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July 2018

July 04, 2018
From The Irish Times:  Priests have no credibility when it comes to training people for...
July 04, 2018
This is already happening in other places around the country. Details:  Assignments have been announced...
July 03, 2018
Like everyone else, I've been encountering too much bitterness, anger and acrimony online lately. The Independence...
July 03, 2018
I first wrote about this several years back in these pages: We marked [4th of...
July 03, 2018
This didn't garner much attention when it happened a little over a week ago,...
July 03, 2018
From CNS:  In less than 48 hours, a group of Catholic bishops saw the faces...
July 02, 2018
This is simply a great idea, from Deacon Ken Crawford from the Diocese of Sacramento:...
July 02, 2018
The National Law Journal has a good overview of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, said to...
July 02, 2018
Social media has lots of videos of babies hearing sound for the first time. It's...
July 02, 2018
A great profile of the kind of person you don't find very much in Hollywood,...
July 01, 2018
From the Diocese of Sacramento Facebook page:  On Saturday, June 30, Bishop Jaime Soto ordained 27 men...
July 01, 2018
His name was Gerald Fischman. When I first met him, we were both students at...

June 2018

June 30, 2018
From Vatican Media:  There was great celebration on Friday in the Vatican when some 280...
June 30, 2018
With the Supreme Court poised to get a new justice before the end of the...
June 30, 2018
This most familiar of Catholic hymns serves as our recessional this weekend — and...
June 29, 2018
Details:  In an age-old rite, 11 men were ordained permanent deacons June 9 as the...
June 29, 2018
Details:  The pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Bath encouraged a teen he was counseling...
June 28, 2018
The latest installment in Phillip Pullella's wide-ranging interview with Pope Francis for Reuters: When Pope...
June 27, 2018
From NCR: The president of Pope Francis’ commission to study the history of women deacons...
June 26, 2018
This was Rep. Maxine Waters speaking at a rally Saturday, in a now-infamous diatribe against...
June 26, 2018
Big news, from CNA:  The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a California law requiring pro-life...
June 26, 2018
Here's something many people may not know about, via Politico:  Republicans have quietly imposed a...
June 26, 2018
It's so simple and do-able, you have to wonder why more churches don't try this....
June 25, 2018
Thanks to Deacon Jack Shea for sending along these snapshots of The Big Event held...
June 25, 2018
Some may remember this story from last spring: The Rev. C. Frank Phillips, founder of...
June 25, 2018
Here's part of an excellent homily delivered Saturday at the ordination of priests by Archbishop...
June 25, 2018
What?! Details:  A minister who was to the forefront of the campaign to legalize abortion...
June 25, 2018
From Archbishop Gregory Aymond's Facebook page:   I had the humble privilege to ordain 22 men...
June 25, 2018
The Rev. Martin Fox from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati responds to last week's news on...
June 24, 2018
Another favorite of mine, this meditative communion hymn is a great choice for this Sunday,...
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