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August 2019

August 27, 2019

Great moments in journalism: How the AP bungled a story about a Catholic committing suicide — UPDATED

Over the last 24 hours, many people sent me this Associated Press story about Robert...

August 27, 2019

When dad is a deacon and his son is a priest

Some good news, and an increasingly familiar story — this time, from Iowa: Being the...

August 26, 2019

Ordination update: 12 new deacons for San Bernardino

I got the following email today from my friend Msgr. Gerard Lopez: Ordination was Saturday,...

August 26, 2019

Pro-life, pro-family: Congressman resigns to help care for child with ‘complications’

From Politico: Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) will resign from Congress at the end of September,...

August 26, 2019

Andrew Luck, Catholic: ‘We are all called to serve’

When the quarterback announced his retirement this weekend, it rocked the NFL. Many will debate...

August 25, 2019

‘Extremely offensive’: Virginia state appointee sent, defended anti-Catholic tweets

From The Richmond Times-Dispatch: One of Gov. Ralph Northam’s new appointees to a state council...

August 25, 2019

Meet the youngest ‘parish priest’ in Ireland

You might be surprised — I was — to learn his age is 32. I...

August 24, 2019

Keeping balance, living with grace: Homily for 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

We have a mission priest at my parish this weekend, so I won't be preaching....

August 24, 2019

‘I do’ x 50: A great marriage ministry in Arizona

A wonderful idea, via America: There are certain things you have to accept when you...

August 23, 2019

The deacon who made the bishop’s crozier

A few people yesterday might have noticed the impressive crozier that Bishop Mark Brennan...

August 23, 2019

‘God is a tourist attraction’?

Now for something completely different, from our Anglican siblings: A controversial amusement park ride erected...

August 21, 2019

Why aren’t more Catholics having church weddings? Maybe because of things like this.

A lot of clergy will tell you that Catholics aren't receiving the sacraments like they...

August 21, 2019

From hardwood to homilies: former NBA ref becomes a deacon

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: The stirring anthem ended and those in the large Saturday night...

August 21, 2019

When a monk dies: ‘Life is a grand, sacred narrative’

My friend Father James Stephen Behrens, OCSO — known to many as "Jeff" — entered...

August 20, 2019

BREAKING: Cardinal Pell loses appeal, will remain in prison

You can view the decision and reaction from Australian TV here: From CNN: Former...

August 20, 2019

Gone: Pastor says half of his parishioners were seized in ICE raids

The video below, from a recent Mass, shows some of the emotion involved at the...

August 19, 2019

‘A day of reckoning’: Planned Parenthood withdraws from Title X

From NPR: Planned Parenthood is leaving the federal Title X family planning program rather than...

August 18, 2019

‘It’s a grace’: As Hispanic population grows in Missouri, deacons step in

I got an email this morning from Jefferson City's Bishop Shawn McKnight with this piece...

August 17, 2019

Resurrection: Church damaged by ISIS rededicated in Iraq

This is wonderful: An Iraqi church damaged and defaced by the Islamic State in 2014...

August 17, 2019

Philadelphia deacon, wife honored by Pope Francis

From CatholicPhilly.com: Forty Catholics in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia have been honored by Pope Francis...

August 17, 2019

What role can the deacon play in the abuse crisis?

Over the last several months, many deacons have wondered: "What role can we play?" in...

August 17, 2019

‘We have this treasure in earthen vessels’: Remembering James Stephen Behrens

My heart broke when I heard this news today: Father James Stephen Behrens, OCSO, a...

August 16, 2019

Buffalo Dean of Seminarians quits: ‘The values and morals of this seminary and diocese do not correspond to my own.’

Things in Buffalo just keep getting worse: In the wake of more than 100 child...

August 16, 2019

Gun violence: Is your church safe?

More houses of worship are encouraging pastors to train church personnel how to deal with...

August 15, 2019

‘Catastrophic’: Demographic winter begins to hit the United States

An excellent piece of journalism in The Washington Post looks at how the changing demographics...

August 15, 2019

Diocese launches investigation into rector of national shrine

From CNA: The Diocese of Scranton has begun an investigation into allegations of misconduct on...

August 15, 2019

‘A living house for the Lord’: Homily for August 15, 2019, Solemnity of the Assumption

Imagine for a moment the map of Italy. On the back of “the boot,” along...

August 14, 2019

Let’s hear it for deacons!

From the Facebook page of the Archdiocese of Denver: Yesterday, deacons from across the Archdiocese...

August 14, 2019

Pittsburgh parish cancels festival after ‘disturbing’ handwritten letter

A sign of the times: A Pennsylvania parish has cancelled a scheduled festival in...

August 14, 2019

‘The Woodstock Nun,’ 50 years later

Who knew? From The Catholic Review in Baltimore: The fleeting image of the demure and...