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April 2014

April 09, 2014
The building that housed it may soon be history. From The New York Daily News: ...
April 09, 2014
Details:  Teachers and staff working at dozens of Catholic schools in the Diocese of Oakland...
April 09, 2014
The latest wrinkle, from The Charlotte Observer:  The controversy over a recent speaker at Charlotte...
April 09, 2014
Wow. Life imitates television. That's a scary thought. From Mother Jones:  On Tuesday morning, Fox &...
April 09, 2014
A mother struggles with being both a Christian and a liberal academic—and it sounds like...
April 08, 2014
I've never seen anything quite like this. And I'll wager you haven't either. From the...
April 08, 2014
From my conversations with clergy around the country, this result isn't all that surprising. But...
April 08, 2014
Details:  Police have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with last week's murder of 24-year-old father-to-be Nathan...
April 08, 2014
From Reuters:  Relatives of a nine-month-old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken...
April 08, 2014
From CNS: Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper at...
April 08, 2014
Potentially significant? Details:  A Roman Catholic priest from a St. Paul parish saw his sexual misconduct conviction...
April 08, 2014
 The New York Times has an interesting piece this week about efforts by Catholic schools...
April 07, 2014
A mother with kids at a nearby middle school has been following the controversy at...
April 07, 2014
Priceless. One man gives voice to what so many dads are feeling these days.
April 07, 2014
From the In My Backyard Desk, via the New York Daily News: Years before he...
April 07, 2014
From The Catholic Herald:  A Dutch Jesuit priest who chose to remain in the beseiged...
April 07, 2014
Photo: by Astrid Riecken for the Washington Post Details:   Having worked in Catholic church music...
April 06, 2014
But otherwise: this is pretty sensational. Popped up on my Facebook feed, and I couldn't...
April 06, 2014
I made mention of this in my homily today: a special day for the Sacrament...
April 06, 2014
From his column in The Boston Globe:  In Catholic parlance, certain terms carry weight far...
April 06, 2014
From CNN:  Umma Azul, whose godmother is the country's President, on Saturday became the first...
April 05, 2014
It could happen, if this juicy tidbit comes true: Stephen Colbert is CBS' top choice...
April 05, 2014
By now, you may have heard the horrifying story of Nathan Trapuzzano, a 24-year-old man married...
April 05, 2014
Details from the Associated Press:  Trying to appease angry parishioners, the archbishop of Atlanta said...
April 05, 2014
How the Times of London is promoting its Sunday culture section. This is just amazing.
April 05, 2014
Details:  A city board on Thursday gave a Muslim group the go-ahead to remove six...
April 05, 2014
Several days ago, we got a glimpse of the papacy that made history—something that was...
April 04, 2014
From The Catholic Herald:  The Dominican sister who gave a presentation on sexuality to students...
April 04, 2014
Don't try this at home.  Although it seems scientists think it would work: Noah's Ark...
April 04, 2014
Turns out the former CBS News reporter has launched her own website—sherylattkisson.com—and has posted some...
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