
January 30, 2013
Details, from the Texas Catholic Herald News:  Twenty-nine men received the sacrament of Holy Orders...
January 29, 2013
 Details:  Leaders of U.S. Roman Catholic and some Protestant churches will sign a historic agreement...
January 29, 2013
Here are a couple glimpses at the work being done by the Catholic Near East...
January 29, 2013
Reading about the new married priest in Buffalo, and thinking of other priests in similar...
January 29, 2013
From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Say so long soon to Colleen Carroll Campbell, former Post-Dispatch staffer, who...
January 29, 2013
This is pretty big news:   Recalling his trip to Lebanon and inviting the whole...
January 29, 2013
This is pretty terrific, and deeply moving: a short video about a boy named Antonio...
January 28, 2013
Most of us know the answer. The Chicago Tribune puts its finger on a trend...
January 28, 2013
A one-time giant in journalism gets caught with its pants down.  It's not pretty. From...
January 28, 2013
A heartening story from this morning's New York Times:  For more than 160 years, St....
January 28, 2013
Details:  Franciscan friar Stephen Baker, who faced brewing litigation for alleged abuse, died Saturday at...
January 28, 2013
After Friday's column, in which Kansas City's Bishop Robert Finn accused it of undermining church teaching, the...
January 27, 2013
With a new married priest in Buffalo getting so much buzz, I was intrigued by...
January 27, 2013
Yes. I hadn't heard about this before, but it's catching on.   Details:  A collaborative project...
January 27, 2013
Father John Cornelius, the first married priest in the Diocese of Buffalo, gives communion to...
January 26, 2013
Tim Drake has a very good interview with Abby Johnson posted at the National Catholic...
January 26, 2013
That's the assessment of canon lawyer Ed Peters, writing about the item that's raising eyebrows...
January 26, 2013
Here's an interesting glimpse into this phenomenon from Jaweed Kaleem at Huffington Post.  I suspect...
January 26, 2013
A little something for all you canon lawyers out there, via Vatican Radio:  Lack of...
January 26, 2013
 [Click here for readings.] So, how are those New Year’s Resolutions going? Back on January...
January 26, 2013
The cardinal archbishop of Washington, Donald Wuerl, pops up in today's Washington Post and offers a...
January 26, 2013
 [Click here for readings.] So, how are those New Year’s Resolutions going? Back on January...
January 25, 2013
I posted on him a few days ago.  Now, some more details, from the New...
January 25, 2013
In his diocesan paper, Bishop Robert W. Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph raises questions about...
January 25, 2013
It's one of the most familiar fables of the American stage, "Our Town."  It has...
January 25, 2013
They don't get much better than this.  Enjoy.  
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