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June 2019

June 05, 2019
The heated debate about bare shoulders during Mass reminded me of this post from a...
June 05, 2019
From the AP, via KHOU in Houston: The cardinal leading the U.S. Catholic Church's response...
June 04, 2019
See update below, which indicates her death was not by legal euthanasia, but by suicide....
June 04, 2019
Details:  Pope Francis has approved the revised translation of the missal for Italy and includes...
June 03, 2019
It happened last Saturday, but here's the story in The Catholic Free Press:  Bishop McManus...
June 03, 2019
From People:  The writing partner and wife of bestselling author/comedian Jim Gaffigan, and mother of their...
June 03, 2019
This vocation has to be one for the record books: Don Probo Vaccarini was ordained...
June 03, 2019
From the diocese's Facebook page: Congratulations to Martin Aubel, Dr. Glenn Bailey, Matthew Ochalek and...
June 03, 2019
You can check out the photo gallery here, from Long Island Catholic. Caption: Bishop John Barres...
June 03, 2019
This didn't get much attention yesterday, but it's notable: a presidential message marking the...
June 03, 2019
An important perspective from USA TODAY and lawyer Thomas Wheatley As a person who is...
June 02, 2019
Details:  Rhode Island's Roman Catholic bishop on Sunday defended a tweet urging Catholics to not...
June 02, 2019
Details:  Pope Francis has criticized traditionalist Catholics who seek to "safeguard the ashes" of the...
June 02, 2019
From The Daily Mail:  Catholic schoolgirls are being taught that God is gender-neutral and banned...
June 01, 2019
This deserves wider attention. It happened yesterday in Chicago. The story, from The Chicago Tribune: ...
June 01, 2019
The Washington Post this morning looks at a breakaway church in Kenya, founded by a...

May 2019

May 31, 2019
CNN's Brian Stelter offered a good wrap-up of the growing controversy this morning, with some...
May 31, 2019
From The New York Times:  A fiery freeway accident involving a tractor-trailer and a bus...
May 29, 2019
Some great insight here from Pia de Solenni:  In addition to their role of administering...
May 29, 2019
This caused a stir when it was first discussed a couple years back. Now, it's...
May 28, 2019
Details:  Father Michael Triplett, director of deacon formation, spoke of the importance of adding three...
May 28, 2019
I suspect when most of us think of the Holy Spirit, “the Advocate” isn’t the...
May 28, 2019
From Vatican Media:  Mexican journalist and writer, Valentina Alazraki, has been the Vatican correspondent for...
May 27, 2019
Here they are, in a class photo, shared on Twitter:  Deacon Edward Giblin, Director of...
May 27, 2019
How does this parish do it? Is there something in the water? Some answers:  Starting...
May 26, 2019
From Poland:  The Congregation of the Sons of Divine Providence in Poland have ordained a...
May 26, 2019
Sunday morning, I had the privilege of offering the invocation at the local American Legion...
May 26, 2019
From The Tablet:  Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline...
May 25, 2019
Check out the video from NET: The press release: The Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio,...
May 25, 2019
From AP:  Pope Francis on Saturday said abortion can never be condoned, even when the...
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