2016-09-30T16:01:54-04:00

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An update from Catholic News Service:  Some civilian Catholic chaplains, unable to perform religious duties at U.S. military bases during the first weekend of the federal government shutdown, were getting back on the job as the shutdown continued into its second week. “We’re now being told priests can return to work,” John Schlageter, general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, said Oct. 9. However, only general services priests, because they work for the military, are returning. Contract priests... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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From the Telegraph:  The Most Rev Justin Welby advised churchgoers that it could be an “enormously powerful” experience to unburden themselves to a confessor, even if it was not always a “bunch of laughs”. His comments came as he addressed the heads of other churches – including the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England Wales, the Most Rev Vincent Nichols – about divisions between Christians. Although Archbishop Welby comes from the evangelical wing of Anglicanism, his personal spiritual... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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Or so sing the boys from Barenaked Ladies—probably best-known as the group behind the theme song for “The Big Bang Theory” (Bazinga!) The video for their new single offers a reassuring message of survival from TV newscasters as the world comes to an end. Right about now, I think that’s something we all need to hear, don’t you? Enjoy! Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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“I spoke last evening with the confirmation kids at my parish.  I told them the main reason that I became an active Catholic and eventually a priest.  It’s because I fell in love not with an idea or an ideology or a bunch of rules.  It’s because I fell in love with Jesus.  And falling in love with Jesus helped me to find myself.  And eventually, falling in love with Jesus led to embracing the Church’s teachings.  Not as burdens,... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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Well, this explains a lot: evidently someone once possessed by the devil grew up to work for the U.S. government. This little news nugget comes to us just in time for Halloween, as Hollywood releases a new DVD of the classic film to mark its 40th anniversary (!). The Daily Mail goes back to the original story which made front-page news in The Washington Post in 1949 and served as the inspiration for William Peter Blatty’s blockbuster novel: With its... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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From his general audience today: In the Creed, we profess that the Church is “catholic”; in other words, she is universal. We can understand this catholicity in three ways. First, the Church is catholic because she proclaims the apostolic faith in its entirety; she is the place where we meet Christ in his sacraments and receive the spiritual gifts needed to grow in holiness together with our brothers and sisters. The Church is also catholic because her communion embraces the... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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And now for something completely different, from the business pages of the Los Angeles Times:  They came to the Las Vegas mansion in waves, chasing tales of ghosts and murder. Some came to gawk or snap photos in front of its black metal gate. Others came to worship Satan. Thrill seekers broke in and drew pentagrams and carved upside-down crosses throughout the house. The vandals came after “Ghost Adventures” featured the mansion on an episode that warned of a “nasty, evil... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:55-04:00

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Details: It was a brazen, and blasphemous crime. A Catholic community in northern New Mexico is beside itself after a man burst into the adoration chapel at Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church, and stole something very precious to them. The priest at Sacred Heart told News 13 this is the highest form of desecration he’s seen. He made a plea to the burglar Tuesday afternoon before police arrested the suspect. It’s meant for prayer, a place of peace, open... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:56-04:00

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Such synods are rare.  This one will be only the third of its kind ever.  Details from the National Catholic Register:  Pope Francis has called an Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme “The Pastoral Challenges of the Family in the Context of Evangelization”, the Vatican has announced. The synod, which will take place at the Vatican 5-19 October, 2014, is a means through which the Holy Father “wishes to continue the reflection and journey of... Read more

2016-09-30T16:01:56-04:00

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It looks like everybody is getting a jump on the season this year. From the New York Times:  If the evangelical organization Answers in Genesis was looking to take its message to a secular audience, it would be hard to do better than the heart of Times Square at noon on Monday. Wedged amid an advertisement urging revelers to take a trip to Atlantic City, promotions for the new CBS drama “Hostages” and a promotion from Google was a 15-second video directed... Read more

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