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September 2016

September 09, 2016
Details:  Among the 21 Coptic Christian workers beheaded on a beach in Libya last year by...
September 09, 2016
Father Jacques Mourad answers that question and more:  Father Jacques Mourad ministers in Sulaymaniya, in...
September 09, 2016
Poignant and potent. How do we welcome the stranger? Photo: NPR
September 09, 2016
You may remember this story from a few days ago. The little boy finally got...
September 08, 2016
The candidate took a break from her usual speech slamming Donald Trump and gave a...
September 08, 2016
From CNN:  Three women who were likely planning an "imminent and violent" attack were arrested...
September 08, 2016
Details:  Ordinations in the Extraordinary Form will take place in England and Wales possibly for...
September 08, 2016
Will he kneel after a home run? Tim Tebow is changing teams—and sports. And it's...
September 08, 2016
"This Church" would be the Catholic Church.  Here's a welcome perspective, from Philip Jenkins in...
September 07, 2016
Over the weekend, I posted this video by Donald Trump, saluting Mother Teresa. I noted...
September 07, 2016
Another woman is touting an attempted ordination to the Catholic priesthood: Mary Alice Nolan will...
September 07, 2016
From The Catholic Register in Canada: A Scarborough, Ont., parish is mourning the loss of...
September 07, 2016
Details:  Young Catholics are leaving the faith at an early age – sometimes before the...
September 06, 2016
Sad but true:  One of the largest Catholic hospital systems in the Midwest is saying...
September 06, 2016
If you want to understand Donald Trump's faith, it helps to understand one of the...
September 06, 2016
It happened after Mother Teresa's canonization Sunday: Despite being 79-years-old, Pope Francis shows no sign...
September 06, 2016
As some of you know, I'm an occasional contributor to the monthly devotional magazine Give Us...
September 05, 2016
I noticed this while channel surfing tonight, and it seems worth noting. If you haven't...
September 05, 2016
A great story about faith on the local news?  Yes indeed. From Troy, New York,...
September 05, 2016
The first trailer for the new HBO series was released over the weekend: a strange,...
September 05, 2016
From Sister Suzanne Toolan and the Sisters of Mercy website comes this remembrance:  I wrote...
September 05, 2016
From the Facebook page of the North Bend, Oregon police: This morning, our dispatcher informed...
September 04, 2016
The film unspooled this weekend at the Venice Film Festival. Is this Mel Gibson's act...
September 04, 2016
From Australia:  In 2006, 14 men were ordained to the Permanent Diaconate for the Archdiocese...
September 04, 2016
When this first popped up on my Facebook feed, I thought it must be a...
September 03, 2016
If you’re looking for something to jolt you awake this morning, this Gospel should do...
September 02, 2016
Words for this weekend, as we mark one saint's feast and prepare to celebrate another's...
September 02, 2016
Some may remember this story from last year. Now, an update, from David Gibson at RNS: ...
September 01, 2016
Vatican Radio reports: ‘It’s not every day that you have a new work of mercy...
September 01, 2016
Would something like this ever happen in the United States? Read on, from Canada's Catholic...
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