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December 2015

December 31, 2015
From the vault: my homily from January 1, 2008. + Years ago, my wife and...
December 31, 2015
From CNS:  More than 3.2 million pilgrims visited and attended papal events, liturgies or prayer...
December 31, 2015
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis received the Pueri cantores on Thursday morning in the Paul...
December 30, 2015
From last night's telecast of the Kennedy Center Honors on CBS: the acclaimed gospel singer CeCe...
December 30, 2015
From ESPN: When they put Sister Rosalba Garcia in the hospice section of the Salesian...
December 29, 2015
A remarkable exchange has unfolded in the pages of The Springfield State Journal-Register newspaper. John...
December 29, 2015
Details:  A top Catholic has called for the creation of atheist schools . Peter Kearney,...
December 29, 2015
You probably remember the story (you can see the video here). Now, a response from the...
December 28, 2015
From The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A former Catholic church and school in South Milwaukee has been...
December 28, 2015
I've posted in the past about some curious word changes in popular Christmas hymns and carols....
December 28, 2015
This was first published a couple years ago, but it's as timely now as ever....
December 28, 2015
Details:  Parishioners at several New Jersey churches are distraught about a string of creche crimes:...
December 28, 2015
A happy hoopster is gone:  Meadowlark Lemon, who became known as the "Clown Prince of...
December 27, 2015
We visit here almost every year at Christmastime; my wife and I were married in...
December 27, 2015
From today's homily: Fathers, mothers and children together go to the house of the Lord,...
December 27, 2015
You may remember this item from earlier this month. Now there's this, from Air Force...
December 26, 2015
I thought I'd seen everything. I was wrong. Someone got something really cool for Christmas,...
December 26, 2015
From the vault: my homily for the Feast of the Holy Family in 2012. +...
December 26, 2015
That popular bit of folklore pops up every year around this time, to wit: The...
December 26, 2015
Wow:  Nuns based in Nashville, Tennessee have come to the rescue of the Dominican Church in...
December 26, 2015
This may be my favorite Christmas story this year, via NJ.com:  It was a traditional...
December 26, 2015
Full text of his remarks yesterday, via Vatican Radio: + Dear brothers and sisters, Happy...
December 26, 2015
The full text, via the BBC, below. You can view the video here.  + At this...
December 26, 2015
To mark the Feast of St. Stephen, first deacon and first martyr, I'm reposting a...
December 25, 2015
Details:  The spirit of the Christmas season was upon the city as Timothy Cardinal Dolan...
December 25, 2015
A few shots from around my place on Christmas Eve, just before Midnight Mass. [img...
December 24, 2015
From my tent to yours. Christmas blessings for 2015! —Deacon Greg and the camel   
December 24, 2015
From the Vatican, the official text from tonight: Tonight “a great light” shines forth (Is...
December 24, 2015
From the CBS affiliate station in Atlanta: What some are chalking up as simply a...
December 24, 2015
Reading over Melinda Selmys's thoughtful reflection on "Christmas and Easter Catholics," those who only show...
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