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December 2014

December 06, 2014
If you want to understand what Advent is about, it helps to know the story...
December 06, 2014
The Vatican text: of his brief remarks to the International Theological Commission: I meet you...
December 05, 2014
You can count me among those who were underwhelmed by last year's "The Sound of Music" and...
December 05, 2014
Wow:  A donor who asked not to be named has donated $20 million to the...
December 05, 2014
From The Wall Street Journal:  Americans aren’t building churches like they used to anymore. Construction...
December 05, 2014
You may remember the story of Deacon Greg Hall from last year. (This deacon from...
December 05, 2014
Details:  Just a few minutes into his first tour of St. Joseph School, Daniel Ramirez...
December 04, 2014
From Science: Advocates of “legal personhood” to chimpanzees have lost another battle. This morning, a...
December 04, 2014
From The Orlando Sentinel:  Unlike last year, a Satanic Temple display will be officially welcome...
December 04, 2014
Hot on the heels of the Diocese of Brooklyn's clever promotion for the season comes...
December 04, 2014
Bizarre:  A Canadian family lived with a corpse in their upstairs bedroom for six months...
December 04, 2014
Details:  He has dismissed and demoted cardinals, bishops and the Vatican secretary of state, and...
December 03, 2014
Details:  The American Atheists organization posted billboards in Memphis, Nashville, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Arkansas...
December 03, 2014
Details:  As the sun was getting ready to set Monday in northeast Provo, hundreds of...
December 03, 2014
From The Catholic Anchor: The historic Holy Family Cathedral in Anchorage was vandalized on Dec....
December 03, 2014
In Great Britain, a longstanding tradition is becoming utterly unrecognizable. From The BBC: The traditional school...
December 03, 2014
From the In My Backyard Desk ... Hot on the heels of last year's buzz-worthy...
December 02, 2014
I attended a deacon vicariate meeting tonight and this beautiful prayer was given to us...
December 02, 2014
Some heartening news from a report released Friday:  From 2010 to 2011, the total number...
December 02, 2014
I got an email about this morning. Here's the news on the Saint Pio Foundation...
December 02, 2014
From The BBC: A church building is to be used as a homeless shelter following...
December 01, 2014
Many will remember the great WestJet Christmas video from last year, wherein the Canadian airline...
December 01, 2014
The latest on the ground, from CNEWA's blog One-to-One and Dominican Sister Maria Hanna: After...
December 01, 2014
From the BBC: Nearly 2,000 Brazilian couples have got married at an indoors sports venue...
December 01, 2014
My pal Matt Palmer at the USCCB sent this my way, and it's Must See...
December 01, 2014
Photo: by Barrett Stinson/The Independent An interesting glimpse into one deacon's life, from The Grand...
December 01, 2014
Details: The choir members filed up to the altar in robes the color of the...

November 2014

November 30, 2014
It happened at one of Manhattan's most celebrated Episcopal churches, according to The New York Daily News:...
November 30, 2014
A beautiful and poignant image from yesterday: Details: At the end of his speech, Pope...
November 30, 2014
Fittingly, as we begin Advent, my wife and I spent much of the last few...
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