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March 2017

March 08, 2017
It started in Mexico, evidently: It’s hard for young children to sit still for two...
March 08, 2017
Crux has the scoop:  Pope Francis has expressed openness to a renewed consideration of married...
March 08, 2017
From New Orleans, via NCR:  As Christians in the New Orleans area converge on Ash Wednesday...
March 08, 2017
This is unusual for a number of reasons: he's a late vocation—very late—and he's only...
March 07, 2017
Must reading from Sojourners:  The work of pastors in this season is to encourage church...
March 07, 2017
Adorableness doesn't get more adorable than this:  In Catholic tradition, St. Francis of Assisi is...
March 07, 2017
From The Monterey Herald: Our Lady of the Assumption Church is so small parishioners overflow...
March 06, 2017
From The New York Times:  The White House, concerned about the possible political repercussions of...
March 06, 2017
From The Washington Post:  Cardinal Donald Wuerl,  leader of the Washington Archdiocese’s 620,000 Catholics, said...
March 04, 2017
I'm going to be preaching for CNEWA at a parish on Long Island Sunday, talking...
March 04, 2017
From The New York Times:  Past the Nike Factory Store and the Banana Republic, J....
March 04, 2017
This is so good, I may steal it for my Ash Wednesday homily next year....
March 03, 2017
From The Washington Post: Even as he sought the truth day in and day out,...
March 03, 2017
Awesome: Earlier this week, Simon Chiu watched Snapchat's team put on an IPO presentation for...
March 03, 2017
From The New York Times: The fight against President Trump’s executive orders to turn away...
March 03, 2017
This will make your week: Jax Rosebush, who is white, wanted a buzz cut to...
March 02, 2017
From the university's press office:  Vice President Mike Pence will receive an honorary degree and...
March 02, 2017
The text of the pope's remarks, asking during the month of March that people pray...
March 02, 2017
Could you do this?: Ice cream, fast food, coffee and candy are popular examples of...
March 01, 2017
Details:  Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich told priests Tuesday that if federal immigration authorities knock on...
March 01, 2017
From CNN:  A church in Ireland decided to do something a little different to meet...
March 01, 2017
From Crux:  Irish laywoman Marie Collins, the lone clerical sex abuse survivor currently serving as...
March 01, 2017
Sunday night at the Oscars, one of the winners gave a powerful testimony about life—and,...

February 2017

February 28, 2017
Owens was the Navy SEAL killed in action in Yemen in January. The president paid...
February 28, 2017
This is something else. His story circulated around the web last year, but this is...
February 28, 2017
From CNS:  "The Virgin Mary has not appeared in Medjugorje," said Bishop Ratko Peric of...
February 27, 2017
From Philly.com:  As part of a $285 million expansion project, Villanova University is erecting a...
February 27, 2017
Details: The police in Philadelphia found about 100 toppled headstones at a Jewish cemetery on...
February 26, 2017
Okay. Let's get the most important thing out of the way: after attending my first...
February 25, 2017
Via CNS:  The push for sanctuary was on a lot of minds at the U.S....
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