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May 2018

May 12, 2018
Here's a classic, just made for congregational singing. With a royal wedding looming upon us,...
May 11, 2018
I haven't seen many of these cross my desk when I meet families about baptisms,...
May 10, 2018
From the vault, my homily for Ascension Thursday 2015: This glorious feast of the Ascension—one...
May 10, 2018
The scoop, via The Catholic Herald:  Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who gave a...
May 09, 2018
From The Hollywood Reporter:  Have the French found God? Given the crop of projects being...
May 09, 2018
The New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat offers his take on the controversial Met...
May 09, 2018
I love stories like this. From San Jose's The Valley Catholic:  Thomas Flowers, SJ, son of...
May 08, 2018
A lot of ink has been spilled about this controversial evening, but I was struck...
May 08, 2018
From John Allen at Crux, an update on a story that generated significant buzz last...
May 08, 2018
From America:  Over 500 respondents took part in our informal survey on Catholic motherhood, conducted...
May 07, 2018
The St. Pio Foundation — the guiding force behind the historic tour of Padre Pio's...
May 07, 2018
Now for something different, from The Atlantic:  Religions have long been the dominant suppliers of...
May 07, 2018
I wasn't aware of this—and, I suspect, most ordinary Catholics probably aren't aware of it,...
May 07, 2018
From The Seattle Times:  Seattle University will remove the name of the late Archbishop Thomas...
May 07, 2018
This is something — from the great Steve Hartman at CBS News: Austin Perine may...
May 06, 2018
  Some may remember this shocking story from last November, about a deacon stabbed to...
May 05, 2018
I'm away from my parish (again) this weekend, while on vacation in Florida, and we...
May 05, 2018
From The Washington Post, some very good reporting on a man who has been the...
May 04, 2018
The Vatican has yet to confirm this report, but if true, it's huge: In wake...
May 04, 2018
From Vatican News: At a meeting in the Vatican on Thursday, senior Vatican officials and...
May 03, 2018
From The New York Times:  The chaplain of the House of Representatives, who was recently...
May 02, 2018
I'm delighted to welcome a longtime social media pal, faithful priest, and all-around great guy,...
May 02, 2018
From Axios:  The Trump administration is debating whether to cut off abortion providers such as...
May 01, 2018
  Oh brother. Check out this report:  A Catholic high school in Michigan is clarifying...
May 01, 2018
And John Allen offers this interesting context: Cardinal Marx’s response to the letter by seven...

April 2018

April 30, 2018
From The New York Times:   Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican’s third-highest-ranking official, must stand trial...
April 30, 2018
Take a bite out of these, from Cincinnati photog Tina Geers, via The Catholic Telegraph:...
April 30, 2018
Taylor Marshall on Facebook described something he heard at Mass this weekend: I heard in...
April 30, 2018
From CNA:  A bill approving a memorial to the unborn was passed by the Tennessee...
April 30, 2018
The actor posted this image on Instagram several days ago, attending his daughter's First Communion...
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