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April 2017

April 17, 2017

Bishop of Brooklyn announces ‘Year of Vocations’

From the In My Backyard Desk: Some heartening news out of our diocesan Chrism Mass!...

April 17, 2017

What did the Trumps do for Easter?

The answer: President Donald Trump celebrated Easter with his family this weekend in Palm Beach,...

April 17, 2017

The week that was: my Holy Week 2017

Our parish's resident shutterbug, Rosalind Chan, took some memorable and beautiful pictures throughout the week....

April 16, 2017

Catholic college changes ‘yoga’ classes to ‘lifestyle fitness’

Details: Yoga is designed to help bring peace and wellness to body and mind. But...

April 15, 2017

‘Out of darkness, God has called us…’

One of my favorite hymns of the Easter season. I chose it for my Mass...

April 15, 2017

The prayer of Pope Francis on Good Friday: ‘With eyes lowered in shame and with hearts full of hope’

The text, from Friday evening: O Christ, abandoned and betrayed even by your own, and...

April 14, 2017

St. Francis of Assisi, deacon

A friend sent me this image, one I'd never seen before, of St. Francis of...

April 14, 2017

‘It is the most infamous public execution of all time’

Without question, it is the most infamous public execution of all time. No death has...

April 14, 2017

Fearful Christians return to their desecrated churches in Iraq

From Reuters: With Islamic State expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town...

April 13, 2017

‘The Luminous Mysteries are the mysteries of the permanent diaconate…’

This is a great reflection from my friend T.J. Burdick: The Luminous mysteries are the...

April 13, 2017

Cardinal: ‘Let’s wait and see what the Vatican commission on women deacons concludes’

From La Croix: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn OP has voiced cautious openness towards re-introducing the female...

April 13, 2017

BREAKING: During Chrism Mass, diocese announces opening of sainthood cause of slain French priest

Details: The cause for beatification of Father Jacques Hamel, who died as a martyr in Saint-Etienne-du-Rouvray...

April 13, 2017

DiNardo on Trump: ‘We’ll have to agree to disagree’

From AP: The top Roman Catholic bishop in the U.S. lauds President Donald Trump for...

April 12, 2017

Following the one who washed the feet: Homily for April 13, 2017, Holy Thursday

On this sacred night—when we recall the first Mass and the institution of the Eucharist—we...

April 12, 2017

Prayer request: search organized for missing priest

Details from Kansas: Father Marvin Reif, 53, walked away from the Protection Valley Manor in...

April 12, 2017

Closer to heaven: Russian cosmonaut says he took relic into space

From AP: A Russian cosmonaut who has returned to Earth after a mission on the...

April 12, 2017

Pope Francis names America’s James Martin, EWTN’s Michael Warsaw as communications consultants

The announcement appeared today: The Holy Father has appointed as Consulters of the Secretariat for...

April 11, 2017

Report: some faithful storm out of Mass in Italy after priest criticizes Pope Francis

From RNS: A priest is being asked to take a break from his parish in...

April 11, 2017

WATCH: ‘Enter the Sanctuary Singing!’

Thanks to my friend Regina Faighes, who had her iPhone handy and captured the processional...

April 11, 2017

So who makes those incredible palms that the pope carries on Palm Sunday?

Now it can be told, via Rome Reports: Without palms like these, Palm Sunday would...

April 10, 2017

Famed Evangelical Hank Hanegraaff, ‘The Bible Answer Man,’ joins Orthodox Church

According to this blog post, he was received into the Orthodox church through chrismation in...

April 10, 2017

Who read The Passion Sunday at your parish? This guy did it by himself—from memory

Wow: The reactions come immediately, powerfully. There’s the time a small boy reacted to Bill...

April 10, 2017

Why the deacon chants the Exsultet

This is worth revisiting: a terrific reflection by the great Deacon Bill Ditewig from...

April 10, 2017

The ‘Pope’s Laundry’ opens for the poor

From La Stampa: After the showers, the barber, the dormitory and the medical visits, what...

April 10, 2017

‘Why married priests won’t fix the priest shortage’

A lengthy discussion on the subject from Catholic News Agency: Fr. Joshua J. Whitfield is...

April 09, 2017

UPDATE on the altar boy in Egypt

UPDATE: Yesterday, a Chaldean bishop was circulating this image on social media with news that...

April 09, 2017

Bishop: Churches cannot house illegal immigrants

Details: Roman Catholic Bishop Peter Libasci said Friday the Diocese of Manchester will not allow...

April 09, 2017

Horror: Palm Sunday attacks in Coptic churches kill dozens—UPDATED

The video above shows the moment when one of the blasts hit. From CNN: Bombs...

April 08, 2017

Our future in our hands: Homily for Palm Sunday

We have just heard the climax of the Greatest Story Ever Told. We hear it...

April 08, 2017

Just war doctrine and Syria

Here's one analysis, from Jack Quirk at Christian Democracy: The Catechism of the Catholic Church...