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February 2017

February 24, 2017
From CNA: After years of darkness, hope has returned to Telekuf-Tesqopa. Located just 17 miles...
February 22, 2017
In the video above, you see he prayed at the graves and helped clean up...
February 22, 2017
Just a quick heads up: I'll be in Anaheim this weekend for the Los Angeles...
February 21, 2017
The best news of the day: Two Muslim-Americans activists launched a crowdfunding campaign Tuesday to...
February 21, 2017
Loyola University profiled her last year on her 96th birthday (check out the video here),...
February 21, 2017
This is highly unusual—first, because the victim is a bishop; and secondly, because he says...
February 21, 2017
Details:  The gravesites of more than 170 Jews were vandalized at a cemetery in University...
February 20, 2017
Mardi Gras is just a week from tomorrow, so to get you in the spirit,...
February 19, 2017
A great story of faith and witness: Coming from a family with a long line...
February 18, 2017
This is something altogether different. When was the last time a president began a rally...
February 18, 2017
From The Washington Post:  Norma McCorvey, who was 22, unwed, mired in addiction and poverty,...
February 18, 2017
A thoughtful reflection on dating and faith appears today in, of all places, The Washington...
February 18, 2017
If you wanted to find the most challenging, most difficult, most confounding passage in all...
February 17, 2017
The Catholic Miscellany has posted this slide show below on its Facebook page, spotlighting the diaconate...
February 17, 2017
There's a message here for our times. And it goes a lot deeper and says...
February 16, 2017
Details: A local cosmetology student is being investigating for giving free haircuts to homeless in the...
February 16, 2017
Is penmanship making a comeback?  Check this out: Cursive handwriting instruction is returning to elementary...
February 16, 2017
From CNN: Samantha Taylor was at Orlando's Jewish Community Center for a morning meeting when...
February 15, 2017
From Vatican Radio:  The Colombian Foreign Ministry confirmed last Wednesday from the San Carlos Palace...
February 15, 2017
From Fides:  About 30 young people, belonging to an organization of civilian volunteers, mostly Muslims, cleaned...
February 15, 2017
Details: Seoul Archdiocese wants to become the ecclesiastical version of a dandelion, spreading priests the...
February 14, 2017
The last of the children of that apparition to die (shown above on the left)...
February 14, 2017
You may remember this item from a few days back. The priest who was attacked...
February 14, 2017
From The New York Times:  Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, whose fortitude saved most of...
February 14, 2017
From Philly.com:  Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput told a radio talk show host Mondaythat he...
February 13, 2017
Details:  The Kentucky Senate passed a bill which would allow the use of the Bible...
February 13, 2017
Details:  Carlos Hernandez is a deeply loved husband, father, brother, grandfather, uncle, friend and Deacon....
February 13, 2017
From The New York Times:  Mr. Trump, a profane, bombastic, thrice-married New Yorker, may not...
February 12, 2017
What a great witness to life!  How cool is this:  Isabella Springmuhl has faced her...
February 12, 2017
Found this in the vault and it seems a timely message. This is my homily...
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