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November 25, 2013
Papa, don’t preach: Pope Francis, the nudge
CNS takes note of an interesting papal characteristic: nagging. To wit: When Pope Francis mills...
November 25, 2013
A Catholic university makes room for Muslims
From The Minneapolis Star Tribune: Dark-haired young men started arriving about 12:30 p.m., piling their...
November 25, 2013
Must-see video: how kids stood up for a boy being teased
From Bridgewater, Massachusetts: After the group of fifth-grade football players from Massachusetts found out their...
November 25, 2013
The Church faces a worrisome trend among Hispanic Catholics
Details, from The Arlington Catholic Herald: Even though data show that 38 percent of U.S....
November 24, 2013
“By the goodness of God, we are so far from want”
My parish is hosting the 25th Annual Forest Hills Interfaith Thanksgiving Service this afternoon. I've...
November 24, 2013
A look at deacons in the Orthodox tradition
This popped up in my Facebook feed and I thought it worth sharing here. It...
November 24, 2013
Flip this abbey: six Catholic couples buy South Dakota monastery
Here's an interesting update on a story I posted on The Bench back in January: ...
November 24, 2013
The story of Black Jack, JFK’s riderless horse
Now here's an angle of the Kennedy assassination I hadn't seen before: WHO WAS BLACK...
November 23, 2013
Called back: an ex-Mouseketeer’s journey from Paganism back to Christianity
From The New York Times: They’re an august alumni association, the Mouseketeers of “The All...
November 23, 2013
How Catholic was JFK?
A fascinating look at his faith, from CNN's Belief blog: When John F. Kennedy was...
November 23, 2013
Homily for November 24, 2013: Christ the King
Most people may not realize it, but the feast we celebrate this Sunday, the Feast...
November 22, 2013
Love at first sight: grooms seeing their brides for the first time
I love this. Check out this amazing gallery of reactions, compiled last year by Reddit....
November 22, 2013
What you might not know about the pope’s “huge following” on Twitter
Details: A good number of Pope Francis' followers on Twitter are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)...
November 22, 2013
Baltimore welcomes a new priest—and his wife and seven children
From the blog for the Anglican Ordinariate: On Friday, Nov. 15, after the conclusion of...
November 22, 2013
Altar servers: “Apostles who help make Jesus present”
From The Catholic Standard in Washington: Altar servers play an important role in the Church's...
November 22, 2013
JFK’s Catholicism: “Few presidents have been as religiously observant as Kennedy, yet reluctant to discuss their faith”
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: They stand among the most eloquent words that John F. Kennedy...
November 21, 2013
Two dioceses win injunction against Affordable Care Act
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: A federal judge today granted a preliminary injunction to organizations associated...
November 21, 2013
Beautiful: Pope blesses man with severely disfigured face
Details: While many spiritual leaders preach the importance of compassion, Pope Francis gives us all...
November 21, 2013
“I know so many Catholics…the things they’re hearing about the Pope make them want to go back to church…”
From Catholic News Service...Longtime FOB Lino Rulli has a few thoughts on Pope Francis and...
November 21, 2013
Tim Conway, Catholic
The comedy legend has a new book out, and Tony Rossi has a preview: During his high...
November 21, 2013
“Too much Catholic church music caters to old hippies…”
From England comes this commentary, with one composer's reflection on the problem and a solution......
November 20, 2013
“We really do have to stop being weird”
Those words, evidently, were among the arguments put forward for letting women serve as bishops...
November 20, 2013
Now THIS is a great commercial
It's popping up around Europe, evidently, and this website tells the story of how a...
November 20, 2013
Imagine: startling images of “Rock & Roll Heaven,” with rock stars as they might look today
Recognize the fellow here? It's John Lennon. Details: What might some of the rock 'n'...
November 20, 2013
The life of a priest, circa 1890
With the issue of clerical dress and attitudes a hot topic, my blog neighbor Pat...
November 20, 2013
Rome seminary offers class on “Media Training for Priests”
From Catholic News Agency: In an effort to equip future priests to better encounter the...
November 20, 2013
Pope calls on priests to be “servants of the sacrament” of forgiveness, says he goes to confession every two weeks
From his Wednesday audience: Speaking to the the faithful during the weekly General Audience in...
November 19, 2013
Supreme Court ruling keeps restrictions on abortions in Texas
From The New York Times: The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned away an emergency application asking it...
November 19, 2013
A woman priest on the walls of the catacombs?
Photo: AP Seems a stretch to me. But make of it what you will. From...
November 19, 2013
Flashback: how the Vatican responded to JFK’s assassination
This fascinating flasbhack recounts how the clergy at Vatican II first learned of the assassination—and...
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