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June 2019

June 22, 2019
If you haven't seen it yet, check out the story below, from WPLG, which tells...
June 22, 2019
From CNA:  A British judge has authorized doctors to perform an abortion on a pregnant...
June 22, 2019
This sounds, to put it mildly, very suspect. Details are in the statement from the...
June 21, 2019
A few thoughts from my first Corpus Christi homily, from 2007:  When I was young...
June 21, 2019
Details:  A priest in Mexico City has been arrested for murder barely a week after...
June 21, 2019
I am in St. Petersburg this week for the Catholic Media Conference, and heard Msgr....
June 20, 2019
Once again, as is the custom there, Los Angeles welcomes deacons and their wives (though...
June 20, 2019
One of them is my friend and blog neighbor Father Matthew Schneider, who is quoted...
June 20, 2019
My friend Msgr. Michael Hardiman from the Diocese of Brooklyn is moving to a new...
June 20, 2019
From Catholic New York:  "The Church needs you as it needed those first deacons,” Cardinal...
June 19, 2019
This is a big deal:  Capuchins aren’t generally known for being on the Church’s avant-garde, but...
June 18, 2019
From CNS:  Basilian Fr. Thomas Rosica has resigned as CEO of Salt and Light Catholic...
June 18, 2019
As I type, I'm enjoying the view from the Delta terminal at JFK — white...
June 18, 2019
The good news, via Deacon Pete Woelkers, Director of Deacons in the diocese, who provides...
June 17, 2019
Many will remember this extraordinary story from a few weeks ago. Now, his earthly pilgrimage...
June 17, 2019
This popped up on the Facebook page for the Diocese of Albany, and it's worth...
June 17, 2019
This just makes me want to weep. Dr. Paul Rimmer took his son to Evensong...
June 17, 2019
In part of a longer article Sunday on the politics of abortion, readers may have...
June 17, 2019
Details (roughly translated): The Instrumentum laboris outlines an "inculturated liturgy" : "The need for a process of...
June 16, 2019
The event happened yesterday: Bishop Frank Caggiano ordained the men at St. Augustine's Cathedral in...
June 16, 2019
A great profile of one of Albany's new priests: Mike Melanson preferred Sundays on the...
June 15, 2019
From the diocese's Facebook page:  On Saturday, June 15, Bishop James F. Checchio ordained eight...
June 15, 2019
From ABC News:  Notre Dame Cathedral on Saturday held its first mass since a devastating fire...
June 15, 2019
This weekend, we mark “Trinity Sunday,” the celebration of one God in three persons. Theologians...
June 15, 2019
  A thoughtful answer from the head of Courage, via CNA:    Fr. Philip Bochanski, the...
June 14, 2019
More details about Saturday's Mass at Notre Dame, the first since the fire: Saturday’s mass,...
June 14, 2019
From CNA: While two Illinois bishops are unified in their strong opposition to the state’s...
June 13, 2019
He made remarks today to apostolic nuncios from around the world: Apostolic nuncios are called...
June 13, 2019
A little something from the Cardinal Archbishop of New York for today, the Feast of...
June 13, 2019
From Twitter: Last Saturday, five new permanent deacons were ordained: Deacons Daniel Dailey, Anthony DeCotis,...
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