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July 2016

July 14, 2016
From the Facebook page of Knoxville Bishop Rick Sticka, who is overseeing the construction of...
July 14, 2016
Details:  Archaeologists have conducted annual excavations at the synagogue in Huqoq, an ancient village in...
July 14, 2016
Today marks the feast of St. Kateri Tekakwitha. Four years ago, when she was canonized, I...
July 14, 2016
This may have some significance; Catholics have voted for the winner of the popular vote in...
July 13, 2016
This is something altogether different for the venerable evangelization outfit. From their press release: Catholics...
July 13, 2016
Here's a demographic some pollsters and pundits might not have considered: It's go time for...
July 12, 2016
A poignant glimpse at The New York Times' legendary Bill Cunningham, who died just last month: Father...
July 12, 2016
Details about recovering the remains of a man many pray will one day be declared...
July 12, 2016
It's the kind of question a lot of families are hearing these days, and here's some...
July 11, 2016
Details:  The diaconate in Iraq is a "noble and dynamic mission" because it focuses on...
July 11, 2016
This should put an end to the discussion. From Crux: In the wake of recent...
July 11, 2016
Remarkable:  Najih Shaker Al-Baldawi, a local resident of Balad city in Iraq stopped a suicide...
July 11, 2016
From The Catholic Herald:  Cardinal Vincent Nichols has written to priests in Westminster diocese discouraging...
July 11, 2016
Diane Montagna has the scoop:  Pope Francis has appointed American journalist Greg Burke as the...
July 11, 2016
The search continues for the body of the Wichita seminarian who was swept away while...
July 11, 2016
And she's ministering, of course, in Vegas: If ever a nun seemed right for Las...
July 10, 2016
It's simple. He explains:  A strict daily routine is the recipe for a long life,...
July 10, 2016
Details:  For the first time in America, more people are being cremated than buried, according...
July 09, 2016
Details:  Recovery crews are searching for a man gone missing from a group of kayakers...
July 09, 2016
We don’t know his name. We don’t even know where, exactly, this encounter took place....
July 08, 2016
From the USCCB: Let Us Gather at the Cross A statement from Archbishop Joseph E....
July 08, 2016
From Bishop Kevin Farrell on his blog:  The magnitude of the violence in downtown Dallas...
July 08, 2016
Let us pray... O Mary, Help of Christians, in our need we turn to you...
July 07, 2016
A lot, according to Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, via CNS:  Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor of...
July 07, 2016
My friend Tom Zampino captures the culture at this moment: A culture that both celebrates and has...
July 07, 2016
This continues the monthly series of videos spotlighting the Holy Father's prayer intentions. For July,...
July 07, 2016
From Crux:  Pope Francis on Thursday named Archbishop Blase Cupich of Chicago to the Vatican’s...
July 06, 2016
The news that Cardinal Robert Sarah, the Vatican's liturgy chief, is encouraging priests to start...
July 06, 2016
The image above has been popping up on social media over the last 24 hours....
July 06, 2016
You may remember this item from a couple weeks back. Now, some interesting takes on the...
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