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March 2018

March 08, 2018

#CelibacyMatters: Priest says, ‘If Jesus can live it, then with his grace, we can live it, too’

From National Catholic Register: The culture assumes celibacy is unhealthy, repressive, and gamophobic, but is...

March 08, 2018

Pope asks young people to write Way of the Cross this year

This is a novel idea—and a great one. From CNS: In light of this year’s...

March 08, 2018

Oscar Romero confidante: ‘He never had a Marxist thought or Marxist ideology in his mind’

CNA recently interviewed Monsignor Ricardo Urioste, Archbishop Oscar Romero's vicar general, who offers some insight into...

March 08, 2018

Report: Meghan Markle baptized in private ceremony

Details: Meghan Markle has been baptised into the Church of England in a secret ceremony...

March 07, 2018

Bridge-builder: Pope Francis donates 100,000 euros toward building Austria’s first Orthodox monastery

From The Tablet in the U.K.: Pope Francis has donated 100,000 euros (£90,000) towards the...

March 07, 2018

BREAKING: Oscar Romero to become a saint

Big news: Pope Francis has given the green light for martyred Archbishop Oscar Romero to...

March 06, 2018

Birmingham’s retired bishop battling cancer

Details: Retired Bishop David Foley, former head of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham from 1994-2005,...

March 06, 2018

Exult! Have you started practicing yet?

It's never too early, brother deacons. Here's part of a commentary on this great chant,...

March 06, 2018

Survey: Most have favorable opinion of Pope Francis, but signs of growing discontent on the right

From Pew: Five years into Francis’ papacy, the vast majority of U.S. Catholics continue to...

March 06, 2018

Report: Paul VI canonization set for October

John Allen at Crux has the scoop: Adding specificity to what was already known about...

March 05, 2018

A national holiday to honor Billy Graham?

An online petition is calling for that—and it's reportedly garnered thousands of signatures: Thousands...

March 05, 2018

‘It is a miracle’: The incredible story of a former slave and Olympic athlete who has joined the Air Force

An amazing story of tenacity, survival and grit: Airman 1st Class Guor Maker fled war...

March 05, 2018

Cardinal Kasper: ‘Tradition is not stagnant’; Amoris Laetitia is not heresy

From Vatican News: As Cardinal Walter Kasper turns 85, the former President of the Pontifical...

March 04, 2018

Reports: Christian graves, bodies in Syria looted for gold

Details: The New Arab has gained evidence of Syrian regime forces, who previously held control of...

March 04, 2018

Meghan Markle to be baptized this month

Details: Meghan Markle is due to be christened sometime in March in preparation for her wedding...

March 04, 2018

Beautiful: Knoxville dedicates America’s newest cathedral

It's been years in the planning, and Saturday, it finally became a reality. Details: More...

March 03, 2018

In a first, archdiocese unveils it parish pastoral plan for Amoris Laetitia

The news comes from the Archdiocese of Washington. It was announced a couple days ago...

March 03, 2018

‘We are all the woman at the well. We thirst.’

From the vault, from one of my favorite homilies, about one of my favorite Gospels:...

March 03, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘I Heard the Voice of Jesus’

This is our entrance hymn this week. It's a Scottish hymn dating to the 19th...

March 03, 2018

Pope Francis adds new Marian celebration to the church calendar

This may be the most significant move of its kind since St. John Paul added...

March 03, 2018

Why are young people leaving the Catholic Church? This helps explain it.

This first dropped a few weeks ago, but hasn't gotten nearly the attention it deserves....

March 02, 2018

Cardinal Dolan’s video tribute to Billy Graham: ‘I’m praying for just a tiny portion of his charism, his passion’

New York's Cardinal Timothy Dolan is in Charlotte, North Carolina for the funeral of Billy...

March 02, 2018

Shock: Chinese authorities demolish crosses, bell tower on church

From UCANews: A church in northwest China's Xinjiang region had its crosses, statues, bell towers...

March 01, 2018

Vatican magazine slams treatment of nuns

From Reuters: A Vatican magazine denounced widespread exploitation of nuns for cheap or free labor...

March 01, 2018

Springfield’s Bishop Paprocki: ‘I hope Senator Durbin comes back to his roots’

Following up on last month's big news— in which Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield repeated...

March 01, 2018

WATCH: TV report on Pittsburgh’s call for more deacons

The other day, I posted over at Aleteia about the effort to recruit more men...

March 01, 2018

“You have a say”: Bishop invites parishes to help choose his successor

This idea seems quite extraordinary: With his mandatory retirement just two-and-a-half years away, Bishop Gerald...

March 01, 2018

Happy new month! Happy new blog site!

Welcome to "The Deacon's Bench." It's good to be back in my old room. We're...

February 2018

February 28, 2018

See you at Spago: Greta Gerwig’s Catholic high school plans big Oscar party

From Vanity Fair: On Oscar night, I’ll join a well-heeled crowd to walk the red...

February 26, 2018

Have altar, will travel: check out these beautiful portable altars

I stumbled on this story late today: an account of a gorgeous, hand-made portable altar...