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January 2019

January 10, 2019

Big idea: Actor Eduard Verástegui plans world’s largest statue of Jesus in Mexico

The Catholic actor best known for "Bella" and his passionate pro-life work launching his most...

January 10, 2019

Report: Vatican punishment of McCarrick could come soon

From The Washington Post: Vatican investigators have finished collecting evidence in the sexual abuse case...

January 09, 2019

‘Second-class victims’: the plight of those abused by religious order priests

From The New York Times: When Larry Antonsen decided to report a priest who sexually...

January 09, 2019

Want to lose weight in 2019? Let this priest show you how he did it.

This is great: "Overeating destroyed my body,” Fr. Ryan Rooney says. “At my highest weight...

January 09, 2019

Traditionalist religious group sanctioned, ordered to stop presenting their teachings as Catholic

Details: The radical-traditionalist Catholic group the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is now...

January 08, 2019

‘Ugly as sin’? The story of an unusual church in Michigan

This image popped up on my Facebook feed the other day, depicting the sanctuary at...

January 07, 2019

Opus Dei paid nearly a million dollars in sexual misconduct suit against Father McCloskey

From The Washington Post: The Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle...

January 07, 2019

Praying for an end to the government shutdown

An interesting detail opens this afternoon's report by The New York Times: Vice President Mike...

January 05, 2019

Why become a priest now? ‘I want to be a medic on the battlefield of life’

From my Patheos neighbor and friend Father Matthew Schneider, a great witness from a seminarian...

January 05, 2019

Hate: swastika painted on doors of cathedral

From News 12 Connecticut: Police officers on patrol in Bridgeport discovered a swastika on the...

January 05, 2019

Millennials in London drawn to ‘smells and bells’: ‘Church shouldn’t pretend to be your nightclub’

From The Times of London: Almost everything about services at St Bartholomew the Great church...

January 04, 2019

Prayer request: seminarians killed in car accident over Christmas break

The following item popped up on the Facebook page of Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut:...

January 04, 2019

Another McCarrick? AP reports on investigation of Argentine bishop

Details: The Vatican has confirmed that an Argentine bishop, who resigned suddenly in 2017 for...

January 03, 2019

Germany’s Cardinal Marx: ‘Further adaptations of church teachings are required’

Details from CNS: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in...

January 03, 2019

Who can be a godparent?

I got an email from a woman recently, inquiring about having a child baptized at...

January 03, 2019

‘Dear Brothers…’: Read the full text of Pope Francis’s letter to the U.S. bishops on their ‘crisis of credibility’

From CNS: The clerical abuse crisis and the "crisis of credibility" it created for the...

January 02, 2019

Pa rum pum pum pum: The story behind ‘The Little Drummer Boy’

As we get ready for Epiphany, and prepare to hear again the Gospel account of...

January 02, 2019

‘Today we became Catholic’: an update on Andrew Petiprin

Prayerful good wishes to Andrew Petiprin, former Episcopal priest who on the first day of...

January 01, 2019

What is a permanent deacon? Watch this superb video and you’ll find out.

Check this out, from the good people at the Archdiocese of Edmonton in Canada. The...

January 01, 2019

Chants encounter: deacons, remember this tradition on Epiphany!

Every year, it is the deacon's privilege to announce the dates of the Church's moveable...

December 2018

December 31, 2018

Resolutions: Homily for January 1, 2019, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God

Earlier this month, Google Surveys asked 1,000 people what their resolutions were for 2019 –...

December 31, 2018

BREAKING: Vatican spokesman Greg Burke resigns

This is huge. The unexpected announcement came via tweet this morning, noting that both Burke...

December 30, 2018

The anti-life practice you don’t hear people talking about

This lead story in The Washington Post caught my eye this morning, and also caught...

December 30, 2018

A year in the life: Pope Francis in 2018

Check out this video from Robert Duncan at CNS. This offers a glimpse at some...

December 29, 2018

WATCH: A secret Santa like no other. This will melt your heart.

This story from CBS News's Steve Hartman is just fantastic. Just watch.

December 28, 2018

‘Please pray for us’: Episcopal priest in Tennessee announces he’s becoming Catholic

Details: A conservative Episcopal priest, who is a top administrator in the Tennessee diocese, is leaving...

December 27, 2018

No, that story about the ’12 Days of Christmas’ isn’t true

It happens every year around this time, so now seems as good a time as...

December 27, 2018

Christmas came anyway: Parishioners rebuild after man plowed SUV into church on Christmas Eve

Details: Members of Our Lady of Lavang Parish in Portland, Oregon did not let an...

December 27, 2018

Proposed laws could require priests to report on abuse heard in confession

This bears watching. From The Washington Post: In response to recent Catholic Church clergy sex...

December 26, 2018

St. Stephen, pray for us!

"Yesterday we celebrated the birth in time of our eternal King. Today we celebrate the...