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November 2017

November 23, 2017
From New Jersey: A group of atheists is suing a New Jersey animal shelter because...
November 22, 2017
A spectacular act of generosity: In life, Leonard Gigowski ran a corner grocery store. The...
November 22, 2017
A priest I know likes to say that Thanksgiving is one of his favorite holidays,...
November 22, 2017
From The New York Times, the first interview with the man whose church is now...
November 21, 2017
This is an excellent initiative and I'm pleased that CNEWA is a part of it:...
November 21, 2017
Great vocation story: A former journalist and an ex-barrister have said they are "living the...
November 20, 2017
This press release just arrived in my "in" box: Our Sunday Visitor announces the recent...
November 20, 2017
The star most familiar for her role in "Touched by an Angel" has died. From...
November 20, 2017
Some heartening news for lovers of history and sacred music, via this press release: Preservationist,...
November 19, 2017
From the vault: my homily for this Sunday from 2014: The gospel this Sunday is...
November 18, 2017
What a story: He was a homeless veteran only known as John, but thanks to...
November 18, 2017
This swinging rendition of the Andrae Crouch classic never fails to lift my spirits—and don't...
November 18, 2017
Details:  An Irish Catholic priest has called for Christians to stop using the word Christmas...
November 17, 2017
From UCANews:  Officials in China's Eastern Jiangxi Province have replaced religious images displayed by Christian...
November 17, 2017
I would add: these are great ways to prepare your son for manhood. From the...
November 17, 2017
And that's not all. He also wanted to remind the television audience it was First...
November 16, 2017
This item about Joe Biden wearing a rosary in tribute to his deceased son caused...
November 14, 2017
Praise God: Some welcome news from Nigeria, regarding the three kidnapped sisters from the Daughters...
November 14, 2017
Details: Catholic schools will be asked to remove the terms “mother” and “father” from admissions...
November 14, 2017
There has been no news out of Nigeria since the DMMM sisters were kidnapped Sunday,...
November 14, 2017
The host of the "Tonight Show" paid tribute to his mother last night. You can...
November 14, 2017
You may remember the controversy this school stirred up last summer. Now, an update:  The...
November 13, 2017
It's not every day you read something like this: Former Vice President Joe Biden has...
November 13, 2017
That's the provocative headline from writer Ximena N. Larkin, who makes this argument: We began calling...
November 13, 2017
Not according to The New York Times, which dropped by St. Patrick's over the weekend:...
November 13, 2017
Check out the ad above, from Tesco, a supermarket in the U.K. Some of the...
November 12, 2017
I got word of this late today from my friend Msgr. Gerard Lopez, Vicar General...
November 12, 2017
That's essentially the message of this clever video, produced by the Forest Hill Church in...
November 11, 2017
There are a couple well-known versions of this great Eucharistic hymn. This one is our...
November 10, 2017
Love this. The image comes from St. Ladislas Catholic Church, in Westlake, Ohio, by way...
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