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February 2017

February 11, 2017
Details:  Pope Francis has appointed Archbishop Henryk Hoser of Warsaw-Prague, Poland, to be the Holy...
February 11, 2017
From the The Catholic Sun in Phoenix: Msgr. Peter Dai Bui, who became pastor of...
February 10, 2017
From John Allen yesterday, quoting something New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan said in an interview in...
February 10, 2017
Interesting item that offers some novel ideas on preaching, from The Christian Science Monitor: After...
February 09, 2017
Details from Catholic News Agency:  A week after Hispanic Catholics experienced racial harassment and taunts...
February 09, 2017
From CNN: Excavations on the storied Judean cliffside revealed a new Dead Sea Scrolls cave,...
February 08, 2017
An extraordinary story, from The Los Angeles Times:  The children were going to die. Mohamed...
February 08, 2017
From The New York Times: Alec McCowen, the acclaimed British character actor whose gallery of...
February 08, 2017
Now for something completely different, from the pages of the Hollywood Reporter:  Theodore Melfi leaped...
February 08, 2017
From The Catholic Herald:  On March 13, Anglican choral Evensong will be celebrated in St...
February 07, 2017
From The New York Times:  When Stephen K. Bannon was still heading Breitbart News, he...
February 07, 2017
From the BBC:  Sister Monica and Siervas are a Peruvian-based rock'n'roll band comprised entirely of...
February 06, 2017
Wow:  Shelia Fedrick said she instinctively felt something was wrong the moment she saw the...
February 05, 2017
From an interview with Catholic News Agency: CNA: You’re very outspoken about your faith. Does...
February 05, 2017
This may be a first. After a Google search, I couldn't find other president who...
February 04, 2017
Details: A Franciscan Friar within the Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis was badly beaten not...
February 04, 2017
Awesome:  The vibrant, 35-foot-tall mural has caused passersby to stop, cross themselves, and take pictures...
February 03, 2017
From Intermountain Catholic: With a standing-room only crowd of people from all over the Catholic...
February 03, 2017
How'd they do that? More importantly: how'd they get these people to lend their voices...
February 03, 2017
I think this is an effort we can all support, don't you?
February 03, 2017
Sign of the times. Details:  One of the largest Catholic churches in Dublin is to...
February 02, 2017
From Iowa:  Des Moines police have taken a woman into custody after she reportedly assaulted...
February 02, 2017
When I was growing up, going to Catholic school in Maryland, it was a winter...
February 02, 2017
Check this out: the latest in the Holy Father's series of short videos illustrating his...
February 02, 2017
President Trump delivered remarks (you can watch the video of it above) at the National Prayer...
February 02, 2017
From The Telegraph:  Ibrahim Ali remembers his first church service well. The smell of the...
February 01, 2017
Details:  A broad coalition of Christian leaders and evangelical groups spoke out against President Donald...
February 01, 2017
Recent developments are hitting close to home:  Chaldean Catholic Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq,...
February 01, 2017
We don't see much of the Pope Emeritus these days.  But this photo appeared on...
February 01, 2017
What a blessing he will be. From Bishop John O. Barres's homily yesterday at his...
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