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January 2019

January 31, 2019
An excellent rejoinder from Timothy O'Malley in Church Life Journal:  In a recent blog post, Fr....
January 31, 2019
That probably won't surprise the jolly people in the pews, who knew that already. It's...
January 30, 2019
Here's something great: an interview by Iowa Catholic Radio's Jon Leonetti with my pal Deacon...
January 30, 2019
From my bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn:  Recently, some in the Catholic community have called...
January 30, 2019
From The Hill:  The House Committee on Natural Resources is reportedly seeking to have the...
January 30, 2019
From The Catholic Register: Asia Bibi, the Catholic woman who spent eight years on death...
January 30, 2019
It happened last weekend, and the Archdiocese of Atlanta Twitter feed sent out the joyous...
January 29, 2019
As reported: A Michigan school district took their snow day announcement to the next level this week....
January 29, 2019
This comes from David Brooks in The New York Times, who sums up his philosophy...
January 29, 2019
From The Washington Post, meet James Brown, prepping for the Super Bowl: The early morning...
January 28, 2019
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com From the Diocese of Albany website, words from Bishop...
January 28, 2019
From CNS:  The primary goal of the Vatican's February summit on clerical sexual abuse and...
January 28, 2019
From Patti Armstrong at The National Catholic Register:  Woodrow Wilson was president, people drove their...
January 27, 2019
From Father Michael White, pastor of the Church of the Nativity, the parish made famous...
January 27, 2019
This was posted Friday on the website for Hemmer, DeFrank and Wessels. It comes from Nick...
January 27, 2019
Details: A Catholic priest reportedly refused to give communion to a pro-choice TD at a...
January 27, 2019
Deacon John Placette alerted me to this. (Thanks!) This headline went up last night. It's...
January 27, 2019
The video above shows the aftermath and offers additional information on the ground. Details: ...
January 27, 2019
The Holy Father has the answer:  Although Mary would not be considered an "influencer," like...
January 26, 2019
My blog neighbor, Dr. Gregory Popcak — a.k.a., "The Other Greg" at Patheos — alerted...
January 25, 2019
Details:  Diocese of Covington Bishop Roger Foys apologized Friday afternoon for issuing a premature statement...
January 25, 2019
This popped up on the archdiocesan website this morning: "Sing to the Lord a New...
January 25, 2019
My friend and legal eagle Tom Zampino alerted me to this bit of news: President...
January 24, 2019
You may remember the story of the Episcopal priest Andrew Petiprin and his journey into the...
January 24, 2019
From The New York Times:  Lawmakers are investigating the Twitter account that first shared a...
January 24, 2019
I can't imagine a more timely, necessary or urgent message for this moment. Here is...
January 23, 2019
That question has been a recurring refrain over the last several days—and grew louder after...
January 23, 2019
A great vocation story:  Speaking to the Italian television network TV2000, a recently ordained Italian...
January 23, 2019
As a former network news guy, I was delighted and grateful to read this profile...
January 22, 2019
Interesting news from the good people at Crux:  A new study released on Tuesday found...
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