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February 2014

February 06, 2014
Photo by Michael Alexander / Georgia Bulletin From the Georgia Bulletin comes this beautiful tribute...
February 06, 2014
"The normal Catholic response to sin, per se, is repentance and Confession, not loss of...
February 06, 2014
From The New York Daily News:   President Obama and the First Lady joined thousands from...
February 06, 2014
From the CNS blog:  A Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide that Pope Francis put up for auction went...
February 06, 2014
Mary DeTurris Poust adds her voice to the debate about that Montana school teacher, and...
February 06, 2014
He released his message for this year's World Youth Day, and his main theme is...
February 06, 2014
Details, from Religion News Service:  Philomena Lee, the real-life Irish woman whose life story is...
February 05, 2014
Details from The Montana Standard:  Shaela Evenson “made a willful decision to violate the terms...
February 05, 2014
So a school teacher in Montana has been fired for conceiving a child out of...
February 05, 2014
Believe it or not, Lent starts just a month from now, on March 5. And...
February 05, 2014
Details:  Stars of stage and screen will gather in New York on Friday morning for Philip...
February 05, 2014
It's our own Elizabeth Scalia—turning into an international papal pundit—with some thoughts on Pope Francis,...
February 05, 2014
From Associated Press:  A U.N. human rights committee denounced the Vatican on Wednesday for adopting...
February 04, 2014
Hunting for a radio station on the car during my recent trip to South Carolina,...
February 04, 2014
From the Associated Press:  An unmarried teacher at a Roman Catholic middle school in Montana...
February 04, 2014
A few years ago, when the movie "Doubt" was released, one of the film's technical...
February 04, 2014
This. To mark the 30th birthday of the Mac, Apple created this astonishing video. And...
February 04, 2014
From Catholic News Service:  Courageously follow Jesus in seeking out the poor and sinners, and...
February 04, 2014
From The Boston Globe: Matthew Barrett thought he had found his dream job. He had...
February 04, 2014
The big news today out of New Hampshire: A priest who had held one of...
February 04, 2014
Buckingham Palace confirms:  The Queen is will visit Pope Francis at the Vatican on April...
February 04, 2014
Details:  Germany's Catholic bishops, responding to a worldwide Vatican survey, said on Monday that many...
February 03, 2014
Hot on the heels of last night's less-than-cliffhanger Super Bowl, a much-too-gleeful Washingtonian (Mark Shea)...
February 03, 2014
Hearing about Pete Seeger's death, those shrewd detectives over at CNS went ferreting through their...
February 03, 2014
Photo: Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News From The Buffalo News:  It’s Sunday morning and, beneath...
February 03, 2014
It happened in Philadelphia:  A local organization opened its doors Sunday for homeless people across...
February 02, 2014
No, it wasn't the Budweiser commercial with the puppy. It's this, from Coca-Cola. This is...
February 02, 2014
R.I.P.  The 46-year-old actor, arguably one of the finest of his generation, was found dead...
February 02, 2014
Details:  Mosques across Egypt have witnessed the first Friday sermon on a set theme chosen...
February 02, 2014
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