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August 2014

August 30, 2014
St. Paul the Apostle in Spartanburg, SC, consecrated in 2013. Photo: Spartanburg Herald Journal. See...
August 29, 2014
Did you get an invitation? From CNS:  Pope Francis will preside over his first wedding...
August 29, 2014
...is a woman like Mary Alma Parker. She helped make history. She is remembered this...
August 29, 2014
My blog neighbor Kathryn Lopez posted this last night, and it deserves a wider distribution....
August 29, 2014
From The Catholic Register: The Archdiocese of Regina has launched its inaugural diaconate course, with...
August 28, 2014
Details:  Wisconsin Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) converted to Catholicism in a quiet ceremony at...
August 28, 2014
So, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie finally got married:  Jolie and Pitt wed in a...
August 28, 2014
Let the revels begin:  September is prime pumpkin season at Dunkin’ Donuts, as America’s all-day, everyday...
August 28, 2014
Some interesting insight from the 1964 blog at CARA:  In spring 2014, CARA began analyzing...
August 28, 2014
From Catholic News Agency:  Referring to the label “Nazarene” marked on houses of Christians in...
August 28, 2014
From Zenit:  Addressing a national conference on the liturgy on Wednesday, Bishop Nunzio Galantino said...
August 27, 2014
Photo by Xidan Zhang via the Marquette Tribune. From the university's website: The Marquette University...
August 27, 2014
A haunting testimony about the death of Joe Woods, from Deacon Ed Scheffer in the...
August 27, 2014
Catholic San Francisco this week has this glimpse at an unusual lay ministry—one that is,...
August 27, 2014
Today marks the feast of the mother of St. Augustine. Below, two dramatically different depictions...
August 27, 2014
The Holy Father returned to one of his favorite themes—the sin of gossip—during his weekly...
August 26, 2014
Because, you know, it's all about getting what we want when we want it. Otherwise,...
August 26, 2014
From The Washington Post:  Breaking news coverage is challenging: Updates are flying in from everywhere;...
August 26, 2014
A great location and a savvy social media campaign combine to create a textbook example...
August 26, 2014
This won't surprise a lot of us, but it is surprising to see it in The...
August 26, 2014
From the press release this morning: The Holy Father, Pope Francis, today named the Most...
August 25, 2014
With the recent execution of James Foley still haunting the news, The New York Times...
August 25, 2014
Recently, my blog neighbor Eve Tushnet got the Salai Treatment (being interviewed by Sean Salai, S.J.) in America...
August 25, 2014
From Nigeria:  The Department of State Services (DSS) has warned the general pub­lic to be...
August 25, 2014
Some interesting insight into a subject we've all encountered at one time or another, via...
August 24, 2014
From The Wall Street Journal:  On Sunday, however, hundreds of people descended on Our Lady...
August 24, 2014
I wonder if this study was funded by a catering company. (And I wonder what...
August 24, 2014
Details:  British intelligence agents believe they have identified ‘jihadi John’ after employing sophisticated voice recognition...
August 24, 2014
Details: Hundreds of people gathered in Duquesne Saturday as Bishop David Zubik joined a Pittsburgh...
August 23, 2014
That would be the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, where today social media was tweeting and...
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