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February 2014

February 02, 2014
Details from CBS in Sacramento:  Catholic Church leaders say a phony priest has been making...
February 01, 2014
From The Washington Post: For decades, the Catholic Church has struggled with a shortage of...
February 01, 2014
I found myself in Times Square Friday afternoon, and got quite a shock. It seems...
February 01, 2014
It happened in Missouri, but this sounds strikingly similar to the story that made news...

January 2014

January 31, 2014
From Bill Ditewig's blog:  Last night, I saw first-hand the “Francis Effect” in action, right...
January 31, 2014
I found myself this morning in Times Square, which was teeming with pre-Super Bowl festivities....
January 31, 2014
Fr. Dan Horan notes that today would have been the great writer's 99th birthday, and...
January 31, 2014
From National Catholic Reporter:  Hoping to fill a gap in scholarly research about permanent deacons,...
January 30, 2014
Details: In a powerful statement encouraging fidelity and strong Catholic identity in Catholic higher education,...
January 30, 2014
Details:  Archbishop Joachim Meisner of Cologne, a German cardinal of the Catholic Church, landed in...
January 29, 2014
There they go again. From The Christian Post:  American Atheists is putting up a new...
January 29, 2014
The report is in German, but here's a rough (very rough) Google translation:  The Vatican...
January 29, 2014
Details from The National Catholic Register:  Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi has strongly criticised an...
January 29, 2014
From Huffington Post:  "God bless America" has become the expected way for U.S. presidents to...
January 29, 2014
This story has been getting a lot of attention this morning. It's the response of...
January 29, 2014
From the UK:  A Catholic priest who juggles his job with property developing has landed...
January 29, 2014
Purveyors of doom take note: donations to Boston's annual appeal Catholic Appeal are way up....
January 28, 2014
It's the latest thing: make 'em fun and funny. People will actually look forward to...
January 28, 2014
Some may remember when this school principal from the Bronx made headlines a couple years...
January 28, 2014
Rocco's lead says it all:  In the annals of American Catholicism, and indeed beyond, the...
January 28, 2014
Details:  A Satanic sect is among the suspects after a reliquary containing blood of the...
January 28, 2014
The legendary troubadour, pacifist, folk icon and composer has died at 94. He left a...
January 27, 2014
Details:  An 83-year-old Catholic nun convicted in a protest and break-in at the primary U.S. storehouse...
January 27, 2014
A deacon sent me the following email: A priest I respect greatly recently said something...
January 27, 2014
Details:  Thieves broke into a small church in the mountains east of Rome over the...
January 26, 2014
Details from The South Jersey Times:   St. Joseph was cut in half, St. Francis...
January 26, 2014
From the Vatican's news site:  Pope Francis earlier today met with participants at a national...
January 25, 2014
This weekend, I'm in Seneca, South Carolina, preparing to direct a parish mission at St....
January 25, 2014
You can't make this stuff up.
January 24, 2014
From Politico:  The Obama administration cannot enforce the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage requirements against...
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