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March 2014

March 15, 2014
Our parish will be showing a video for the Annual Catholic Appeal this Sunday. Homilies...
March 15, 2014
This may be the only situation quite like this in the United States. Certainly, the...
March 15, 2014
Photo: Eddie Moore/Albuqurque Journal From The Albuquerque News:  Seventy-five-year-old Dave Burgett shows up four or...
March 14, 2014
This is news to me:  The cathedral Notre-Dame de Paris is exposing relics of the...
March 14, 2014
From NCR:  Hired less than a year ago, Kim Daniels has left her post as...
March 14, 2014
An interesting turn of events across the pond, via London's The Tablet:  A deacon who...
March 14, 2014
A young deacon I know who will be ordained a priest in June sent me...
March 13, 2014
I spent part of last week in Ohio, and in four days visited three dioceses:...
March 13, 2014
From The Washington Post:  Congressional leaders have invited Pope Francis to address a joint session...
March 13, 2014
Some ingenious advertising from a few years ago in Chicago: That's a classic example of...
March 13, 2014
This is highly unusual. I'm not aware of any other bishops who have openly encouraged...
March 13, 2014
CNS has just reposted this video from last year, and it's worth another look: Pope...
March 13, 2014
This Lent marks the 10-year anniversary of his controversial (and record-shattering) "The Passion of the...
March 13, 2014
From NBC:  One in five Americans say religion does not play an important role in...
March 13, 2014
From CNN, a young priest studying in Rome—Father Joel Camaya from the Philippines—offers his impressions...
March 13, 2014
CNS's Robert Duncan produced this fine video, featuring seminarians from the North American College in...
March 12, 2014
Details:  Germany’s Catholic bishops elected Munich Cardinal Reinhard Marx their new leader on Wednesday, picking...
March 12, 2014
This news broke while I was away this weekend. Ned O'Gorman represents part of a...
March 12, 2014
Inspiring news, from CNS:  Maria Delamonica spoke somewhat sourly of the state of affairs in...
March 12, 2014
From The Catholic Herald:  "Whoa!” That was the simple word of exclamation uttered by a...
March 12, 2014
Details from The Minneapolis Star-Tribune: Archbishop John Nienstedt will return to full duties in the...
March 12, 2014
From The Wall Street Journal: Francis mania is lifting up the religious media. As Pope Francis approaches...
March 11, 2014
A reader sent this my way: a video tour for Our Lady of Perpetual Help...
March 11, 2014
From CNS:  In its approach to divorced and civilly remarried Catholics, the Catholic Church needs...
March 11, 2014
Second from the right? In green shirt and blue pants? Osama Bin Laden. Visiting Sweden...
March 11, 2014
Evidently, imperfect people should go elsewhere. Kudos to the priest for stating what should be...
March 11, 2014
Because it leads to things like this: lip-sync performances from "Frozen" on family trips. Dude,...
March 11, 2014
Great news: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, addressed those gathered at the Basilica of...
March 11, 2014
It's happening in Cincinnati:  Teachers in Cincinnati Archdiocese schools could lose their jobs if they...
March 10, 2014
This is news that only breaks once every millennium:  Patriarchs of the world's 250 million...
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