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October 2014

October 11, 2014
From NCR:  The global meeting of bishops on the family must show that Catholic teaching...
October 10, 2014
Yes, says veteran Vatican observer John Thavis:  The Vatican just announced that Pope Francis has named...
October 10, 2014
Just six years after the first class was ordained, the diaconate in the archdiocese is showing...
October 10, 2014
A sister helps Ghanaem Yadago, who is blind, find his way to his room at...
October 10, 2014
A priest with the Congregation of Holy Cross sent this my way, with this note:...
October 10, 2014
From John Allen in Crux:  Within the last 24 hours, two Italian cardinals have stepped...
October 10, 2014
It sounds like he's stating the obvious, but sometimes the obvious has to be stated....
October 10, 2014
How's this for trust?  Details:  When the going got tough at her Dallas restaurant, Dana...
October 09, 2014
From CNS:  A married couple from Brazil told Pope Francis and the Synod of Bishops...
October 09, 2014
From The St. Louis Review:  Father McDonald Nah is praying that the people of Liberia...
October 09, 2014
From the CBC in Canada:   A Trinity Western University graduate says she was “attacked”...
October 09, 2014
A working translation from this morning's session: In the first part, the Assembly continued its...
October 09, 2014
From The Catholic Herald:  A Catholic priest kidnapped by Islamists in Syria has been released,...
October 09, 2014
This topic comes up from time to time, and it emerged again this week in...
October 08, 2014
She's Mrs. Jeanette Toure, from the Ivory Coast. An excerpt from her remarks:  How can a...
October 08, 2014
Check this out:  Pope Francis is tipped to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according...
October 08, 2014
The man tapped to be the next archbishop of Chicago sat down for an interview...
October 07, 2014
The Vatican has released an engaging video that answers that question and it's surprisingly hip. No,...
October 07, 2014
Last weekend, I delivered three talks to the convocation for deacons in the Archdiocese of...
October 07, 2014
From John Thavis:  Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich said a strong majority of German bishops...
October 07, 2014
Today, a couple from the United States, Alice and Jeff Heinzen, addressed the bishops. The...
October 07, 2014
From Reuters:  A parish priest and a number of Christians have been kidnapped from a...
October 07, 2014
This morning, the bishops heard from a husband and wife from the Philippines who are...
October 07, 2014
From The Williston Herald newspaper: An influx of Hispanic workers in the western North Dakota...
October 06, 2014
This may have gone largely unnoticed, but it seems significant to me: an intervention at the...
October 06, 2014
One of the pope's close advisors offers his views on the reception of communion in...
October 06, 2014
Details:  During the opening session for the extraordinary synod on the family, Pope Francis told...
October 06, 2014
A priest friend alerted me to this. It happened Sunday and was done by my...
October 04, 2014
From CNS:  Alice and Jeff Heinzen will not only be serving as auditors for the...
October 04, 2014
The legendary friar and popular writer and TV personality has gone home. My blog neighbor...
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