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January 2016

January 07, 2016
This came out today:  The new push comes after Rubio on Wednesday announced his religious...
January 07, 2016
From the Archdiocese of Louisville's website: During this Year of Mercy called by Pope Francis,...
January 07, 2016
It happened recently in Maryland, in the Archdiocese of Washington. Details: Jeffrey Higgins says he...
January 06, 2016
...here's a "little" Christmas, courtesy the brilliant Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean. This never grows...
January 06, 2016
So this story has been making the rounds: Two Northern California habit-wearing nuns, the self-proclaimed...
January 06, 2016
And, it will be in Latin. The press release:  Henry VIII’s chapel to be setting...
January 06, 2016
From The New York Times:  It sounds like the setup for some kind of droll...
January 06, 2016
Some weeks back, I posted excellent advice for parents bringing their kids to Mass. Now,...
January 06, 2016
From The New York Times:  The scope of a sexual abuse scandal at St. George’s...
January 06, 2016
Here's something you rarely hear about, and almost never see reported in the secular press....
January 05, 2016
From The Chicago Tribune:  Wheaton College has begun the process of firing a professor who...
January 05, 2016
From the Diocese of Phoenix: The Office of Marriage and Respect Life of the Roman...
January 05, 2016
Sad:  The Shrine of Christ the King will be likely be demolished after the Archdiocese...
January 05, 2016
  This popped up on my Twitter feed this afternoon. It comes from St. Matthew...
January 05, 2016
This is a nice problem to have to solve. Details (via Google translate): With faulty...
January 05, 2016
Is Greg Burke behind this? Sounds like a great idea: From Wednesday January 6th, the...
January 05, 2016
This interesting Q&A popped up yesterday over at Crux, with a question answered by the...
January 05, 2016
Details:  Fr Dhiya Azziz, a Franciscan of Iraqi origins, pastor of Yacoubieh (in Syria), abducted...
January 04, 2016
The singing sensation has taken her gig to a new stage: The popular Italian nun,...
January 04, 2016
This photo keeps popping up in my Facebook feed: an image supposedly showing a young Mother...
January 04, 2016
Interesting stuff, via The Simi Valley Acorn: Catholics in Ventura County and around Southern California...
January 04, 2016
From my home state, some curious news in The Washington Post:  The Italian words “Fatti maschii,...
January 03, 2016
From CNS:  The god of Mammon, who is “like a wild animal, trying to clutch...
January 03, 2016
From the Christian Science Monitor:  Pitting prayers against bullets, an armed intrusion at a church...
January 03, 2016
A beautiful Epiphany tradition will continue at my parish this morning, as a priest will...
January 02, 2016
The first words spoken in today’s gospel are among the most important we will hear...
January 02, 2016
If you want to know what a serious war on Christmas looks like—one that doesn't involve Starbucks...
January 01, 2016
From Faith & Form: This year’s awards program was a landmark for the fact that...
January 01, 2016
From Pope Francis' homily this morning: It is most fitting that on this day we...

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From the Diocese of Tyler website, a statement by Bishop Joseph Strickland: On January 1,...
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