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June 2016

June 26, 2016
The Deacon's Wife and I went to see "Finding Dory" Saturday night. Herewith, a quick...
June 25, 2016
Congratulations and welcome, brothers! I got to meet these guys when they became lectors two years...
June 25, 2016
Details:  A Rocky River priest was attacked at gunpoint during confession, police said. Rocky River...
June 24, 2016
A heart-rending, astonishing story from today's Washington Post: Norma Winffel and her husband Mike had...
June 24, 2016
What we have come to: Priests and anyone else in “the orbit of the church”...
June 23, 2016
Maybe:  Pope Francis’ position on the death penalty is abolitionist. He believes there is no...
June 23, 2016
Something beautiful and new, via the Latin Patriarchate website: Graffiti painted along the Separation wall,...
June 22, 2016
It was a great night for the Diocese of Brooklyn, as 12 men were admitted...
June 22, 2016
From Crux:  Although they’ve often been portrayed as a study in contrasts, a book excerpt...
June 22, 2016
When this item landed last week, it set many Facebook feeds aquiver, with the jaw-dropping...
June 21, 2016
From Pew:  There are many different kinds of gender gaps, including one in religion. In...
June 21, 2016
I had a great chat with the veteran journalist, radio host and author several days...
June 21, 2016
A huge h/t to Joseph Susanka who posted this yesterday. It's now exploded on social...
June 20, 2016
He makes videos like this.  I'd love to know the story behind this. But it's...
June 20, 2016
Check out this amazing story from the Catholic Leader:  Last month the people of Wadeye, Northern Territory,...
June 20, 2016
Some very good and welcome analysis on the subject, via CNA:  A virtual brouhaha erupted...
June 20, 2016
From Catholic News Agency: For the estimated 5,000 deaf and hard-of-hearing Catholics in the Archdiocese...
June 19, 2016
This morning, we find ourselves facing one of the defining moments in scripture, when Jesus...
June 18, 2016
From Bishop Christopher Coyne of Burlington, who notes: I can remember the days leading up...
June 18, 2016
From NPR:  A German court sentenced 94-year-old Reinhold Hanning to five years in prison for...
June 17, 2016
Several people online have wondered what Cardinal Timothy Dolan thinks about the latest news about the...
June 17, 2016
Reading about the pope's recent remarks on marriage, in which he speculates that many, if not most,...
June 17, 2016
Some of you may remember this story from some weeks back, about a mother cradling...
June 17, 2016
From Vatican Radio:  A group of nine Syrian refugees, including two Christians, arrived in Rome...
June 17, 2016
From The Angelus, the online edition of The Tidings in Los Angeles, a glimpse into...
June 16, 2016
Details:  Pope Francis said Thursday that the great majority of sacramental marriages today are not...
June 16, 2016
From Australia comes this story about schoolchildren transformed by the practice: Two Catholic teachers with a devotion to...
June 16, 2016
Take and read:  It can be difficult to feel hopeful after a tragedy of the...
June 16, 2016
Attention should be paid:   Just hours after the shooting at a gay nightclub in...
June 15, 2016
This is something you just don't hear from politicians. It comes from Utah's Lt. Gov....
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