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January 2015

January 20, 2015
The YouTube description from last year here notes: Muscovites braved minus 19 degree Celsius weather...
January 20, 2015
Details from Conroe, Texas:  Members of the community are grieving the loss of Mike Mims,...
January 20, 2015
Photo: Aaron Almadro A Filipino who attended a papal Mass last weekend writes of how cynicism...
January 19, 2015
We just completed the annual novena at my parish in honor of St. Pio—more popularly...
January 19, 2015
From The Anchoress: Fear is always what demands silence of others. In our neighborhood the...
January 19, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com From AP:  Pope Francis denounced Monday what he calls the "ideological...
January 19, 2015
Paul Wattson via OSV/CNS He's Rev. Paul Wattson a former Episcopal priest—the son of an...
January 19, 2015
Cardinal Raymond Burke by CanonLawJunkie via Wikipedia From author Patricia Miller:  For years they struck...
January 18, 2015
Photo: Diocese of Arlington via Facebook A hug that's worth a thousand words. Deacon Rafael...
January 18, 2015
Catholic News Agency has the exclusive:  Archbishop Bernardito Auza – a member of the organizing committee...
January 18, 2015
Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Rdsmith4 via Wikipedia From Associated Press:  To be fair, Natalie...
January 18, 2015
Details:  A teenager has revealed in an interview that she plans to marry her father...
January 18, 2015
From Catholic News Agency:  The Vatican's spokesman said that papal history was made Sunday during...
January 18, 2015
From The Houston Chronicle: The decline in the numbers is a bit of a paradox....
January 17, 2015
Details:  A 27-year-old Catholic charity worker has been killed after she was hit by a...
January 17, 2015
Photo: from Knights of Columbus This Sunday’s scripture has a very simple theme, surrounding the...
January 17, 2015
From The New York Daily News: Msgr. David Cassato, pastor of St. Athanasius Church in...
January 17, 2015
Photo: from Harstdale Pet Cemetery website From The New York Times: In December, Pope Francis...
January 17, 2015
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis improvised a special prayer at the end of the Holy...
January 16, 2015
St. Peter's Basilica by Wolfgang Stuck / Wikipedia From The Daily Mail:  He made headlines...
January 16, 2015
The AP confirms it:  Pope Francis issued his strongest defense yet of church teaching opposing...
January 16, 2015
Father Edward Smith celebrates Mass in Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Academy auditorium in a...
January 16, 2015
From The Minneapolis Star Tribune:  The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy...
January 16, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis made an unscheduled stop at a center for street children...
January 15, 2015
It made big news this week, and now it's not going to happen: Duke University...
January 15, 2015
From AP:  Four leading French imams and the Vatican issued a joint declaration Thursday denouncing...
January 15, 2015
NCR has interviewed author (and Patheos blogger) Pat McNamara about his new book "New York...
January 15, 2015
Image from Serra Club of Bethlehem, PA From Catholic News Agency:  In a surprise addition...
January 15, 2015
Photo by Jeff Belmonte from Cuiabá, Brazil via Wikipedia  A friend posted this on FB yesterday. It...
January 15, 2015
From Kathy Schiffer's blog:  “..My basic thought is that personal failures don’t necessarily mean that...
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