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January 2015

January 28, 2015
Fr. Mario Majano by Pete Baklinski / LifeSiteNews From LifeSite News:  When he was a young...
January 28, 2015
Rick Santorum prays at a fundraiser in 2012 by Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia Commons From Bloomberg:  It is...
January 27, 2015
Dachau entrance, 1945, from National Archives / Wikipedia Lest we forget: Seventy years ago today,...
January 27, 2015
It happened in Rhode Island: The storm has forced multiple businesses and schools to shutdown,...
January 27, 2015
This is a scream. From the mischievously creative mind of Fr. Darryl Millette, from the...
January 27, 2015
Jack Maguire, Social Media Coordinator at Ascension Press, dropped me a line today: Ascension Press just...
January 27, 2015
You may remember that Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Nebraska announced he would celebrate Mass...
January 27, 2015
A follow-up on this story from last week, from SF Gate:  The Rev. Joseph Illo, pastor...
January 27, 2015
From The Washington Post:  There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender...
January 27, 2015
That was the three-word assessment from our doorman this morning when I went outside to...
January 26, 2015
"The Calling of St. Matthew" by Caravaggio (1599-1600) via Wikipedia My friend Fr. Scott Hurd...
January 26, 2015
By all accounts, we're in for a whopper in New York City. As we await...
January 25, 2015
From NCR:  Fr. Richard McBrien, who as a scholar brought distinction to a university theology...
January 25, 2015
Someone sent this to me this afternoon, and it's too good not to share. From...
January 25, 2015
From Sunday's paper:  Facing millions of divorced Catholics around the world, many of whom express...
January 25, 2015
Chiara Lubich via Wikipedia  Details:  Bishop Raffaello Martinelli will officially open the process of beatification...
January 24, 2015
January 24, 2015
Ann O'Connor and Peter King by Michael Greenlar / Syracuse.com  The CNS blog notes: The...
January 24, 2015
El Capitan by Mike Murphy / Wikipedia  People must have thought they were crazy. Seven...
January 24, 2015
Bishop Christopher Coyne via Diocese of Burlington A Burlington TV station aired this brief profile...
January 24, 2015
It must have been a slow news day in San Francisco, since it appears this...
January 24, 2015
Over at the blog Pray Tell, Anthony Ruff notes a recent letter regarding the Sign...
January 23, 2015
From CNA/EWTN:  Servant of God Aloysius Schwartz is one of the 11 causes for canonization...
January 23, 2015
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis received the judges and advocates of the Roman Rota on...
January 23, 2015
I received this email this morning: As of a week ago the new Chancellor & Diocesan...
January 23, 2015
Treasa and George Matysek rest their hands on their unborn baby, Georgie, when he was...
January 23, 2015
“There is no sin which He won’t pardon. He forgives everything.  ‘But father, I don’t...
January 23, 2015
Photo from Vatican Radio From Vatican Radio:  The Vatican has issued Pope Francis’ Message for...
January 23, 2015
View image | gettyimages.com From Huffington Post:  While Republican lawmakers squabbled over a single bill banning abortions after...
January 23, 2015
Photo by Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald Following up on the beautiful photo from last...
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