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July 2015

July 06, 2015
From Catholic News Service: Even if a pastoral proposal for helping a Catholic family with...
July 06, 2015
I bumped into a deacon today who told me about a conversation he had in the...
July 06, 2015
How many women married to deacons (or priests?) could relate to this? From Huffington Post,...
July 06, 2015
From The Wisconsin State Journal:  A couple of hours before Chris Gernetzke was to become a...
July 06, 2015
Details from the Providence Journal:  When the Rev. Joseph Escobar found what vandals had done...
July 04, 2015
From Associated Press:  Benedict XVI, emeritus pope and theologian, reflected on Saturday on classical music...
July 04, 2015
The gospel we’re encountering right now is sending a message that's both powerful and timely....
July 04, 2015
From Associated Press:  Benedict XVI, emeritus pope and theologian, reflected on Saturday on classical music...
July 04, 2015
The gospel we’re encountering right now is sending a message that’s both powerful and timely....
July 03, 2015
Details:  Pope Francis appealed on Friday to faithful from all Christian churches to put divisions...
July 03, 2015
Happy Fourth of July:  According to a new PRRI/RNS report, nearly six in ten Americans think...
July 03, 2015
Details:  Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa...
July 03, 2015
Somehow, I missed this little item in last Sunday's New York Times. A reader sent...
July 03, 2015
Details:  Pope Francis appealed on Friday to faithful from all Christian churches to put divisions...
July 03, 2015
Happy Fourth of July:  According to a new PRRI/RNS report, nearly six in ten Americans think...
July 03, 2015
Details:  Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa...
July 03, 2015
Somehow, I missed this little item in last Sunday’s New York Times. A reader sent...
July 02, 2015
Hot on the heels of the announcement that some deacons will serve as parish administrators,...
July 02, 2015
From Trenton comes this story of a former permanent deacon recently ordained a priest:  Father...
July 02, 2015
Hot on the heels of the announcement that some deacons will serve as parish administrators,...
July 02, 2015
From Trenton comes this story of a former permanent deacon recently ordained a priest:  Father...
July 01, 2015
Those clever people at the Archdiocese of Washington media office have come up witha video...
July 01, 2015
Details:  Word that Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility when he is in...
July 01, 2015
What a remarkable life: Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about...
July 01, 2015
From NCR:  Many U.S. Catholics want the church to “banish judgmentalism” of people in its...
July 01, 2015
Those clever people at the Archdiocese of Washington media office have come up with a...
July 01, 2015
Stupidity defined. This warning is going out around the country: The Ocean County Prosecutor's Office...
July 01, 2015
From NCR:  Many U.S. Catholics want the church to "banish judgmentalism" of people in its...
July 01, 2015
Details:  Word that Pope Francis will visit Philadelphia’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility when he is in...
July 01, 2015
What a remarkable life: Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about...
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