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November 2019

November 21, 2019
Via CNS:   Missionaries are not mercenaries, but beggars who recognize that some brothers and sisters...
November 20, 2019
This is something remarkable: A Brooklyn priest has come into possession of a rare letter,...
November 20, 2019
"Everything that I experienced growing up as a Catholic just pushed me towards service.” John...
November 20, 2019
From Reuters:  The vast majority of U.S. states have passed laws blocking civil lawsuits that...
November 19, 2019
The statue by the great Timothy Schmalz was blessed to mark the World Day of...
November 19, 2019
Those of us in the world of communications are rejoicing over the news that the...
November 19, 2019
You can skate underneath disco balls, LED lights, and stained-glass windows of Jesus and the...
November 18, 2019
"Al lies in ambush in my brain, and the only way I can put a...
November 18, 2019
There's been a fair amount of discussion over the last few days about Pope Francis...
November 18, 2019
A few days back, I mentioned the debut of a new Pontifical Solemn High Mass,...
November 17, 2019
“No parent, no sibling, no family member should ever, ever have to sit through what...
November 16, 2019
He made his comments when veering off a prepared text and speaking today to the...
November 16, 2019
His name was Ramesh Raju. He was a 40-year-old building contractor, husband and father who...
November 15, 2019
Pope Francis called on the international community to recognize ecocide as a "crime against peace."...
November 14, 2019
National Catholic Reporter? They published a widely read — and controversial — criticism of the...
November 14, 2019
"You believe in Jesus, that changes your heart." Check out this video above, from...
November 13, 2019
This is my bishop and the man who ordained me. I find this, on every...
November 13, 2019
"This is perhaps a way to correct an oversight of history." From CNS:  The U.S....
November 12, 2019
"I believe these Sunday services will serve to bring young people to an encounter with...
November 12, 2019
From Radio Free Europe:  Unknown gunmen have shot dead an Armenian Catholic priest and his...
November 12, 2019
This is generating a lot of buzz around the interwebs — Rocco described it as...
November 11, 2019
"Because of the life I have been given by God, I was able to give...
November 10, 2019
This Veterans Day, as we honor those who have served, here are some wise words...
November 10, 2019
"The desecration of the greatest gift possessed by the Church, the Most Blessed Sacrament, is...
November 09, 2019
Cardinal Raymond Burke had several conversations recently with Ross Douthat of The New York Times,...
November 09, 2019
Bridgeport's Bishop Frank Caggiano — in Rome for the ad limina visit —posted this on...
November 09, 2019
As sweeps stunts go, this is in a league of its own. This opened Thursday's...
November 09, 2019
RNS unpacks that question, drawing on details from a recent Pew report:  Harold Morales, a...
November 08, 2019
“I’ll tell you what a priest told me today: Dubuque would not have refused him...
November 07, 2019
Count me among those who have enjoyed his bits on social media and shared them...
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