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May 2015

May 13, 2015
The New York Times conservative commentator Ross Douthat — a Catholic—takes a slightly less pessimistic...
May 13, 2015
Details to come. But here’s the headline from the Associated Press: Vatican officially recognizes state...
May 13, 2015
And this is a good idea…why? Details:  A village church made history when it held...
May 13, 2015
A Redemptorist reader, Fr. John McKenna, sent this along, and it’s too good not to...
May 13, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis at his Wednesday General Audience continued his catechesis on the...
May 13, 2015
When I was in college—wearing pretentious tweed caps and drinking gallons of bad coffee and...
May 13, 2015
When I was in college—wearing pretentious tweed caps and drinking gallons of bad coffee and...
May 12, 2015
This is something called "The Real O'Neals," and ABC has just picked it for the...
May 12, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com Details:  Dublin archdiocese is banning photographs being taken during religious ceremonies,...
May 12, 2015
The Anchoress has a guest blogger today, Sean Conolly, who describes a different man from...
May 12, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com From The Wall Street Journal:  Amy Boyle grew up in the Roman...
May 12, 2015
This is something called “The Real O’Neals,” and ABC has just picked it for the...
May 12, 2015
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May 12, 2015
The Anchoress has a guest blogger today, Sean Conolly, who describes a different man from...
May 12, 2015
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May 11, 2015
This sentence has to win the prize for Best Lede of the Day: Salvatore “Sal” Circosta...
May 11, 2015
When was the last time you heard an Academy Award-winning actor or actress deliver that...
May 11, 2015
An astute observation from Sandro Magister: Until the synod of October 2014, Jorge Mario Bergoglio...
May 11, 2015
This sentence has to win the prize for Best Lede of the Day: Salvatore "Sal" Circosta...
May 11, 2015
A couple months ago, FOTB (Friend of the Bench) Paul Morisi—Coordinator of Adolescent and Young...
May 11, 2015
When was the last time you heard an Academy Award-winning actor or actress deliver that...
May 11, 2015
An astute observation from Sandro Magister: Until the synod of October 2014, Jorge Mario Bergoglio...
May 11, 2015
A couple months ago, FOTB (Friend of the Bench) Paul Morisi—Coordinator of Adolescent and Young...
May 10, 2015
  View image | gettyimages.com My blog neighbor Fr. Dwight Longenecker bemoans the state of...
May 10, 2015
From CNN:  Cuba has eased its persecution of religion in the last 23 years, but...
May 10, 2015
Pope Francis sent a Message to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria on Sunday, to mark...
May 10, 2015
Details from AP: Cuban President Raul Castro received a warm welcome at the Vatican Sunday...
May 10, 2015
Details from AP: Cuban President Raul Castro received a warm welcome at the Vatican Sunday...
May 10, 2015
Pope Francis sent a Message to Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria on Sunday, to mark...
May 10, 2015
From CNN:  Cuba has eased its persecution of religion in the last 23 years, but...
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