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October 2016

October 19, 2016
From RNS: Several senior cardinals in Rome are apparently furious about plans to open a...
October 18, 2016
From the Archbishop of Louisville and the President of the USCCB. Check it out, below....
October 18, 2016
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, writes in his archdiocesan newspaper, The Leaven: In...
October 18, 2016
You probably remember this shocking story from last month. Now an update, from Crux: Mexican...
October 17, 2016
Incredible but true: Features Repeated print front and back Stretch waistband Made with 82% Polyester,...
October 17, 2016
A reader in Ireland wrote to ask about a homily he thought he'd seen on...
October 17, 2016
An interesting shift, via The Guardian:  For almost 75 years it has been a reassuring...
October 17, 2016
From CNN:  Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Kaine made campaign history Sunday morning as the...
October 17, 2016
A sign of the times, via The Tennessean: Every Sunday, the Catholic prayers and songs...
October 17, 2016
From CNN: With the operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS under way, the fate of...
October 16, 2016
While a few people have been writing about changes coming to the Rite of Marriage...
October 15, 2016
Remember this name: Ernest Simoni. Until this past week most Catholics, I suspect, had never...
October 15, 2016
Reaction is pouring in to those emails. Details: Catholic bishops and political campaigners alike have condemned...
October 14, 2016
It may be Deacon Bill Necessary. From the Tyler Morning Telegraph:  Deacon Bill Necessary has...
October 14, 2016
It hasn't come up in the debates. The candidates haven't mentioned it on the stump....
October 13, 2016
From Elizabeth Scalia, who sums things up perfectly and pointedly: Podesta & Company’s words speak...
October 12, 2016
From today's general audience, words of wisdom from Francis. Watch here: Photo: Paul Haring...
October 12, 2016
This has been generating a lot of attention and discussion over the last 24 hours. Details:...
October 12, 2016
This statement was just released by the USCCB: Archbishop William E. Lori, Chairman of the USCCB’s...
October 11, 2016
Yep: Call it a sign of the times. More couples these days want to avoid...
October 11, 2016
Details:  "Wonderful things happen when God is a part of our lives. I believe a...
October 11, 2016
Details:  Good news for Jim Gaffigan fans who couldn't get a ticket to the comedian's...
October 10, 2016
From CNS:  The Catholic bishops of Texas Oct. 10 called for the abolition of the...
October 09, 2016
Big news from the Vatican this morning: Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich was awarded one of the...
October 08, 2016
Last week, as Rosh Hashanah was beginning, the Jewish writer Ruth Wisse wrote a beautiful...
October 08, 2016
Details, from CNA:  The Catholic political advocacy group CatholicVote.org has joined calls for Republican presidential...
October 08, 2016
From Crux:  Baseball fans across the country were saddened at the end of an era...
October 08, 2016
Nathan Schneider writes in America: I've only ever met one person of my generation—just barely...
October 07, 2016
The devastation in the Caribbean has been severe, and the toll is only expected to...
October 07, 2016
This appeared in St. Louis, but it's been popping up all over the country. The...
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