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October 2017

October 07, 2017
A beautiful account of one community of faith, keeping the faith, via The Washington Post:  Carmen...
October 07, 2017
This Gospel parable touches on a number of important themes. Perhaps most significantly, in the...
October 07, 2017
The Russian Orthodox Church has already declared them martyrs for the faith, releasing the short...
October 06, 2017
From CNN:  In a blow to Obamacare's controversial contraceptive mandate, employers may now have more...
October 06, 2017
Details:  A steady decline in the number of Catholic priests is pushing the Diocese of...
October 05, 2017
"That" is the Diocese of Orange in California. The Los Angeles Times explains: On any...
October 05, 2017
If nothing else, he appears to be the most popular name on the list. Details...
October 04, 2017
Actually, it may be the burial spot of St. Nicholas—more popularly recognized as "Santa Claus."...
October 04, 2017
Here's an interesting posting from the Dallas Morning News, from Father Joshua Whitfield— a priest...
October 03, 2017
I'm seeing more deacons involved in this sort of preparation—and I think the cardinal makes...
October 03, 2017
The Pilot newspaper wrote about them shortly before the ordination: Cardinal Seán P. O'Malley will...
October 03, 2017
A remarkable vocation story, via The Washington Post:  Within moments, what started as an ordinary...
October 02, 2017
From Vatican Radio:  The Bishop of Las Vegas, Joseph Pepe, has issued a statement in...
October 02, 2017
And look where you can read all about it: The New York Times. Details:  In...
October 02, 2017
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis has expressed his “spiritual closeness” to victims of the deadly...
October 02, 2017
As the horrifying news continues to unfold from Las Vegas, now the worst mass shooting...
October 01, 2017
Pope Francis met with immigrants today—and as the image here shows (shared by Greg Burke...
October 01, 2017
The head of Facebook posted this on his page last night: Tonight concludes Yom Kippur,...
October 01, 2017
Evidently, it's because other religions are losing members. From the Scottish Catholic Observer: The latest...
October 01, 2017
This is inspiring: the story of how one city is reaching out to help the...

September 2017

September 30, 2017
Father Thomas Rosica, CSB of Salt + Light TV, interviews Archbishop Michael Miller about a...
September 30, 2017
Details, via the Catholic Herald:  Pope Francis has reappointed Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke to the...
September 30, 2017
The rendition in the video above was recorded at a wedding a few years ago,...
September 29, 2017
From The New York Times:  The controversy over kneeling in protest of racial injustice moved...
September 29, 2017
Since this is the Feast of the Archangels, I thought it a good moment to...
September 29, 2017
You probably remember that a court recently sentenced the militants who carried out the infamous and...
September 29, 2017
From Vatican Radio:  Pope Francis will focus on the harmful effects of fake news against journalism...
September 29, 2017
Watch the powerful video above for a stunning and indelible message that stands in defiance...
September 29, 2017
You can watch the moving video above. From The Washington Post:  For the past 15...
September 28, 2017
While I'm biding my time at Logan Airport, waiting to head back to New York,...
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