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March 2014

March 20, 2014
An editorial from the UK's Catholic Herald:  It’s not difficult to find evidence of our...
March 20, 2014
How charming:  DC Abortion Fund is the only organization in the D.C. region that focuses...
March 20, 2014
David Gibson has the scoop:  Fortune magazine today released its list of the World’s 50...
March 20, 2014
Once again, in his daily homily, Pope Francis touches on a favorite theme and image:...
March 20, 2014
If you are one of those who has forsaken Facebook or Twitter for Lent, you...
March 20, 2014
From Religion News Service:  Russell Crowe, who plays the title character in the new Hollywood...
March 19, 2014
Details, from Catholic San Francisco:  A San Quentin prisoner sentenced to life for his role...
March 19, 2014
Newark Archbishop John Myers' large retirement home has gotten a lot of ink—and criticism—and the other...
March 19, 2014
I spotted this notice on an Orthodox website, and thought something like this might benefit...
March 19, 2014
An interview on deacons, from Vatican Insider: Msgr. Nicora Filippi, who is representing the Permanent...
March 19, 2014
Image: by Aristides Artal Today is the great saint's feast. From the Novena to St....
March 18, 2014
This is almost worth the price of a ticket itself. The geniuses behind this idea describe...
March 18, 2014
From CNS:  Priests in the Diocese of Rome, led by Pope Francis and organized by...
March 18, 2014
Some intriguing possibilities here from Msgr. M. Francis Mannion, via PrayTell:   The Church continues...
March 18, 2014
I've said it before: this guy slays me. Check out the CNS video below, wherein...
March 18, 2014
An interesting observation via Word on Fire, from Dominican Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe: It may...
March 18, 2014
Details from The Star-Ledger in Newark: Acting with uncustomary speed, the Vatican has expelled a...
March 18, 2014
Details, from Religion News Service:  In the American imagination, to be Irish is to be...
March 17, 2014
Some bishops are pushing the idea, according to CNS:  Several Australian bishops said they would...
March 17, 2014
He used that now-famous (or infamous) phrase during his homily this morning: In his homily...
March 17, 2014
Someone posted this on Facebook this afternoon. Eighth grade at St. Peter's Catholic School, Olney,...
March 17, 2014
Small world: those who are familiar with the sensational Christmas concert at my parish also...
March 17, 2014
This is just beautiful—and proudly, wondrously pro-life.
March 17, 2014
From The New Orleans Clarion Herald:  It took a long time, but the parishioners of...
March 17, 2014
Leave it to Bill Ditewig to remind us of that intriguing fact—and a few other...
March 16, 2014
A Ukrainian priest sent this to me: the national anthem of Ukraine, translated into English,...
March 16, 2014
Details: The new leader of Germany’s Roman Catholic bishops called for a revision of the...
March 16, 2014
In Baton Rouge, via Rod Dreher.
March 15, 2014
Renovation and restoration work has been continuing apace for many months, almost exactly one year...
March 15, 2014
He's be assisted by a parochial vicar and three deacons. From The Pittsburgh Catholic:  On...
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