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April 2017

April 08, 2017
Here's one analysis, from Jack Quirk at Christian Democracy: The Catechism of the Catholic Church...
April 08, 2017
From The Baltimore Sun:  When the longtime organist at St. John's Episcopal Church in Havre...
April 08, 2017
From Crux:  Hours after the United States launched 59 missiles at a military base of...
April 07, 2017
Details:  A Coptic Christian father of two who was on a "kill list" and tracked...
April 07, 2017
Politico takes note: After announcing that he’d ordered U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airfield in...
April 07, 2017
Happening tonight, according to Vatican Radio:  During the General Audience on Wednesday Pope Francis invited...
April 06, 2017
Details:  Feeling depressed after the election, Caitlin Reller decided to heed the advice of a...
April 06, 2017
Details:  Pope Francis will celebrate the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, on Holy Thursday, at...
April 06, 2017
A fascinating glimpse at parish life at St. Matthew's Catholic Church in Charlotte, N.C., from...
April 05, 2017
From Pew:  More babies were born to Christian mothers than to members of any other...
April 04, 2017
Sad news:  The monks at the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in Huntsville...
April 04, 2017
This seems to be a big deal: The Holy See has established new provisions for...
April 04, 2017
Good grief:  Theresa May has condemned the National Trust for omitting the word “Easter” from...
April 04, 2017
This news broke yesterday: The Vatican has welcomed three new Syrian refugee families, two of...
April 03, 2017
Check this out: When 22 Christian refugees gathered in the basement of an apartment in...
April 03, 2017
Last week, Providence Bishop Thomas J. Tobin caused a stir with this Facebook post:  Three...
April 03, 2017
From The Catholic Herald:  A pro-life philosopher has been disciplined by a Catholic university because he...
April 02, 2017
I alluded to his most famous rule a couple days back, but NPR has unearthed...
April 01, 2017
In John’s gospel, we find ourselves standing outside the tomb of Lazarus, and watching the...

March 2017

March 31, 2017
Those of us who are Of A Certain Age remember this classic Xerox ad from the...
March 31, 2017
The other day, I posted this profile from The Washington Post, spotlighting Karen Pence, wife...
March 31, 2017
Now for something different. A Lutheran pastor, the Rev. Erik Parker, was not a fan...
March 31, 2017
This is pretty impressive:  On Friday, March 17, the brick wall of a Brooklyn building...
March 31, 2017
Amid the news about a possible change in the date for the Vatican's Corpus Christi...
March 31, 2017
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Wednesday greeted the members of a delegation from the...
March 29, 2017
From The Washington Post:  Over the years, Karen Pence has repeatedly said that one of...
March 29, 2017
It happened outside Atlanta:  Faith and the support of the St. Joseph Church community are...
March 29, 2017
Details:  The two antiabortion activists who mounted a hidden-camera investigation against Planned Parenthood officials have been...
March 28, 2017
If you're near Springfield, Massachusetts Wednesday night, stop by and say hello. I'll be giving...
March 28, 2017
While it hasn't been formally translated into English yet, the pope's remarks on Saturday to a...
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