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July 2018

July 04, 2018

Diocese of Springfield’s oldest parish gets its first deacon administrator

This is already happening in other places around the country. Details: Assignments have been announced...

July 03, 2018

This may be one of the hardest things a Christian can do. But do it anyway.

Like everyone else, I've been encountering too much bitterness, anger and acrimony online lately. The Independence...

July 03, 2018

What about singing a patriotic song at Mass?

I first wrote about this several years back in these pages: We marked [4th of...

July 03, 2018

Kate Spade’s Catholic funeral

This didn't garner much attention when it happened a little over a week ago,...

July 03, 2018

Bishops at the border describe ‘somber’ experience visiting detained migrant children

From CNS: In less than 48 hours, a group of Catholic bishops saw the faces...

July 02, 2018

‘We’re at the top of the roller coaster now’: Newly ordained deacon launches blog about his daily life in Holy Orders

This is simply a great idea, from Deacon Ken Crawford from the Diocese of Sacramento:...

July 02, 2018

On Amy Barrett, abortion and questions of faith

The National Law Journal has a good overview of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, said to...

July 02, 2018

WATCH: This will knock you out

Social media has lots of videos of babies hearing sound for the first time. It's...

July 02, 2018

‘I like to sneak the vegetables in’: how a Catholic writer brings faith to ‘Madam Secretary’

A great profile of the kind of person you don't find very much in Hollywood,...

July 01, 2018

Ordination update: 27 new deacons for Sacramento

From the Diocese of Sacramento Facebook page: On Saturday, June 30, Bishop Jaime Soto ordained 27 men...

July 01, 2018

Death doesn’t win: Homily for July 1, 2018, 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

His name was Gerald Fischman. When I first met him, we were both students at...

June 2018

June 30, 2018

Pope Francis surprises poor at special dinner

From Vatican Media: There was great celebration on Friday in the Vatican when some 280...

June 30, 2018

What would happen if Roe v. Wade gets overturned?

With the Supreme Court poised to get a new justice before the end of the...

June 30, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘Holy God, We Praise Thy Name’

This most familiar of Catholic hymns serves as our recessional this weekend — and...

June 29, 2018

Ordination update: 11 new deacons for Kansas City

Details: In an age-old rite, 11 men were ordained permanent deacons June 9 as the...

June 29, 2018

Allentown priest, former head of diaconate office, removed from ministry over sex abuse charge

Details: The pastor of Sacred Heart parish in Bath encouraged a teen he was counseling...

June 28, 2018

Pope Francis on his critics: ‘I feel a pain and a pray for them’

The latest installment in Phillip Pullella's wide-ranging interview with Pope Francis for Reuters: When Pope...

June 27, 2018

UPDATE on papal commission studying women deacons

From NCR: The president of Pope Francis’ commission to study the history of women deacons...

June 26, 2018

Maxine and Martin: What’s love got to do with it? Everything.

This was Rep. Maxine Waters speaking at a rally Saturday, in a now-infamous diatribe against...

June 26, 2018

To life: SCOTUS sides with pro-life pregnancy centers

Big news, from CNA: The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a California law requiring pro-life...

June 26, 2018

Churches may begin to feel pinch from new tax law

Here's something many people may not know about, via Politico: Republicans have quietly imposed a...

June 26, 2018

‘This has made me want to go back to Mass’: a simple idea that is bringing people back to church in Wales

It's so simple and do-able, you have to wonder why more churches don't try this....

June 25, 2018

Ordination update: 10 new deacons for New York

Thanks to Deacon Jack Shea for sending along these snapshots of The Big Event held...

June 25, 2018

UPDATE: Accused founder of religious order barred from ministry in Chicago

Some may remember this story from last spring: The Rev. C. Frank Phillips, founder of...

June 25, 2018

‘My brothers, may you always know the joy of a clear conscience…’

Here's part of an excellent homily delivered Saturday at the ordination of priests by Archbishop...

June 25, 2018

In Ireland, did a lay woman ‘say Mass’ after a priest failed to show up?

What?! Details: A minister who was to the forefront of the campaign to legalize abortion...

June 25, 2018

Ordination update: 22 new deacons for New Orleans

From Archbishop Gregory Aymond's Facebook page: I had the humble privilege to ordain 22 men...

June 25, 2018

A priest on McCarrick: ‘I am angry’

The Rev. Martin Fox from the Archdiocese of Cincinnati responds to last week's news on...

June 24, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘Behold the Lamb’

Another favorite of mine, this meditative communion hymn is a great choice for this Sunday,...

June 23, 2018

We are better than this: Homily for June 24, 2018, Nativity of St. John the Baptist

This past week, as we’ve watched the news unfolding on our southern border, we’ve been...