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March 2015

March 15, 2015
Details:  At least 10 people were killed and scores were injured Sunday when suicide bombers...
March 15, 2015
From AP:  Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is making history as two gay and lesbian...
March 14, 2015
About 20 years ago, the novelist William Styron took a courageous step, and described his...
March 14, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com From a fashion show a couple years back. Seriously?  Yes. Read...
March 14, 2015
Reading about how my parish follows the Stations of the Cross with Benediction, a couple...
March 14, 2015
From Catholic News Agency:  Laura Alari writes for Quotidiano Nazionale, which is headquartered in Bologna. She...
March 14, 2015
It can’t be easy living with a deacon, especially now. Every year, for a few...
March 14, 2015
Some images from Friday's night's Stations of the Cross, courtesy parishioner and friend Regina Faighes....
March 13, 2015
From CNS:  Pope Francis announced an extraordinary jubilee, a Holy Year of Mercy, to highlight...
March 13, 2015
Diane over at Te Deum has all the details, but the letter below, from Archbishop...
March 13, 2015
A priest friend posted the following image on Facebook this morning, describing it as "artsy...
March 13, 2015
Vatican Radio has just posted its translation of a wide-ranging interview Pope Francis has done with...
March 12, 2015
The latest on the St. Patrick's Day parade story:  On Thursday afternoon, the Knights of...
March 12, 2015
A local TV station reports: At Christ The King's midday Mass Wednesday, there was a...
March 12, 2015
He's also relatively young, 48. The press release: Today, at 12-noon Rome time (7 a.m. EDT)...
March 12, 2015
The answer:  Rhode Island is still the most Catholic state in the U.S., a new...
March 11, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis will visit inmates and staff of a Rome prison on...
March 11, 2015
You got that right. Read the whole account.  Pita bread? From Redemptionis Sacramentum:  1. The...
March 11, 2015
Lifesite News has the scoop: A Virginia Knights of Columbus council is pressing forward with...
March 11, 2015
Via NCR: Slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, the murdered prelate of the people whose sainthood...
March 10, 2015
From The Cincinnati Enquirer:  Remember the Catholic schools contract that stirred controversy this past year?...
March 10, 2015
Some rich and compelling ideas on preaching, from Fr. Michael Cummins over at Word on...
March 10, 2015
This will make your day. It's a stellar performance of "Yoda"—in costume, no less—with Jodi DiPiazza, a...
March 09, 2015
I love this story. Way back in 2008, I preached a homily about Our Lady...
March 09, 2015
Details:  A Catholic Bishop's view that gay couples with children "are not parents" has been...
March 09, 2015
A woman entering religious life writes in Huffington Post:  When I tell people I'm going...
March 09, 2015
“This is how the Lord acts: He does things simply. He speaks silently to you,...
March 09, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com A remarkable undertaking, as reported in The Los Angeles Times:  In...
March 09, 2015
From Variety: Jude Law is reportedly in advanced negotiations to play the lead role in Italian Oscar-winning...
March 08, 2015
So I did a little traveling last weekend—more than I expected, actually. I flew out...
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