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May 2017

May 09, 2017

Off key: hymns at funerals disappearing in favor of ‘celebratory’ pop tunes

From the U.K.: For decades traditional hymns such as "Abide with Me" and "The Lord...

May 09, 2017

Kidnapped priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, seen in new video pleading for help

Details from CNS: Indian Salesian Father Tom Uzhunnalil, who was kidnapped in Yemen more than...

May 09, 2017

Looking for an ordination gift for a deacon?

When I led the retreat for the deacon candidates and their wives this past weekend,...

May 08, 2017

Ordination update: 8 new deacons for Baltimore—including the son of a deacon

And ordination season is off and running. From The Catholic Review: Kevin Hostutler’s path to...

May 08, 2017

Trump’s daughter to attend Catholic law school

From Politico: Tiffany Trump, the 23-year-old daughter of President Donald Trump, will be attending Georgetown...

May 08, 2017

WATCH: Patrick Beverley’s emotional tribute to his grandfather

Details: Patrick Beverley fought back tears and pounded the post-game podium table hours after being...

May 08, 2017

A dying dad poses for photos with his children, depicting a future he’ll never see

From CBS News: Nearly 20 years after Ray Burrow wed his high school sweetheart, Christy,...

May 08, 2017

Serving the East: answering the call to be deacons in India

A little news from the other side of the world: Last month, the Catholic Church...

May 07, 2017

New Orleans mourns man who ‘personified what a priest is to be in the 21st century’

Details: The Rev. John Arnone, a popular former pastor who taught at Notre Dame Seminary...

May 07, 2017

Name that church: new names for parishes point to the ‘Saints of Tomorrow’

The Archdiocese of Hartford in Connecticut, like many places in the northeast, is facing parish...

May 07, 2017

A prayer before ordination

This weekend, I had the great privilege of leading a retreat (along with my wife)...

May 05, 2017

UPDATE: Vatican investigating Catholic hospitals in Belgium that allow euthanasia

After it was revealed that Catholic psychiatric hospitals in Belgium would permit euthanasia, it sparked...

May 05, 2017

‘A message to those who kill us: Thank you…and we love you’

This is powerful: the homily by Coptic Orthodox priest Father Boules George, of St. Mark Church...

May 05, 2017

Sick: company turns frozen embryos into jewelry

From Down Under: After a six-year IVF journey to receive miracles Lachlan, 4, and 21-month-old...

May 05, 2017

The vanishing Catholics

This essay from today's Wall Street Journal (subscription required) offers a glimpse into American Catholicism...

May 04, 2017

BREAKING: Solanus Casey to be beatified

Wonderful news: Born Bernard Francis Casey, on 25 November 1870, in Oak Grove, Wisconsin, “Barney”...

May 03, 2017

Beautiful: strangers save a man attempting to jump from a bridge

Behold an answer to the question: "Who is my neighbor?" This is something else, a...

May 03, 2017

Antonin Scalia’s priest son talks about his father, faith and why he doesn’t like to be called a conservative

From Washingtonian magazine, an interview with the Rev. Paul Scalia pegged to a new book...

May 02, 2017

The U.N. is about to get an unexpected visitor: Our Lady of Fatima

Check this out: One day before the May 13 celebration marking the 100th anniversary of...

May 02, 2017

What should a Catholic do with a loved one’s ashes? Not this.

A little oddity, courtesy The New York Times: The New York Mets were leading the...

May 02, 2017

Archbishop urges parishes to sever ties with Girl Scouts

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas released the following statement yesterday: After several...

May 01, 2017

‘Even the smallest person can make a change’: one remarkable legacy of World Youth Day

I'm so proud to have been a part of this: It sounded like a nice...

May 01, 2017

Jim Caviezel: ‘There are no coincidences for God’

The actor has given a new interview to a Polish journalist, in which he discusses...

April 2017

April 30, 2017

Grace of God: Tornado destroys Texas Catholic church—but statue of Mary survives

The video here, from CNN, is remarkable for a number of reasons—including the dignity the newscaster...

April 30, 2017

Changing direction: Homily for April 30, 2017, 3rd Sunday of Easter

Last year, a teenager by the name of Michal Kozlowski, a student at Regis High...

April 30, 2017

Don’t say ‘I can’t,’ but ‘I can’t yet’: meet a 10-year-old girl born without a hand who now can play the violin

Wonderful: Dressed for the occasion in a red dress and a headband with a white,...

April 29, 2017

‘They presented these men to the Apostles, who prayed and laid hands on them…’

From today's Mass readings, Acts 6: 1-7... As the number of disciples continued to grow,...

April 29, 2017

Shock: Belgian Catholic psychiatric hospitals to permit euthanasia

Words fail: One of the last substantial barriers to increasing the number of euthanasia cases...

April 28, 2017

Trump to name prominent pro-life activist to HHS

From Politico: President Donald Trump on Friday said he would name one of the most...

April 28, 2017

MUST-SEE VIDEO: New documentary on deacons

Details, from Scotland: It's hoped a new online documentary will inspire the men of Motherwell to become...