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May 2017

May 19, 2017
From The Tampa Bay Times:  Faith now counts among the ties that bind Tampa and...
May 19, 2017
In his weekly newspaper column in the Brooklyn Tablet, my bishop, Nicholas DiMarzio, reflects on the...
May 19, 2017
I know where I was: the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Brooklyn,...
May 18, 2017
Katrina Fernandez today looks at the growing phenomenon of secularizing the Mass—taking note of things like...
May 18, 2017
As Springfield, Massachusetts prepares to ordain nine new deacons this weekend, The Springfield Republican newspaper...
May 17, 2017
From Crux:  Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark, N.J., issued a strong call on Wednesday for...
May 17, 2017
This information was released last month in a summary accompanying the Pontifical Yearbook: The population of...
May 17, 2017
Details: UNESCO will announce the Holy Family route in Egypt as a world heritage site,...
May 17, 2017
This question popped up via CNS, and was answered by the Rev. Kenneth Doyle: Q....
May 16, 2017
From BBC:  A Mexican priest is hospital after being stabbed during Mass in Mexico City's...
May 16, 2017
Details:  To prominent comedian Jim Gaffigan, his wife's brain tumor is definitely no laughing matter....
May 15, 2017
Further evidence that we're doomed:  If the secret to a happy marriage is finding the...
May 15, 2017
The world lost a good shepherd last night: the 6th bishop of Brooklyn, Thomas Vose...
May 15, 2017
From the WYD Facebook page:  Mary is at the centre of the World Youth Day 2019...
May 14, 2017
Today, Mother's Day, a woman I know came to me in tears, barely able to...
May 14, 2017
Multiple reports are saying this news could be announced any day now: Callista Gingrich, the...
May 14, 2017
Amazing story:  The weather was gray and misty with a deep chill on the London morning in...
May 13, 2017
From his press conference during his return flight from Fatima: In response to a question...
May 13, 2017
While the world honors the anniversary of the first appearance of Mary at Fatima, the...
May 12, 2017
...And he actually got a reply. Awesome story:  You send someone a gift; you get...
May 12, 2017
And the overwhelming majority of new permanent deacons are Hispanic. The news release: Cardinal Blase...
May 12, 2017
Some wise words for parents—and for everyone, really—from Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse, in The Wall...
May 12, 2017
From the Order of Preachers website, a reflection by the Rev. Isidore Clarke, O.P.: Sixty years...
May 11, 2017
From Little Rock, a big deal: Nearly 70 men will begin the journey this fall...
May 11, 2017
I received the following email this afternoon from my friend Deacon James Keating: Greg…we ordained...
May 11, 2017
Intriguing, from Green Bay's The Compass: There’s a Mother’s Day mystery afoot at St. John...
May 11, 2017
Still going strong at 95:  At the young age of 95, Emile Adams, Jr., continues...
May 10, 2017
From his Wikipedia page, an often-overlooked detail of the former FBI director's life: Comey and...
May 10, 2017
An amazing story, via the Catholic Register in Canada: Eva Kuper believes in the power of...
May 10, 2017
Details: One of the Vatican’s top legal minds has opened the way for a revision...
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