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September 2014

September 18, 2014
The best thing I've read all day:  We need to become more fully Catholic, but...
September 18, 2014
It's rare to hear a bishop be so blunt, but Providence Bishop Thomas Tobin is...
September 18, 2014
  Details:  The Bishop of Parramatta, Anthony Fisher, has been appointed the ninth Archbishop of...
September 18, 2014
CNN has this glimpse at a curious strain of religion in Latin America, blending elements of...
September 18, 2014
From The New York Times:  At a Vatican meeting a few years ago, Pope Benedict...
September 17, 2014
From his column in New York Catholic: I haven’t been in this much hot water...
September 17, 2014
The folks over at Vocation Boom, the non-profit working to boost vocations to the priesthood,...
September 17, 2014
Details:  Protests over the proposed introduction of a male-only lay ministry in the Catholic diocese of...
September 17, 2014
Suddenly, the mainstream media has discovered religious folk on the web.  Who knew? Details:  In...
September 17, 2014
Details: When the Honorable Marc R. Kellams speaks at the dinner following the Red Mass...
September 16, 2014
As yet, no official confirmation from the Vatican. But this broke tonight, from Sandro Magister: ...
September 16, 2014
This is extraordinary. As someone noted elsewhere: "There are some good homilies right there." Oh...
September 16, 2014
Adam Reichart is a homeless man who is helping chronicle life on the street as...
September 16, 2014
When so much of the world seems to be bad, here's a little slap of...
September 16, 2014
The good people at Crux have a look at a movement in Argentina that has...
September 16, 2014
CNS photo/Chuck Austin, Pittsburgh Catholic From CNS:  An all-night vigil Sept. 13-14 at a Byzantine...
September 16, 2014
I'm pleased to report that my blog neighbor (and fellow Queens resident) Pat McNamara has...
September 16, 2014
Wise words for all of us, from today's homily:   The Gospel of the day...
September 15, 2014
Today marks this feast—which is also the feast day for my parish.  Below, a statue...
September 15, 2014
From the BBC: A Belgian man serving a life sentence for rape and murder will...
September 15, 2014
Behold, the Golf Board: From the website:  The most innovative invention for golf since the...
September 15, 2014
I've never see this done in parishes around the United States, but Fr. Z took...
September 15, 2014
A new documentary evidently makes a persuasive argument:  One of the most astonishing things about...
September 15, 2014
An overview on the results of a recent archdiocesan synod, from The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:  Catholic...
September 14, 2014
A reader sent along this homily that was delivered today by Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades...
September 14, 2014
From Vatican Radio:  To the simple strains of a harp, twenty grooms made their way...
September 13, 2014
Details:  The Islamic State has released a video claiming to show the beheading of British...
September 13, 2014
Here's a humbling profile of a deacon who is serving in ways most of us can't...
September 13, 2014
Details from AP:  A television news anchorman fighting brain cancer in Illinois told viewers he...
September 13, 2014
He made his comments during a visit to a memorial to soldiers killed in World...
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