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August 2014

August 05, 2014
I can't recall anything quite like this. From CNA:  This Friday Pope Francis will give...
August 05, 2014
A shocking confession:  Catholic blogger Anselm Gregory Benedictus Ambrose Tiberius Athanasius, who writes at “Ex...
August 05, 2014
From CNS: A German cardinal warned that the number of Catholics leaving his country's church...
August 05, 2014
"Let us offer one another a sign of peace."   With those words just before...
August 04, 2014
From The Catholic News Herald:  The Diocese of Nashville this summer has witnessed an explosion...
August 04, 2014
Oh, yeah...
August 04, 2014
...and where they live...here's one, hanging out where he lives. This picture is suddenly making...
August 04, 2014
Back to the future? Not so long ago, this would have been unthinkable. Details:  Russian...
August 04, 2014
Details:  James Brady, the spokesman for former President Ronald Reagan who was shot during a...
August 04, 2014
A few people sent me this link from CNN yesterday, forwarding it with a mix...
August 04, 2014
From Michael Daly in The Daily Beast:  The medical evacuation plane reached Dobbins Air Force...
August 04, 2014
An unusual report, in the secular press, on a unique liturgy being celebrated in Norfolk,...
August 03, 2014
Once again, my parish is in the midst of a great tradition, offering the annual...
August 02, 2014
From the Christian News Wire:  The Vatican has issued a decree that lifts its 29-year...
August 02, 2014
A perspective we rarely hear:  So what do you say to your son when you know...
August 02, 2014
Hard to believe, but true:  A North Carolina diner is offering a very different sort...
August 01, 2014
Details:  A Catholic church will soon "take over" the space currently being rented by the...
August 01, 2014
An interesting overview on how discernment works in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, from the...
August 01, 2014
From The Richmond Register in Kentucky:  Throughout its history the Roman Catholic Church has been...
August 01, 2014
From The New York Times:  Atheists are angry, and watch out, because now they have...
August 01, 2014
Details:  To the haunting refrains of Amazing Grace, 150 strangers on Thursday attended the funeral...

July 2014

July 31, 2014
A good English translation of this hasn't surfaced yet, but here's the gist, from L'Espresso...
July 31, 2014
Really:  Homophones, as any English grammarian can tell you, are words that sound the same...
July 31, 2014
From Religion News Service: Meriam Ibrahim, the Sudanese woman sentenced to death for refusing to...
July 31, 2014
Here's something you don't hear about much:  Becoming a consecrated virgin, says Judith Stegman, means...
July 31, 2014
A friend posted this on FB, and it's worth a look. From 2011: newly ordained...
July 31, 2014
Details:  As of September, renowned director Martin Scorsese will be in Taiwan to begin work...
July 31, 2014
The biggest surprise to me in this interview is that it's the first one he's...
July 30, 2014
The embattled archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis has posted the following column in this week's...
July 30, 2014
The Heritage Restoration and Design Studio in Illinois produced the video below, showing the impressive work...
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