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October 2014

October 24, 2014
  It's rare to find a  secular newspaper offering this kind of tribute to a Catholic...
October 23, 2014
How about "The Shining" in an IKEA store? Check out this inspired bit of advertising...
October 23, 2014
From VIS:  Today, the Holy Father received delegates from the International Association of Penal Law...
October 23, 2014
From USA TODAY:  "What is more offensive -- a little girl saying (expletive) or the...
October 23, 2014
Details, from The Chicago Sun-Times: Archbishop Blase J. Cupich is eschewing opulence. He has decided...
October 22, 2014
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent tonight with the Little Sisters of the Poor in...
October 22, 2014
Remarkable and moving witness, from the Diocese of Raleigh website: Philip Johnson, a 30-year-old Catholic...
October 22, 2014
Once again, the pope has delivered a message that, in light of recent events, might...
October 22, 2014
Theology professor Massimo Faggioli has a compelling analysis of the recently-completed synod—one that is based...
October 22, 2014
Details: A Catholic boys’ school has reversed its permission to allow civil rights drama Freeheld, starring Julianne...
October 22, 2014
I met Ben Bradlee once nearly 40 years ago, when I took a summer journalism...
October 21, 2014
Strong words from the Archbishop of Philadelphia: Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput says he was "very...
October 21, 2014
This was, in her estimation, a glaring sin of omission—and I think she's absolutely correct....
October 21, 2014
I got a very nice email a couple months back from The Little Sisters of the Poor,...
October 21, 2014
A remarkable development that appears to show great promise—and, not insignificantly, involves using adult cells:...
October 21, 2014
"He who does not await Jesus, who closes his door to Jesus, does not allow...
October 21, 2014
Details from The Dallas Morning News:  Bishop Kevin J. Farrell said he hesitated only briefly...
October 20, 2014
A priest reader brought this to my attention: a homily delivered by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger...
October 20, 2014
This is something. Italy's fabled "Singing Nun" from "The Voice" has released her first video,...
October 20, 2014
The book "Rebuilt" has become something of a phenomenon of modern American Catholicism: the story...
October 20, 2014
RNS reports:  More than 2 million worshippers, pilgrims and onlookers poured around an 11-inch wooden...
October 20, 2014
Pope Francis delivered that comment this morning. From Vatican Radio:   Pope Francis convened a...
October 19, 2014
"For the gift of this Synod and for the constructive spirit which everyone has shown,...
October 19, 2014
From The Michigan Catholic:  As Deacon Paul Nickels stood before a cathedral full of family,...
October 18, 2014
Hot off the press. Translations are rough, and need some polishing, but you get the...
October 18, 2014
As the celebration of his beatification draws near tomorrow, let us whisper a grateful prayer...
October 18, 2014
In an unexpected interview with a surprising news outlet, BuzzFeed, Cardinal Raymond Burke discusses the...
October 18, 2014
John Thavis has just posted a summary of a speech given at the synod by...
October 18, 2014
Or, at least, from this first two-week session. The second half kicks off next year....
October 17, 2014
From CNA:  Inaccurate media reports about Church teaching on homosexuality published after the Extraordinary Synod on...
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