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July 2017

July 27, 2017
A sensationally good idea, from St. Dominic Catholic Church in Panama, FL, which encourages its...
July 27, 2017
Details:  A dozen Catholic churches in Manhattan and The Bronx could soon be sold now...
July 27, 2017
From CNS:  Four theologians specializing in marriage and family life are studying Vatican archival material...
July 26, 2017
Details:  "If God be for us, then who can be against us?" Generations of Knoxville...
July 26, 2017
From Politico:  President Donald Trump has formally nominated Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback to serve as...
July 26, 2017
From the cathedral website:  Raleigh began the day with the smallest Catholic cathedral in the...
July 26, 2017
This is noteworthy: the first I've heard of a clergyman being detained. Now posters bearing...
July 25, 2017
Remarkable: This Aug. 15 will mark 90 years since the Sacramentine Sisters of Don Orione...
July 25, 2017
Details: The Vatican began turning off its fountains due to an ongoing drought in Italy,...
July 24, 2017
A curiosity, from the BBC:  The Orange Order has asked its members to stop using...
July 24, 2017
Somehow, I missed this when the news broke last week. Details:  Two days after hundreds...
July 24, 2017
Details: Nine-year-old Andrea is an Italian boy who joined 130 children last month for a...
July 23, 2017
This post appeared on Father Dwight Longenecker's Facebook feed. It describes the experiences of a...
July 23, 2017
Well, what do you know? From The Irish Times:  The Rolling Stones may have had...
July 23, 2017
You probably remember his story from a couple weeks back: The former Northern Ireland footballer Philip...
July 22, 2017
An oldie but a goodie, with a nice Anglican flair. This was our entrance processional...
July 22, 2017
Wow:  Mohammad Lahham is a sculptor in Lebanon who fled the war in Syria five...
July 22, 2017
This Sunday’s Gospel asks us to consider the question: why does God let weeds into...
July 22, 2017
Something beautiful:  A Catholic charity has sent 15 statues of the Virgin Mary to the...
July 21, 2017
This is courageous—and I know this will be a welcome gift to many. As his...
July 21, 2017
The news is just horrific: A group of teens, who filmed and mocked a disabled...
July 21, 2017
Further proof that deacons come from everywhere: this profile of a candidate from the Keene...
July 20, 2017
This is pretty remarkable:  In 2015, Zion Harvey became known to the public as the youngest...
July 20, 2017
Few would disagree that the trials of John McCain have been beyond what most of...
July 19, 2017
Monday, The New York Times correspondent Rikmini Callimachi posted a series of tweets that reminded...
July 19, 2017
From Canada comes this potent PSA, cautioning against texting while driving.   Photo: Pixabay
July 19, 2017
This is something to see. Prepare to be aaaaahhed. It happened off Long Island and...
July 17, 2017
A sign of hope in France: The first priest to be ordained in the Rouen...
July 17, 2017
There's been a lot of throat-clearing and hand-wringing over Benedict's remarks, delivered via telegram, at...
July 16, 2017
I was a little flabbergasted to read this on a friend's Facebook page: For the...
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