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December 2016

December 08, 2016
The hero of the space age has died: John Glenn, the first American to orbit...
December 08, 2016
Awesome:  A cloistered nun in India came out of her convent for an extraordinary reason:...
December 07, 2016
Check it out! And keep a Kleenex handy.
December 07, 2016
This is just unreal:  Nobody has a mother or a father, according to a certain Bill...
December 07, 2016
I was reading today some of the news coverage marking the 75th anniversary of the...
December 07, 2016
Details:  Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a Nov. 17 court ruling allowing...
December 07, 2016
Details: On Tuesday, the Ohio Legislature sent the bill to Kasich's desk after a day...
December 06, 2016
From The Catholic Telegraph: The nearly two hundred men, women, and students who attended the...
December 06, 2016
Details:  Three archbishops from Iraq and Syria were refused entry into the UK despite being...
December 06, 2016
The longtime CBS News anchor and correspondent also interviewed Cardinal Turkson—and talks about all that in the...
December 05, 2016
Here's the second part of our recent roundtable discussion on the diaconate from America Media....
December 05, 2016
A long piece by Christopher Gattis in Church Life Journal attempts to answer that question...
December 05, 2016
This happened in icy Montreal this morning. A quick-thinking observer by the name of Willem...
December 05, 2016
From the student newspaper:  The country is starting to look forward and examine the implications...
December 05, 2016
Those crafty people at Amazon are about to unveil a new way to buy groceries....
December 05, 2016
We just posted this item from CNS over at the CNEWA blog, and it serves to...
December 05, 2016
Just in time for the feast of St. Nick (tomorrow!), here's a holiday tune...
December 05, 2016
...And who better to provide that than the spectacular USAF Band, with their annual flash...
December 04, 2016
A sign of our times: When the ultra-hip Moxy Hotel opens in San Diego next...
December 03, 2016
Well, this gets my vote. If this doesn't make your heart melt, you're hopeless. As...
December 03, 2016
Priests have been known to offer confession in shopping malls. Now a Lutheran pastor is getting...
December 03, 2016
From the BBC: More than 26,000 Muslim pupils are enrolled in Catholic schools in England...
December 02, 2016
Adweek describes the set up: Here's a pretty amazing ad from BBDO New York, with...
December 02, 2016
From CNS: Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese...
December 01, 2016
A movie adaptation of the phenomenal best-seller is due in theaters in March—and here's the first...
December 01, 2016
An Advent calendar for cheese lovers? Yes, please:  Chocolate advent calendars are all well and...
December 01, 2016
Details:  Dutch Catholics are raising alarm bells after the bishops of the Netherlands and Belgium...
December 01, 2016
Beautiful story, from CNS:  Thomas Myron Hooker lived the last 20 years of his life...
December 01, 2016
Wow:  The pictures coming out of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, wildfires are just devastating. Acres of...
December 01, 2016
Details:  Aborted fetuses in Texas that would normally be treated as medical waste will have...
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