2015-03-13T16:12:42-04:00

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Paul Wattson via OSV/CNS He’s Rev. Paul Wattson a former Episcopal priest—the son of an Episcopal priest, in fact—who converted to Catholicism and who also co-founded Catholic Near East Welfare Agency (CNEWA), the papal agency where I work. Father Paul is now being considered for sainthood. Some background, from OSV:  Born in 1863 in Millington, Maryland, Father Wattson (born Lewis Thomas Wattson) was the third son of an Episcopal minister, Rev. Joseph Newton Wattson. As a student, his father was expelled... Read more

2015-03-13T16:12:42-04:00

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Cardinal Raymond Burke by CanonLawJunkie via Wikipedia From author Patricia Miller:  For years they struck fear in the hearts of progressive Catholic candidates. They could, and did, help destroy presidential campaigns. The media took them seriously, reporting on their pronouncements as representative of a significant bloc of conservative Catholics. They were not legion; but they were powerful. They were the Christian right’s smaller, more shadowy counterpart: the Catholic right wing. But now, many of their leading spokesmen—and they are almost... Read more

2015-03-13T16:12:43-04:00

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Photo: Diocese of Arlington via Facebook A hug that’s worth a thousand words. Deacon Rafael Goldsmith is vested and embraced by his son, Father Joseph Goldsmith, at the diaconate ordination in the Diocese of Arlington on Saturday January 17th. Read more about the men who were ordained here.  And there are more pictures here. Ad multos annos! I hope to post more news soon. Read more

2015-03-13T16:12:43-04:00

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Catholic News Agency has the exclusive:  Archbishop Bernardito Auza – a member of the organizing committee for Pope Francis’ upcoming visit to the U.S. – has revealed details of the proposed schedule, which includes visits to three cities.“He would arrive on the 22nd and he would leave the evening of the 27th. It’s really a full six days, plus the travel, so it’s really one week,” Archbishop Auza told CNA/EWTN News in Manila on Jan. 18.A Philippines native, Archbishop Auza is... Read more

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Independence Hall in Philadelphia by Rdsmith4 via Wikipedia From Associated Press:  To be fair, Natalie Suresch and Joe Felicetti claimed that weekend first. The Philadelphia couple chose Sept. 26 for their wedding and then planned accordingly: They booked their venue, a former factory building in one of the city’s most historic neighborhoods. They hired a DJ. Suresch purchased her dress. Then Pope Francis announced he was coming to town — the same day. “We can’t compete with the pope,” said... Read more

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Details:  A teenager has revealed in an interview that she plans to marry her father and have children after dating for two years. The unnamed 18-year-old revealed in an interview with New York Magazine her romantic relationship of almost two years with her biological father after being estranged from him for 12 years. In the interview, the girl also said the two also plan on having children. The teenager said her father reached out to her on Facebook when she... Read more

2015-03-13T16:12:44-04:00

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From Catholic News Agency:  The Vatican’s spokesman said that papal history was made Sunday during Pope Francis’ visit to the Philippines where an estimated 6-7 million people attended his closing Mass.“The official number that has been given to us is between six and seven million,” Father Federico Lombardi told journalists at a press conference in Manila on Sunday.In his homily for the Jan. 18 Closing Mass in the Philippines, Pope Francis pointed to our identity as God’s children, calling for... Read more

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From The Houston Chronicle: The decline in the numbers is a bit of a paradox. It well could be the defining problem facing the institution in coming decades, yet the sisterhood publicly faces it without blanching. “The numbers affect the general public and the media more than they do us personally,” said Sister Heloise Cruzat, the Galveston-Houston Archdiocese’s liaison with area religious orders. And, observed Sister Mary Patricia Driscoll, a congregational leader of Houston’s Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate... Read more

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Details:  A 27-year-old Catholic charity worker has been killed after she was hit by a piece of scaffolding during a visit to the Philippines by Pope Francis. Kristel Padasas was volunteering at a mass officiated by the Pope near Tacloban’s airport today when a scaffolding reportedly holding huge speakers was blown over by strong winds. She suffered a fractured skull and was taken to St Paul’s Hospital in Tacloban City, shortly after the leader of the Catholic church departed, where... Read more

2015-03-13T16:12:45-04:00

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Photo: from Knights of Columbus This Sunday’s scripture has a very simple theme, surrounding the ways that God calls to us. It may happen as it did with Samuel, while we are sleeping—perhaps while we are not just asleep physically, but also spiritually. Or it may happen, as it did in Galilee, by just being in the right place at the right time. That, in effect, is what happened with Dr. Agnes Donovan. Thirty years ago, Agnes Donovan moved to... Read more

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