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August 2016

August 14, 2016
It doesn't get any better than this. From the Facebook post of Michael and Megan...
August 14, 2016
The great saint died 75 years ago today—and I'm reminded of this great story from...
August 14, 2016
One of the great untold stories of the Rio Olympics, from Catholic News Agency:  Katie...
August 14, 2016
The esteemed Sara Butler in First Things looks at what we know about women and...
August 14, 2016
The archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, offers some thoughts in his column this week: My...
August 14, 2016
An interesting comparison of the two men running for vice president, from retired sociology professor William...
August 13, 2016
A small but significant part of the culture is disappearing, and the landscape is changing: ...
August 13, 2016
From The Telegraph:  Women ripped off their black burqas and defiantly smoked cigarettes, while the men...
August 13, 2016
It should be noted: the Church is already ordaining married men, both as priests and...
August 13, 2016
Details, translated by Google from the original French: The archbishop of Rouen is prepared to initiate...
August 13, 2016
August is full of feast days devoted to some of the greatest saints in the...
August 13, 2016
And it's happening thanks to a surge in Catholics from India, who are bringing with...
August 12, 2016
I've heard this argument before, and the Rev. Thomas Reese expounds on it further in...
August 12, 2016
This trailer has been online for a couple months now, but just crossed my radar...
August 12, 2016
There's a lot wrong with this. A lot. Details from Catholic News Agency:  Ryan Scheel...
August 12, 2016
The Washington Post reports on what they call "the most extensive religious speech of the...
August 12, 2016
Details:  The nation’s oldest Roman Catholic university announced this week that it has appointed its...
August 11, 2016
It happened last week in New Mexico. Details:  A former Albuquerque city councilor filed a lawsuit...
August 11, 2016
I know a few deacons who have had this experience. But here's a story from...
August 10, 2016
What is their secret?  They should bottle it. Details:  St. Mary’s Catholic Center is blessed...
August 10, 2016
My Salesian friend Father Mike Mendl delivered a really good homily today on St. Lawrence. Here's...
August 10, 2016
We need more news like this:  Many are familiar with “The Vicar of Baghdad,” Canon...
August 10, 2016
From the USCCB website:  The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to offer...
August 10, 2016
The image here comes from the ridiculously talented Deacon Lawrence Klimecki. I've ordered copies of...
August 10, 2016
I received an email yesterday from Deacon Ed Shoener, from the Diocese of Scranton. I met...
August 09, 2016
This story has been making the rounds of social media: In a document that lays down...
August 09, 2016
Really. Here's something completely different: In another manifestation of Biblical precepts interacting with modern life,...
August 09, 2016
From The Hollywood Reporter: The team behind Fox's The Exorcist reboot really did their research....
August 08, 2016
I didn't. Marian apparitions get all the press. But St. Joseph has been popping up,...
August 08, 2016
This just in: As the calendar turned from spring to summer and the political season...
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