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February 2014

February 12, 2014
From Reuters:  A militant Islamist group has urged followers to pray for an earthquake in...
February 12, 2014
Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times Once again, tough economic times have people...
February 12, 2014
My blog neighbor Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a great insight into the two men in...
February 12, 2014
My pal Brandon Vogt dropped by my office yesterday and in between catching up on...
February 12, 2014
From the pope's general audience Wednesday: Dear Brothers and Sisters: Continuing our catechesis on the...
February 11, 2014
Here's an interesting detail I hadn't heard before, from Georg Ganswein, via CNS:  Archbishop Ganswein...
February 11, 2014
It almost happened, according to David Gibson:  On a day when everyone is recalling Pope...
February 11, 2014
Miami is promoting an app that helps everyone to understand the Mass better: Called "Mass Explained,"...
February 11, 2014
And there's news this morning for Rockville Centre, too... This just in: Ed Scharfenberger is...
February 11, 2014
What a year. I clicked on my computer early that morning to check the overseas...
February 10, 2014
I've never seen anything quite like this—and all I could think of while watching it...
February 10, 2014
Thirty years ago, it was home to the winter Olympics. But look at what's happened...
February 10, 2014
This is one reason, among many, why I thank God for albs. Details:  Even in...
February 10, 2014
Details:  The brother of assassinated Pakistani Catholic minister Shahbaz Bhatti has been forced to flee...
February 10, 2014
Unsurprisingly, they're all on the East Coast, where European immigrants—many, of course, Catholic— first put...
February 10, 2014
From Reuters:  A year after his shock resignation, Pope Emeritus Benedict has no regrets and...
February 09, 2014
He stands over seven feet tall and might grow even more -- possibly becoming the...
February 09, 2014
The much-ballyhooed event was to be held in the Paul VI Audience Hall (seen here)...
February 09, 2014
From the op-ed pages of The New York Times today, this assessment from Frank Bruni: ...
February 09, 2014
From The Washington Post:  Most Catholics worldwide disagree with church teachings on divorce, abortion and...
February 09, 2014
Photo: Essdras M. Suarez / Boston Globe From The Boston Globe:  Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley...
February 08, 2014
From the National Catholic Reporter:  "It is fascinating to see how Pope Francis is encouraging,...
February 08, 2014
The German bishops have weighed in on their survey results for the upcoming synod, and...
February 08, 2014
From The New York Times:  Helping the terminally ill end their lives, condemned for decades...
February 08, 2014
Last year, my wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate our 27th wedding...
February 08, 2014
Thursday, we got a look at how Jay Leno said "So long, farewell" to The...
February 08, 2014
From The Wall Street Journal:  The biting winter in Chicago has been especially cold for...
February 07, 2014
From CNS:  Pope Francis said contemporary ideas of marriage as an arrangement defined by personal...
February 07, 2014
An inspired send-off from last night's "Tonight" show. While it won't rival Carson's finale, it...
February 07, 2014
From The B.C. Catholic in Vancouver: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began with...
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