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August 2017

August 07, 2017
Some fascinating conclusions:  Does prayer affect our intimate relationships? Frank Fincham at Florida State University’s...
August 07, 2017
He could be among the first to receive recognition under new norms issued a few...
August 07, 2017
A beautiful vocation story from Denver: It was April 6, 2012—Good Friday—and 26-year-old Andrea Polito...
August 06, 2017
Some fascinating news from the Holy Land: Archaeologists think they may have found the lost...
August 06, 2017
A fitting anthem for the Feast of the Transfiguration, don't you think? This is a...
August 05, 2017
Check this out:  When the light turned red at the corner of 51st and Center...
August 05, 2017
Where were you in the summer of ’77? I had graduated high school and was...
August 05, 2017
The following appeared on the Facebook page of Bishop Joseph Toal, of the Diocese of...
August 05, 2017
The trailer here offers a peak at the next installment of the franchise, debuting Sunday...
August 04, 2017
It's this guy, featured on CNN: A small group of nuns and priests met the...
August 04, 2017
And this picture was the result. Shown are (l-r) Seminarian Jose Diaz, who was in...
August 03, 2017
Maybe:  Father Rafael Bercasio pastors perhaps the smallest parish in America — and the most...
August 03, 2017
Yeah, this is a thing. Check out The New York Times video mini-documentary above. The...
August 03, 2017
Can designer babies be far behind? Details:  Scientists for the first time have successfully edited...
August 03, 2017
Some happy news:  On Saturday, July 22, two novices made their profession as Little Sisters...
August 02, 2017
This news was causing a stir on social media today: The Knights of Columbus, long...
August 02, 2017
I had no idea he was Catholic, until I read this fascinating interview with Tony...
August 02, 2017
The former vice president appeared on CNN, as part of a live town hall discussion...
August 01, 2017
From The Irish Times:  Ireland’s youngest priest takes up his new position as a curate...

July 2017

July 31, 2017
Look who popped up, like Forest Gump, on television. This report aired on NET, the...
July 31, 2017
Some months back, the star of "The Middle" and "Everybody Loves Raymond" caused an Internet...
July 31, 2017
Here's something that hasn't been reported on much—and it comes from the Christian Broadcasting Network:...
July 31, 2017
The guy hasn't gone on hiatus since the '70s. So how does he spend his...
July 31, 2017
These images, posted by the Venezuela bishops conference on Twitter Friday, show priests intervening to...
July 31, 2017
Some news from Maine: With just a fifth of the number of nuns in Maine...
July 30, 2017
A deacon friend in the U.K. sent this to me last night, some happy news...
July 29, 2017
A definitive version is seen and heard here, from the papal Mass in Washington, D.C....
July 29, 2017
Over the last few weeks, we’ve been hearing a series of parables in Matthew’s gospel,...
July 28, 2017
Details:  Eleven-month-old Charlie Gard, whose short life captured the hearts of the world, has died...
July 28, 2017
I love this:  A glance, a thought, a prayer are what St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic...
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