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December 2014

December 23, 2014
The nativity scene is up and ready at my parish. But what about everyone who...
December 23, 2014
From the NBC affiliate in Lexington, KY: LEX18.com | Continuous News and StormTracker Weather
December 23, 2014
You might be surprised. Check out this remarkable vignette.
December 23, 2014
This story got some attention a couple weeks back: Two women have given birth using...
December 23, 2014
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis has written a pre-Christmas letter to the Christians of the...
December 22, 2014
My family. God love 'em.
December 22, 2014
A new documentary has just been released that tells the story of this remarkable undertaking...
December 22, 2014
Earlier this year, I posted several times on the impressive restoration of Holy Name Catholic Church...
December 22, 2014
This comes from IKEA in Spain —a wake-up call to every parent this Christmas.
December 22, 2014
This is how it's done. From The New York Post: As cops were being threatened...
December 22, 2014
From The Catholic Herald:  Pope Francis has revealed that he prays to the English martyr...
December 22, 2014
Rocco, as usual, has the first word: The Pope is slated to flip Bishop Christopher Coyne –...
December 21, 2014
In New York City yesterday: NYPD officers salute as the bodies of their slain brothers,...
December 21, 2014
From the AP:    The key role Pope Francis played encouraging talks between Presidents Barack...
December 20, 2014
I've never heard of something like this before. From Vatican Insider:  "This is a gift for...
December 20, 2014
We hear it again and again this time of year: “I can’t believe it’s almost...
December 20, 2014
Just when you think you've seen it all...Elvis Priestly.
December 20, 2014
A delicious piece of prose from Joseph Bottum:  I love the elegant Christmas-dining pictures in Bon...
December 20, 2014
From The National Catholic Reporter:  The leader of the main group of the world's Franciscans...
December 19, 2014
From the Committee to Protect Journalists:  The Committee to Protect Journalists identified 220 journalists in...
December 19, 2014
That would be this fellow, who is perched on my desk at work — a...
December 19, 2014
A priest friend send me this image this morning: I was curious to learn more about...
December 19, 2014
He spoke of sports and the Olympics today, according to Vatican Radio:  “Sports are at home...
December 19, 2014
My pastor, Bishop Paul Sanchez, at Midnight Mass at our parish, Our Lady Queen of...
December 19, 2014
From Friday's paper: Perhaps the timing was purely coincidental. But a day after he was...
December 18, 2014
As MCPF (My Close Personal Friend) Stephen bids farewell to his show at Comedy Central...
December 18, 2014
From CBS News:  Since birth, they've called her "one tough cookie." Now, Gracie West is...
December 18, 2014
Some good news, just in time for Christmas, from The Joplin Globe in Missouri: It...
December 18, 2014
From The Boston Globe: The restoration of full diplomatic relations between the United States and...
December 18, 2014
I love this story, from The Catholic Review in Baltimore: If you’re looking for a...
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