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January 2017

January 31, 2017
No one can miss the message in this artfully produced ad, released today—but be careful you don't...
January 31, 2017
Wow:  A Florida priest murdered last year has appealed from beyond the grave for his...
January 31, 2017
This first broke in the New York Post, and has now even appeared in the U.K....
January 31, 2017
Details: Charles Miller, who was charged with punching the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic...
January 30, 2017
This was released today, a joint statement from Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of...
January 30, 2017
Details:  On the evening of January 19, parishioners gathered at the doors of St. Agnes...
January 29, 2017
You can see the shocking video of the attack above. Details:  A 48-year-old Newark man...
January 29, 2017
Here's a sample. You can read the complete texts at the links. I'll be updating...
January 29, 2017
Total time for the vetting process: 13 years. From AFP: Six Syrians including Christians were...
January 29, 2017
During my visit this weekend, I was able to walk several blocks from my hotel...
January 29, 2017
I met this man standing outside my hotel this morning. Something I've noticed about downtown...
January 29, 2017
From The New York Times:  If Mr. Trump had hoped for Christian leaders to break...
January 27, 2017
The obituary: Ruth Bauer, 92 and William Bauer, 97 passed away together within hours of...
January 27, 2017
Maybe: Callista Gingrich, the wife of Newt Gingrich, the former House speaker and a friend...
January 27, 2017
For those who missed it, below is the full text of Vice President Mike Pence's...
January 27, 2017
This is (as my friend Frank Weathers put it) pretty great. From YouTube: Yassin Terou...
January 27, 2017
This is something impressive: a short video bout the March for Life, from Immaculate Heart...
January 26, 2017
Great news! Details:  Vice President Mike Pence will speak on Friday to a gathering of...
January 26, 2017
A couple weeks ago, my pastor and I attended an interfaith gathering at a local...
January 26, 2017
Details: Employment rates among Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland are now level, with both...
January 25, 2017
From the BBC:  The Netherlands is to set up an international fund to support abortion...
January 25, 2017
The TV legend died today at 80: Mary Tyler Moore, the Oscar-nominated actress best known...
January 25, 2017
Video of the encounter is posted above, from Rome Reports. It happened today:  Among those...
January 25, 2017
Today, the Church marks the Conversion of St. Paul, a memorable event in the Acts of the...
January 24, 2017
You may remember when the bishop of Rockford got into the act a few months...
January 23, 2017
Details:  Someone sprayed graffiti on Pro-Life Action Ministries in St. Paul, including, “Another (expletive) mouth...
January 23, 2017
Good for her:  Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton came to the defense of Barron Trump...
January 23, 2017
From Politico:  If there was any doubt about President Donald Trump’s stance on abortion, he...
January 23, 2017
It might be useful for us all at this moment to revisit the wisdom of...
January 23, 2017
Attention must be paid:   Charlie Liteky, an Army chaplain in Vietnam who won the...
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