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August 2019

August 27, 2019
Over the last 24 hours, many people sent me this Associated Press story about Robert...
August 27, 2019
Some good news, and an increasingly familiar story — this time, from Iowa:  Being the...
August 26, 2019
I got the following email today from my friend Msgr. Gerard Lopez: Ordination was Saturday,...
August 26, 2019
From Politico:  Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) will resign from Congress at the end of September,...
August 26, 2019
When the quarterback announced his retirement this weekend, it rocked the NFL.  Many will debate...
August 25, 2019
From The Richmond Times-Dispatch:  One of Gov. Ralph Northam’s new appointees to a state council...
August 25, 2019
You might be surprised — I was — to learn his age is 32. I...
August 24, 2019
We have a mission priest at my parish this weekend, so I won't be preaching....
August 24, 2019
A wonderful idea, via America:  There are certain things you have to accept when you...
August 23, 2019
  A few people yesterday might have noticed the impressive crozier that Bishop Mark Brennan...
August 23, 2019
Now for something completely different, from our Anglican siblings:  A controversial amusement park ride erected...
August 21, 2019
A lot of clergy will tell you that Catholics aren't receiving the sacraments like they...
August 21, 2019
From The Philadelphia Inquirer:  The stirring anthem ended and those in the large Saturday night...
August 21, 2019
My friend Father James Stephen Behrens, OCSO — known to many as "Jeff" — entered...
August 20, 2019
You can view the decision and reaction from Australian TV here: From CNN:  Former...
August 20, 2019
The video below, from a recent Mass, shows some of the emotion involved at the...
August 19, 2019
From NPR: Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal Title X family planning program rather than...
August 18, 2019
I got an email this morning from Jefferson City's Bishop Shawn McKnight with this piece...
August 17, 2019
This is wonderful:  An Iraqi church damaged and defaced by the Islamic State in 2014...
August 17, 2019
From CatholicPhilly.com:  Forty Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have been honored by Pope Francis...
August 17, 2019
Over the last several months, many deacons have wondered: "What role can we play?" in...
August 17, 2019
My heart broke when I heard this news today: Father James Stephen Behrens, OCSO, a...
August 16, 2019
Things in Buffalo just keep getting worse:  In the wake of more than 100 child...
August 16, 2019
More houses of worship are encouraging pastors to train church personnel how to deal with...
August 15, 2019
An excellent piece of journalism in The Washington Post looks at how the changing demographics...
August 15, 2019
From CNA: The Diocese of Scranton has begun an investigation into allegations of misconduct on...
August 15, 2019
Imagine for a moment the map of Italy. On the back of “the boot,” along...
August 14, 2019
From the Facebook page of the Archdiocese of Denver: Yesterday, deacons from across the Archdiocese...
August 14, 2019
  A sign of the times:  A Pennsylvania parish has cancelled a scheduled festival in...
August 14, 2019
Who knew? From The Catholic Review in Baltimore: The fleeting image of the demure and...
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