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April 2014

April 15, 2014
Oops. Details, from AFP:  A woman who underwent fertility treatment at a clinic in Rome...
April 15, 2014
From CNS:  President Barack Obama praised Francis during an Easter prayer breakfast at the White...
April 15, 2014
He appeared on RTE's "The Late Late Show" a few nights back.  He performed an...
April 15, 2014
This is exceptional: An 14 incredible years in the making, this viral video shows Lotte Hofmeester grow from...
April 15, 2014
Details:  The Maltese parliament legalized same-sex unions and gay adoption on Monday in a 37-0...
April 14, 2014
In Prague, it seems, everybody wants to wish you a Hoppy Easter.  They got an...
April 14, 2014
Details: A tech-savvy priest who has worked on social media technology for the Vatican is...
April 14, 2014
So say the Academy Award-winning songwriters behind the monster hit, "Frozen," in this interview with...
April 14, 2014
I first posted this during Advent, but it seems even more timely now. Check it...
April 14, 2014
The Catholic actor took the stage at the MTV Awards last night—and it was definitely...
April 14, 2014
From Pope Francis' Angelus yesterday: At the end of this celebration I offer s special...
April 14, 2014
A paper in South Jersey, the Courier-Post, looks at the controversy over where bishops live,...
April 13, 2014
After reading the post about Elizabeth Scalia's forgettable Palm Sunday, a couple folks on Facebook...
April 13, 2014
This sounds just awful. From the vault, Elizabeth Scalia's reflections on last year's Palm Sunday...
April 13, 2014
Details:  Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter’s Square, ignored his prepared...
April 12, 2014
The third Blues Brother has been discovered. Palm Sunday vigil Mass at Our Lady Queen...
April 12, 2014
Back in the 1960s, there was a TV show called “That Was The Week That...
April 12, 2014
John Allen, as usual, sees the bigger picture. Writing about yesterday's strongly-worded remarks on clerical...
April 12, 2014
Mark M. Gray from CARA has some fascinating insight into which Catholics are most involved...
April 11, 2014
Strong words this morning: I feel compelled to personally take on all the evil which...
April 11, 2014
Photo: Patrick Dodson/Pool I've said it before, I'll say it again: Albany, you are blessed....
April 10, 2014
From The Tablet in London:  A bishop who met with Pope Francis in a rare...
April 10, 2014
  An interesting dissection from The Tablet in Brooklyn: At the top of Bishop Scharfenberger’s...
April 10, 2014
As I speculated a few days back ...Stephen Colbert to replace Letterman.  In a curious...
April 10, 2014
  Photo: Paul Haring/CNS That's the irresistible headline to this blog post from Tuesday by...
April 10, 2014
Photo:Lori Van Buren / Times Union I couldn't have put it better myself. Those words...
April 10, 2014
 Photo: D. Kevin Elliott for MailOnline.com I don't think you'll read anything more heart-rending this...
April 09, 2014
From The Catholic News Herald:  In a statement issued today, Bishop Peter J. Jugis called...
April 09, 2014
Fascinating stuff, from CNS:  A restorer carefully peeled back a thin wet veil of paper...
April 09, 2014
The modern version of an ancient devotion remains perennially popular, and now Mark Zimmerman at...
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