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April 2016

April 29, 2016
What a story, via Rome Reports: Ibrahim was a water polo player in Syria. He...
April 29, 2016
Details:  Italian authorities arrested four people suspected of extremism on Thursday and issued arrest warrants...
April 29, 2016
From the BBC:  A new musical about the life of Pope John Paul II will...
April 29, 2016
From the In My Backyard Desk, this news release went out this morning, bringing the...
April 28, 2016
The story, from The Miami Herald:  Her whole life, 2-year-old Nicolly Pereira couldn’t see or...
April 28, 2016
Details:  The denial of a playground resurfacing grant to a Lutheran school empowers religious discrimination,...
April 28, 2016
A thoughtful dissection by Dan Guernsey, Ed.D., of the Cardinal Newman Society: Working with students who...
April 28, 2016
The trend seems to spreading:  The big screen at Bernie's Tap Room in Waukesha flickers...
April 28, 2016
Details: Pope Francis may soon offer the Society of St. Pius X regular canonical status...
April 27, 2016
Details:  When Archbishop Gregory Aymond ordains men as permanent deacons, he always is careful to...
April 27, 2016
The press release from the USCCB offers an interesting snapshot of the men being ordained...
April 27, 2016
Headaches are emerging in the massive project transforming the old Crystal Cathedral: Faced with major...
April 27, 2016
From The Washington Post:  Years ago, Bono invited a Christian writer to meet him, and...
April 27, 2016
From NCR: Fr. Hans Küng, the Swiss theologian, says that he has received a letter...
April 27, 2016
From Vatican Radio:  Catholic and Anglican theologians have been meeting together near Rome to discuss...
April 26, 2016
The conversation threw me for a loop. A religious ed teacher told me about a talk...
April 26, 2016
Via Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis has sent a letter to prisoners detained in a prison...
April 26, 2016
From The Telegraph: Islamic State jihadists have blown up one of Mosul's best known remaining churches,...
April 25, 2016
From The Hollywood Reporter:  Madeleine Sherwood, who starred in the stage and film versions of...
April 25, 2016
Details:  Theologian and professor of Catholic Studies at Roehampton University, Tina Beattie, has signed a...
April 25, 2016
CNN sums it up: Former Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Harris Wofford announced Sunday that he is...
April 25, 2016
From The Catholic Herald in the U.K.: The Bishop of Wrexham has said that the...
April 24, 2016
A great story, out of Kentucky: It's been a tough five months for the family...
April 24, 2016
Every now and then, a story in the New York Times helps capture the tenor...
April 23, 2016
He's on the same list this year with Broadway's Lin-Manuel Miranda, Caitlyn Jenner, Lester Holt,...
April 23, 2016
Deacon Bill Ditewig has just posted some reflections on the pope's exhortation—and in particular, he...
April 22, 2016
I'm spending more time in airports these days, and periodically I'll see signs pointing the...
April 22, 2016
I'm packing my bags and hitting the road. Next stop: Joliet, Illinois. Saturday morning, I'll...
April 22, 2016
From The New York Times:  The earth shook and the steeple fell, taking most of...
April 21, 2016
An interesting footnote to history:  In an historic first, U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts used...
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