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January 2016

January 22, 2016
From CNS:  Deacon Anselmo Hernandez received a call on a recent Saturday afternoon while walking...
January 22, 2016
What did he do this time? He supported the permanence of marriage—and, as John Allen...
January 22, 2016
From The Washington Post:  A dangerous and historic snowstorm is closing in on the D.C. area....
January 22, 2016
Pope Francis met Apple's CEO Tim Cook today—and also issued some strong words on the...
January 22, 2016
Inspiring news from United Arab Emirates, via CNA: Last week Catholics in Southern Arabia gathered...
January 22, 2016
From AP:  A northern Virginia bishop is giving Catholics in his diocese the OK to...
January 21, 2016
The authorities in Washington are not taking this impending storm lightly:  Metro officials say the...
January 21, 2016
From Philly.com:  If you bought it new, the 500L Fiat retails for about $20,000, but...
January 21, 2016
Elizabeth Scalia has the scoop on the decree just issued:  The decree was prepared and...
January 20, 2016
A stunning must-read from Newsweek:  On October 9, 2015, a former Philadelphia altar boy reported...
January 19, 2016
Posted on Facebook with this note: God used Sr. Kibeho's old passions of dance on...
January 19, 2016
They went there last night, and the result was Catholic nerd-vana. Watch. (h/t to Tony...
January 19, 2016
I was struck by the powerful image referenced at the beginning of this piece; you can...
January 19, 2016
From Australia:  Sr Berenice Twohill celebrated 80 years as a Daughter of Our Lady of the...
January 19, 2016
Details via CNN:  Nearly 19,000 civilians were killed in Iraq between January 2014 and October...
January 19, 2016
What a great idea:  Call it winter warmers on wheels. A Buffalo church sent a...
January 19, 2016
Details:  The heads of the Christian churches are close to sealing a deal to fix...
January 18, 2016
The other day, I posted an item about Princess Charlene of Monaco's impending audience with Pope Francis...
January 18, 2016
As explained by McKay Coppins in today's New York Times:  In the Gospel According to...
January 18, 2016
Fron CNN: Last year was the most violent for Christians in modern history, rising to...
January 18, 2016
From CNS:  Both the number of abortions and the rate of abortion is dropping, according...
January 17, 2016
From Philly.com comes this account by Orlando R. Barone of Bill Atkinson, man who endured...
January 16, 2016
Last month, a lot of journalists were doing their big end of the year wrap-ups....
January 16, 2016
From the pages of People, no less, a report on the princess's conversion and her commitment...
January 16, 2016
From The New York Times: Sister Veronica Mendez adjusted her glasses and tried to remember...
January 15, 2016
It took them a while, but he finally spoke out about violence in his own backyard:...
January 15, 2016
From AP: Presiding Bishop Michael Curry said Friday the U.S. Episcopal Church will not roll...
January 15, 2016
From Catholic News Service and Northwest Catholic, the newspaper  in western Washington: A well-known personality in...
January 15, 2016
Details:  A California Catholic hospital is not engaging in sex discrimination by denying a woman's...
January 15, 2016
Via The Washington Post:  Planned Parenthood filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the maker of...
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