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December 2014

December 17, 2014
Is the pope Argentinian? From The Washington Post:  According to a new poll released Tuesday by The...
December 17, 2014
From CBS News:  A 14-year-old South Carolina boy who was quickly convicted of murder and...
December 17, 2014
This is guaranteed to make you gasp, squeal, swoon, and maybe even feel a lump...
December 17, 2014
From The Washington Post:   Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.) received a phone call on Tuesday...
December 17, 2014
Well, how else would you celebrate? See for yourself below. Details from Carol Glatz at...
December 17, 2014
From the BBC:   Reverend Libby Lane has been announced as the first female bishop...
December 16, 2014
You need a Mensch on a Bench! But somehow I don't think it's a deacon's...
December 16, 2014
Get a load of what happened when those clever people at Improv Everywhere went caroling in...
December 16, 2014
From the Kane County Chronicle  in Illinois: The Kenneth Ramsey most people know is a tough...
December 16, 2014
First New York. Now, Boston. From the AP:  For the first time in its history,...
December 16, 2014
With all the debate raging in the Catholic world about admitting divorced and remarried Catholics...
December 16, 2014
From CNS:  A massive, detailed Vatican-ordered investigation of U.S. communities of women religious ended with...
December 16, 2014
Breaking news this morning from Pakistan:  At least 126 people, most of them children, were...
December 15, 2014
From Religion News Service:   In the latest clash between the Catholic hierarchy and one of...
December 15, 2014
That's the eye-catching headline of this item in The Washington Post, summarizing a new report...
December 15, 2014
From Catholic San Francisco:  Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone is creating a new Office of Catholic...
December 15, 2014
From Vatican Insider:  "When I pray God breathes in me.” This is the opening phrase...
December 15, 2014
Did he bring his red bucket? Details from Vatican Radio: In a first private audience...
December 15, 2014
Be alert! From Episcopal Rev. Jay Sidebotham
December 14, 2014
The past couple of days I found myself on a rare weekend away from my...
December 14, 2014
Well, what do you know? Somebody at Saturday Night Live has been going to church....
December 13, 2014
Even Jesus had to do a face palm.  Classic:  Correction: December 12, 2014 An earlier...
December 13, 2014
I'm on the road this weekend and won't be preaching about this Sunday's readings. But...
December 13, 2014
What a great tribute:  Members of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church and the...
December 13, 2014
...and makes an amazing cocktail. Fr. William Dailey is the Thomas More Fellow at Notre...
December 13, 2014
A couple months ago, I got an email inviting me to hear parts of a...
December 12, 2014
This speaks to the vibrant faith of the American southwest—and the burgeoning immigrant population. Details: ...
December 12, 2014
If you're in the neighborhood this weekend: I'll be visiting Curé of Ars Catholic Church in...
December 12, 2014
Well, I'm not. But I know some of you out there will love this: an...
December 12, 2014
From Nate Silver's website comes this interesting look at the music we keep hearing during...
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