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February 2015

February 12, 2015
From AFP:  Former pope Benedict XVI can still play Mozart from memory on the piano...
February 12, 2015
One afternoon, Bob Simon appeared in the door of my office at "60 Minutes II,"...
February 11, 2015
From The Texas Catholic Herald:  From all walks of life, 31 men share a common...
February 11, 2015
One priest lays out his argument, beginning with the new lectionary: The new lectionary has...
February 11, 2015
Verne Gay at Newsday offers his prediction—and it strikes me as entirely plausible: There are versions circulating...
February 10, 2015
From Christianity Today:  It may have made its way through film censors across the globe...
February 10, 2015
From The Los Angeles Times:  A California state senator is proposing to place a statue...
February 10, 2015
From The Catholic Herald:  Archbishop Arthur Roche has said that homilies preached in Mass must...
February 10, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Christians are called to care for God's creation. That was the Pope’s...
February 09, 2015
From CNET:  Paul Barrington thought he'd achieved a rare deal when his bid of 300...
February 09, 2015
From The Hollywood Reporter:  Lionsgate is in final talks for North American rights to Hacksaw Ridge,...
February 09, 2015
A couple weeks back, a post over at PrayTell got a lot of attention, and stirred...
February 09, 2015
Details from CNS:  When Pope Francis walked through the gate surrounding a group of shacks...
February 08, 2015
With Brian Williams announcing that he's taking a leave from anchoring the NBC Nightly News...
February 08, 2015
Spent a wonderful 24 hours in scenic, snowy Providence, Rhode Island Friday and Saturday, speaking...
February 08, 2015
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, a story that will be familiar to a lot of deacons:...
February 07, 2015
Details:  For some their perception of the world is based on what surrounds them, such...
February 06, 2015
I'm sure this situation is more common than we think. On an online forum for...
February 06, 2015
From USA TODAY:  NBC News confirmed Friday that it's investigating chief anchor Brian Williams over...
February 06, 2015
That whopper the NBC News anchor told on the air a few days back was...
February 06, 2015
From The Daily Mail: Rick Perry delivered a scathing indictment of Barack Obama on Thursday...
February 05, 2015
It's the Pro-life Youth Rally and Mass in Washington, DC. From the archdiocesan website:  The Rally...
February 05, 2015
From Al Jazeera:  Jessica Wilson got married five months before she graduated from an evangelical...
February 05, 2015
This is unprecedented. From the Archdiocese of Washington: It is a great honor and tremendous joy...
February 05, 2015
Highlights of the pope's homily today, from Vatican Radio: The Church must proclaim the Gospel...
February 05, 2015
Of all the remarkable things that take place in this gospel passage, the most significant...
February 04, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com Simcha has the scoop:  According to the AP (bold type is my...
February 04, 2015
That's the provocative—and very accurate—title of an essay in the current issue of America magazine...
February 04, 2015
Details: The conservative Roman Catholic archbishop of San Francisco has developed a new document for...
February 03, 2015
From Christianity Today:  Veteran rock musician Alice Cooper shared recently that he volunteers as a...
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