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December 29, 2019
‘The Jews are beloved of God’
I wanted to break my silence today, to post something following the horrific attacks in...
December 04, 2019
CNA: Rochester bishop requested Sheen beatification delay
This makes a lot of sense. Details: The beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen was delayed...
December 04, 2019
Hollywood on the Tiber: When Francis met Redford
Here's something you don't see every day: Robert Redford and the Holy Father. Rome Reports...
December 04, 2019
Growing number of U.S. Latinos leaving Catholic Church for Islam
Details: About 8 percent of all Muslim Americans adults are Latino, according to a 2017 report from...
December 04, 2019
It’s official: Malone resigns; Albany’s Scharfenberger to Buffalo as administrator
The Vatican announced it today, as expected: The Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the...
December 03, 2019
Sheen beatification postponed after bishops ‘ask for further consideration’
From CNA: The scheduled beatification of Ven. Servant of God Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has...
December 03, 2019
John Boehner, Catholic
"I could say a Hail Mary every day for the rest of my life and...
December 02, 2019
Reports: Buffalo’s Bishop Malone to step down Wednesday
From The Buffalo News: Bishop Richard J. Malone will request an “early retirement” and exit...
December 02, 2019
How a ‘fallen away’ Catholic became a priest
A great story, from Aspen, Colorado: Christianity is filled with stories of rapid-fire callings to...
December 02, 2019
Alberto Rojas, Chicago auxiliary, appointed to San Bernardino
From the Vatican bulletin: The Holy Father has appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Bernardino (USA)...
December 01, 2019
Shock: Bishop of Duluth dies at church Sunday morning
Details: The bishop of the Roman Catholic Church’s diocese in Duluth for the past 10...
December 01, 2019
Pope writes Apostolic Letter on meaning, importance of Nativity Scene
From the translation, via Zenit: 1. With this Letter, I wish to encourage the beautiful...
December 01, 2019
German Catholic Church debates celibacy and more at its synod
"The Germans brought on the Reformation 500 years ago and divided the Catholic Church, and...
December 01, 2019
VIDEO: Priest at center of communion controversy explains his decision
This is worth your time: an interview with Father Scott Nolan, the priest who told...
November 2019
November 29, 2019
Steubenville to ordain first married priest, a former Pentecostal minister from its first diaconate class
Big news, via CNS: Deacon Drake McCalister, a former Pentecostal minister, has been given approval...
November 28, 2019
The Christmas commercial everyone will be talking about
This popped up (in a shorter version) during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and you...
November 27, 2019
Priest denies communion to judge in same-sex marriage — UPDATED
The video below from WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids tells the story: Details: Judge Sara...
November 27, 2019
Deacon Paul Sullivan, master of the art of heraldry, dies
If you don't know his name, you do know his work. Deacon Sullivan designed the...
November 26, 2019
In a first, WV bishop demands his predecessor apologize, pay restitution
“We regard the former bishop’s acceptance of this plan of amends as an act of...
November 26, 2019
NBC’s survey of Catholic Church employees reveals divisions
1 in 3 Catholic Church employees says sex abuse/misconduct is "still a major problem." Details:...
November 25, 2019
That’s just thurible. Here’s something to leave you incensed.
And amused. From Prince of Peace Catholic Church and School in Taylors, SC, as posted...
November 25, 2019
We gather together: an interfaith Thanksgiving service in Queens
Our community celebrated the holiday a little early Sunday, with our annual interfaith Thanksgiving service....
November 25, 2019
‘Don’t become a priest’
That's the blunt message Franciscan friar Casey Cole offers in the video below — and...
November 24, 2019
A deacon father’s priceless gift to his son, a priest
A beautiful image: I spent the weekend at the St. Francis Retreat House in Easton,...
November 23, 2019
‘That just tells you what a beautiful world you have’
Oh yeah. This. A thousand times, this. On Thursday, 12-year-old Jonathan Jones, a colorblind student...
November 23, 2019
A Deacon’s Prayer
I read this beautiful prayer as part of my retreat presentation this afternoon, and there...
November 23, 2019
Defiled: missals burned, excrement spread in French church
In the church, prayer books were burned, excrement spread, a statue thrown to the ground. ...
November 22, 2019
Another 20th century American is about to be beatified
While much of the attention has been on Fulton Sheen these days, a young man...
November 21, 2019
Pope Francis on prostitutes, addicts, migrants: ‘All are part of our family’
From today's homily in Bangkok: All of us become missionary disciples when we choose to...
November 21, 2019
Bad habit: retirement home told nun to stop wearing religious clothing
And now authorities say the home was wrong. From The New York Times: A Catholic...
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