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January 2015

January 09, 2015
"Signing the Register" by Edmund Blair Leighton (U.S. Public Domain/Wikipedia) From The New York Times:...
January 09, 2015
The gospel legend is going to see The King. He died Thursday at 72. From...
January 08, 2015
Photo: by Aprille Hanson / Arkansas Catholic From Arkansas Catholic:  When he was around 12...
January 08, 2015
Seriously? From RTE: Philippine traffic officers and crowd control personnel are to wear adult diapers...
January 08, 2015
From AdWeek: Sometimes a mistake is so embarrassing, it cycles all the away around the...
January 08, 2015
Photo: CNS/L'Osservatore Romano From John Allen in Crux:  Pope Francis met two American media stars...
January 08, 2015
It happened yesterday, during his catechesis during his audience. From Vatican Radio:  Reflecting on the...
January 07, 2015
From that venerable news source, Us Weekly:  Hollywood meets the Holy See! Tinseltown royalty Brad Pitt and Angelina...
January 07, 2015
From George Weigel via The Pilot:  According to an old Vatican aphorism, "We think in...
January 07, 2015
A certain deacon, preaching "in the presence of priest," on Gaudete Sunday. The noted priest...
January 06, 2015
Kathy Schiffer has the scoop:  Archbishop Thomas Wenski, archbishop of Miami, has warned archdiocesan employees that...
January 06, 2015
Andrew Cuomo by Pat Arnow via Wikipedia From The New York Daily News: Former Gov....
January 06, 2015
From The Providence Journal:  Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin said Monday he rejected an...
January 06, 2015
Here's something altogether different, from Rome Reports: a glimpse inside the plane that carries the...
January 06, 2015
From an interview with a website called New Emangelization:   I think there has been...
January 06, 2015
Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2007 (photo by Tracey Nolan from Toronto, Canada via Wikipedia) From The Daily...
January 06, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Father Federico Lombardi, SJ, head of the Holy See Press Office, has...
January 05, 2015
The day before Mario Cuomo's funeral in New York City, the city's fabled 92nd St. Y...
January 05, 2015
Today marks the feast of St. John Neumann, and a deacon friend reminded me of...
January 05, 2015
Bishop Edward K. Braxton, from the website for the Diocese of Belleville, IL. From CNS: ...
January 05, 2015
The Rev Jacob Duche offers the first prayer for the Continental Congress, September 7, 1774,...
January 05, 2015
From The Papist:   Earlier this year she announced plans to produce an investigatory documentary on hormonal...
January 05, 2015
Jesús en casa de Anás by José de Madrazo Agudo (1803) via Wikipedia  From The...
January 05, 2015
I can't recall reading anything by a member of Catholic clergy on this particular subject...
January 04, 2015
Those words came from a homily delivered at an unusual ordination this weekend in Albany....
January 04, 2015
Shrine at Our Lady of Sorrows (from parish website) From the In My Backyard Desk,...
January 04, 2015
And: No one from the United States is on the list. The Wall Street Journal...
January 03, 2015
Before we take down the lights, and sweep up the pine needles, and cash in...
January 03, 2015
A few of the Sisters of Our Mother of Divine Grace, from their website. Some...
January 03, 2015
Arnhem Skate Hall, formerly the Church of St. Joseph (photo: Facebook) From the Wall Street...
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