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September 2019

September 09, 2019
Behold, the new commercial for Amazon Prime. I don't know if most Americans seeing this...
September 09, 2019
From the Aberdeen News in South Dakota: The Rev. Tom Hartman’s first call was as...
September 08, 2019
Check out this remarkable video testimony from The Miami Herald, which reports on how 300...
September 08, 2019
Here's a unique vocation, via Catholic Anchor, from Father Scott Garrett, who tends to the...
September 08, 2019
Leave it to The New York Times to find a church in Manhattan where belief...
September 07, 2019
This tweet says it all, from Bishop Robert Coerver of Lubbock, Texas: Been working with...
September 07, 2019
Don’t put your faith in what you can see. Trust, instead, in what you can’t....
September 06, 2019
From The Buffalo News:  The pressure is building on Bishop Richard J. Malone, leader of...
September 06, 2019
From Northwest Catholic:  Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said he will not live in the 9,000-square-foot...
September 05, 2019
I suspect it is a question a lot of parents are asking these days. From...
September 04, 2019
From CNS:  Pope Francis told a reporter that it is "an honor when Americans attack...
September 04, 2019
"Pornography is a big struggle, but no one talks about it."  That's the head-turning message...
September 04, 2019
The story in Buffalo continues to implode — bursting onto social media early this morning,...
September 03, 2019
Kudos to reporter Ruth Graham who got arguably the Catholic scoop of the year: a...
September 03, 2019
"Have pity on us and obtain for us protection from hurricanes and all other disasters..."...
September 02, 2019
That appears to be exactly what happened in the video below, posted on Twitter last...
September 02, 2019
A grateful h/t to FOB Josh Mansfield, who passed along this picture of the new...
September 02, 2019
The movie premiered at the Telluride Film Festival this weekend. One review calls it, in...
September 01, 2019
From The Tennessean:  The students at St. Edward Catholic School in Nashville can no longer checkout...
September 01, 2019
From Vatican News:  After reciting the Angelus in St Peter’s Square on Sunday, Pope Francis announced...

August 2019

August 31, 2019
He is 14-year-old Oliver Jawornicki, a.k.a. Ollie, who just happens to be working this summer...
August 31, 2019
Not many people may know that the TV legend who died yesterday — and who...
August 31, 2019
"By means of work, man participates in the activity of God himself, his Creator." —...
August 30, 2019
O God, Master of this passing world, hear the humble voices of your children. The...
August 30, 2019
The priest at the center of the AP story, the Rev. Quentin Dupont, was interviewed...
August 29, 2019
This will be something to see. Check out the teaser trailer for the film below....
August 29, 2019
Still more regarding the tragic case of Robert Fuller, from the archdiocese's website:  The Associated...
August 29, 2019
Catholic writer and speaker Meg Hunter-Kilmer posted this on Facebook yesterday, and I think it...
August 29, 2019
After she made headlines last week over her offensive tweets, the controversial appointee has quit: ...
August 28, 2019
From The New York Times:  A 54-year-old priest who studied in the United States was...
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