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July 2018

July 30, 2018
From Vatican News:  Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Australian Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson of...
July 30, 2018
Check out the video above and read the full account from Cincinnati.com: We’re upstairs in...
July 29, 2018
The bishop of Albany, Edward B. Scharfenberger, released the following letter to his clergy today, taking...
July 29, 2018
Details:  Thousands of anti-government protesters in Nicaragua have taken part in a march to show...
July 28, 2018
My homily students know this piece of advice I always give them: even if you...
July 28, 2018
Here's a perennial favorite at my parish. It will be making a return appearance...
July 28, 2018
The following message was sent to the parishioners of Corpus Christi, a Roman Catholic community of...
July 28, 2018
From the National Catholic Register:  The full text of the Vatican statement: “Yesterday evening the Holy...
July 27, 2018
Gretchen Crowe was there — and experienced the enthusiasm and joy so many of us...
July 27, 2018
From our Eastern siblings: At 44, Bishop Milan Lach is the fifth bishop of the...
July 27, 2018
Details:  An Indian federal agency has proposed abolishing the sacrament of confession on grounds that...
July 26, 2018
From NCR: When Kathleen O'Connell Sauline came forward for Communion at St. Luke Parish in...
July 26, 2018
That's a question I haven't heard before. But it's being asked in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
July 26, 2018
Here's a powerful reflection on mystery, miracles and McCarrick — tied to the story of...
July 26, 2018
From The Los Angeles Times:  The interior of one of Los Angeles' best known...
July 26, 2018
From The New Orleans Advocate:  It was a sunny Saturday afternoon in June when a...
July 25, 2018
As I sit in the Delta Sky Club and wait for our flight home, I...
July 25, 2018
Details:  The leader of Rhode Island's Roman Catholics deleted his Twitter account on Monday. Diocese...
July 24, 2018
It's only Tuesday, but already I can report: this has been phenomenal. The sense of...
July 24, 2018
I'm here at the National Diaconate Congress in New Orleans this week—more on that to...
July 22, 2018
A bishop quickly emerging as a foremost authority on the diaconate has just published a...
July 21, 2018
I'm about to head out the door for the 2018 National Diaconal Congress in New...
July 21, 2018
This great old Protestant hymn has found a welcome home in many Catholic parishes....
July 20, 2018
This hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves. But attention must be paid. From Crux:...
July 20, 2018
Seriously:  Now you can bring Francis anywhere you please. Bless your home or workplace with an action...
July 20, 2018
Deacons, take note: the intrepid editorial staff at the Catholic Herald—newspaper for the Diocese of...
July 20, 2018
Details:  The complexion of America’s private school sector has undergone massive changes over the past...
July 19, 2018
Here's the letter he sent (h/t Steve Ray at Defenders of the Catholic Faith and the...
July 19, 2018
And it's a little piece of diaconate history, too: History was made in the Diocese...
July 18, 2018
After Pope Francis dropped by the wedding of a Swiss Guard the other day, he...
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