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September 2014

September 26, 2014
The Yankee legend evidently did just that before leaving the field last night. From The...
September 26, 2014
From the In My Backyard Desk, some sad news. The veteran television reporter was a familiar...
September 26, 2014
From the Vatican's news site:  The King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and...
September 26, 2014
There's been some critical commentary about the new designs for Christ Cathedral in the Diocese...
September 26, 2014
A newspaper in Billings, Montana takes a closer look at the story of two gay...
September 25, 2014
A thoughtful reader sent this along: it's the video that was shown last night at...
September 25, 2014
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is getting some interesting answers: Professors Phillip Hardy, Kelly...
September 25, 2014
You may remember the story from several days ago in Ireland, where a bishop bowed...
September 24, 2014
Details:  Sister Cristina is back! Though in reality she never went away. After her breakout performance of...
September 24, 2014
From Orange County Catholic:  Outwardly, the familiar structure, with its 10,000 panes of glass, will...
September 24, 2014
From Reuters:  Churchgoers grumble that they always get hit with pleas for money. But congregants...
September 24, 2014
From The New York Times:  Of all the milestones on the road to adulthood, Americans...
September 23, 2014
  Wearing the dalmatic for Midnight Mass a few years ago, with my late pastor,...
September 23, 2014
Details:  The Vatican put its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic under house arrest Tuesday...
September 23, 2014
From The New York Times:  The Pew Research Center reported Monday that 72 percent of Americans believe...
September 23, 2014
Details:  Pope Francis has nominated new members of the International Theological Commission, in addition to...
September 23, 2014
“And God saw that it was good” (Gen 1:12, 18, 21, 25). The biblical account of...
September 22, 2014
This is what we have come to. Details:  Miss America Kira Kazantsev was reportedly kicked out of...
September 22, 2014
Tony Rossi picks up on a few great details in last night's premiere of "Madame...
September 22, 2014
NCR has an exclusive interview with him this morning. It sheds more light on his...
September 22, 2014
That's the thesis of writer Charles Camosy, who offers some analysis of Blase Cupich, based on...
September 22, 2014
A reader from Chicago wrote in this morning, wondering if anyone knows what sort of relationship...
September 21, 2014
This is quickly going viral, and with good reason. The story:  A dying woman whose...
September 21, 2014
The veteran Vatican watcher assesses this weekend's big news over at Crux:  There’s nothing a...
September 20, 2014
Their take on the big news from Saturday morning: Pope Francis’ choice of prelate for...
September 20, 2014
This is huge. From Vatican Radio:  The Holy See Press Office on Saturday announced Pope...
September 19, 2014
Details:  Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Washington, will be named the next archbishop of Chicago,The...
September 19, 2014
Place your bids now:  It’s a good thing this pope wears more than one hat....
September 19, 2014
Elizabeth Scalia this morning offers some words of wisdom that strike me as very diaconal...
September 19, 2014
From The Billings Gazette in Montana: On Aug. 6, four days after the Rev. Samuel...
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