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June 2018

June 22, 2018

More men hearing the call to priesthood later in life

Here's a great piece from The Witness, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, noting...

June 22, 2018

Pope: each bishop must decide about communion in mixed marriages

This broke yesterday, on his return flight from Geneva. From CNS: The question of allowing...

June 22, 2018

Great moments in journalism: the story behind that Time cover

This really is some great detective work. The terrific CBS News correspondent David Begnaud (whose...

June 21, 2018

Deacon Digest returns, with Cardinal DiNardo writing about how the deacon ‘pours out his life’ like Christ

I was delighted to find the shiny new incarnation of Deacon Digest online earlier today...

June 21, 2018

Remembering Tim Russert and the lessons he taught us

I was just reminded that the great NBC News reporter Tim Russert died 10 years...

June 21, 2018

Study: more governments around the world restricting religion

From Pew: Restrictions on religion around the world continued to climb in 2016, according to...

June 20, 2018

The purpose-driven priest: Pastor Rick Warren’s important message for Catholic priests

From Catholic New York newspaper: Nearly 800 New York Catholic priests received a message about...

June 20, 2018

Cardinal McCarrick steps down from ministry over ‘credible and substantiated’ abuse allegations — UPDATED

Bombshell, from NCR: In a shocking announcement, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who served as the archbishop...

June 20, 2018

‘The notion that we can legitimately traumatize children…is beyond the pale’

Last week, Bishop Edward Weisenburger of Tucson made headlines at the USCCB meeting for...

June 19, 2018

Hundreds of members of United Methodist Church file formal complaint against Jeff Sessions

Details: More than 600 members of the United Methodist Church have issued a formal complaint...

June 19, 2018

Bishop on border separation: ‘We cannot choose which parts of the truth we believe in’

From Bridgeport Bishop Frank Caggiano: As our nation continues to grapple with the practice of...

June 19, 2018

Chris Pratt tells young people at MTV Movie Awards ‘God is real. God loves you.’

It's not often you hear a Hollywood speech like this one. Actor Chris Pratt —...

June 18, 2018

Visiting the cathedral in Green Bay: Was St. Stephen a Packer?

While in Wisconsin for the Catholic Media Conference, I got to attend Mass at Green...

June 18, 2018

A former pro football player is about to become a nun. I’m not kidding.

Seriously. Read on, via CNA: Every single vocation story is different, but Sr. Rita Clare...

June 18, 2018

Ordination update: 16 new deacons for Philadelphia

Details from CatholicPhilly.com: Sixteen men drawn from various walks of life — chemist, doctor, driver,...

June 17, 2018

Steve Bannon tells ABC News he’s missing Mass to be on TV — and then he slams the Pope

The former top advisor to President Trump went on ABC News This Week on Sunday...

June 17, 2018

Called to surf: Remembering the ‘Surfing Padre’ who transformed California culture

Somehow this slipped off my radar screen, but the man who was a legend among...

June 17, 2018

Kellyanne Conway criticizes border separation policy ‘as a mother, as a Catholic’

Details: White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said Sunday “nobody likes” the Trump administration’s policy of separating...

June 17, 2018

What does it really mean to be pro-life and pro-family?

From an op-ed in today's New York Times by Charles Camosy, of Democrats for Life:...

June 16, 2018

‘An atrocity’: Pope compares abortion of the sick or disabled to the Nazis

From CNA: In a speech to a family association Saturday, Pope Francis again stressed that...

June 16, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘Seed Scattered and Sown’

This is our communion hymn at my parish this week — appropriate, given the Gospel...

June 16, 2018

‘We are people of the mustard seed’: Homily for 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

As I mentioned on Corpus Christi, in smallness there is greatness. And Sunday's scripture reminds...

June 16, 2018

New Mexico bishops: ‘We are greatly appalled’ by border policies

A statement released Friday from the bishops of New Mexico: As bishops of a border...

June 15, 2018

‘Canonical penalties’ for those who separate children from parents at the border?

The bishop of Tucson made the proposal earlier this week, and launched a firestorm of...

June 15, 2018

How the Irish are coping with the priest shortage: lay-led funeral services

Details: Adapting to day-to-day life without a full-time Catholic priest has become a reality in...

June 14, 2018

Mary was here: visiting the only approved apparition site in the United States

Yesterday, the Catholic Media Conference, unfolding this week in Green Bay, Wisconsin, sponsored a mini-pilgrimage...

June 13, 2018

Sacred spot in Green Bay: Where Vince Lombardi prayed

While visiting Green Bay, Wisconsin for the Catholic Media Conference, I took a few moments...

June 13, 2018

Survey: more young Catholics in Britain attending Mass — but most don’t hold ‘traditional Catholic beliefs’

From The Catholic Herald: With the youth synod only a few months away, a major...

June 12, 2018

Irish prime minister says Catholic hospitals will have to perform abortions

From the BBC: Irish hospitals with a Catholic ethos will be expected to carry out...

June 12, 2018

Bishop: ‘It’s inhumane to deliberately separate mothers from their children as a policy’

Details: The San Diego Diocese is seeking a way to shelter asylum-seekers so they can...