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March 2016

March 19, 2016
Here's something different: In response to Pope Francis declaring an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy,...
March 19, 2016
From the vault, my homily from Palm Sunday 2010:  + One of the more remarkable...
March 19, 2016
Wow:  After their seminary in Qaraqosh was dissolved following a brutal ISIS attack in 2014, four...
March 19, 2016
From his website:  Presidential candidate Ted Cruz today announced endorsements from more than 50 Catholic...
March 18, 2016
May I suggest this little book, just published by Abbey Press? Details:  Since the early...
March 18, 2016
From The Onion:  Pushing himself to the physical brink in the bitter cold wilderness high...
March 18, 2016
It happens periodically, and it's happening again this year: next Friday, March 25 is both...
March 18, 2016
I've known a few interfaith families who have done this. But what about Christian families who...
March 18, 2016
Details:  State police in Columbia County say they nabbed a very unlikely thief: a religious...
March 18, 2016
From Vatican Radio: The lights of theCupola atop St. Peter’s Basilicaare to go dark on...
March 18, 2016
He was inspired by one of the priests in his diocese. From the Albany Times...
March 17, 2016
I'm clattering along the tracks on the way back to New York City, after a...
March 17, 2016
Details:  Secretary of State John Kerry has determined that the Islamic State group is committing...
March 17, 2016
Some of his itinerary for his historic trip to Cuba has been released: During his...
March 16, 2016
Check this out, from the folks at Paramount Pictures.  The movie is due in August....
March 16, 2016
From Aleteia's front page today, a beautiful reflection on The Prodigal Son by another "recovering...
March 16, 2016
It says something that a man like John Kasich is struggling, and Donald Trump is...
March 16, 2016
The Pope of Selfies will now have a place to post all those pictures. Details: ...
March 15, 2016
I'm heading north Wednesday, to visit Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish in Westfield,...
March 15, 2016
This just in:  The Knights of Columbus and Crux are pleased to announce that they...
March 15, 2016
This is what we have come to: The show went on at Tappan Zee High...
March 15, 2016
From The Washington Post: Finn Laursen believes millions of American children are no longer learning...
March 15, 2016
Heartbreaking:  Fr. Virgilio Elizondo, one of San Antonio’s most accomplished and beloved Catholic priests whose...
March 15, 2016
Details:  Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a nun who dedicated her life to helping the poor,...
March 14, 2016
From the Catholic Herald in the U.K.: Over the weekend, my attention was drawn to...
March 14, 2016
From his audience this weekend, a video from Robert Duncan and CNS: UPDATE: The...
March 14, 2016
My take:  Those of us who are devoted followers of “The Walking Dead” couldn’t help...
March 14, 2016
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis offered lunch to the friends of a homeless man, following...
March 13, 2016
From Australia: In the peaceful heart of Mary MacKillop Place, near where the tomb of...
March 13, 2016
From Vatican Radio: The Archdiocese of Kampala in Uganda has announced the institution of Munyonyo...
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