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March 2015

March 05, 2015

New York’s Cardinal Edward Egan dies at 82

From The New York Times: Cardinal Edward M. Egan, a stern defender of Roman Catholic...

March 04, 2015

SF teachers sign petition protesting archbishop’s morality clauses

From the AP: Teachers and staff from four Catholic High Schools in the San Francisco...

March 02, 2015

Bishop calls for month of prayer for persecuted Christians

The following letter was issued by Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence this morning: Dear Brothers...

February 2015

February 25, 2015

VIDEO: Cardinal Burke discusses his new role

Check this out, from the good people at CNS: a new video wherein Cardinal Raymond...

February 25, 2015

Report: SF archbishop reassessing morals code for teachers

From The San Francisco Chronicle: Under pressure from parents, students and staffers at the San...

February 18, 2015

Manila’s Cardinal Tagle grants dispensation for fasting, abstinence on Ash Wednesday

Details: As the eve of the Lunar New Year coincides with Ash Wednesday, the Archdiocese...

February 17, 2015

Bishop vows to remain in Tripoli with his flock

From Vatican Radio: The leader of the Catholic church in Libya is calling for dialogue...

February 17, 2015

Questions surround fate of imprisoned Chinese bishop

From The New York Times: For the better part of the last 60 years, Bishop...

February 13, 2015

After desecrations, bishop orders all tabernacles in his diocese to be emptied

Details: In response to the desecration of ten parishes since October, including five on February...

February 12, 2015

Bishop of Albany to celebrate Mass in Extraordinary Form next month

From the Facebook page of The Extraordinary Form in the Albany Diocese comes this posting:

February 10, 2015

Bishops condemn “Fifty Shades of Grey”

From Christianity Today: It may have made its way through film censors across the globe...

February 02, 2015

Bishop Barbarito update

As noted yesterday, Bishop Gerald Barbarito of Palm Beach underwent brain surgery Monday for a...

February 01, 2015

Palm Beach’s Bishop Barbarito to undergo brain surgery—UPDATED

A son of Brooklyn needs our prayers: Palm Beach Diocese Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito has...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

Vatican announces bishops, alternates for upcoming Synod

The full list is here. The Holy Father Francis, for the XIV General Assembly...

January 30, 2015

“No one wants to join a church that lacks joy”

From The Burlington Free Press: The Most Rev. Christopher Coyne, the Roman Catholic Church's first...

January 29, 2015

Pope Francis will not confer palliums on bishops at the Vatican

From CNS: When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June,...

January 29, 2015

Bishop Coyne in the driver’s seat

As Burlington's new bishop gets ready for his installation on Thursday, he's continued blogging—and posting...

January 24, 2015

Vermont’s “Cyber-Bishop” Coyne: “We are now a missionary church. We have to give people a reason to stay.”

Bishop Christopher Coyne via Diocese of Burlington A Burlington TV station aired this brief profile...

January 22, 2015

Cardinal Marx: “We must look for ways for people to receive the Eucharist. It is not about finding ways to keep them out!”

From America magazine, part of an interview conducted recently: Two issues at the present synod...

January 13, 2015

Gloria Steinem slated to speak at Catholic college

Gloria Steinem at a news conference for the Women's Action Alliance in 1972, via Wikipedia...

January 09, 2015

A priest forever

Wednesday, the poignant picture below appeared on the Facebook page of Toledo Bishop Daniel Thomas...

January 06, 2015

Archbishop threatens to fire staff who support same-sex marriage—UPDATED

Kathy Schiffer has the scoop: Archbishop Thomas Wenski, archbishop of Miami, has warned archdiocesan employees that...

January 06, 2015

Bishop declines governor’s inauguration invitation because of abortion stance

From The Providence Journal: Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Tobin said Monday he rejected an...

January 06, 2015

Cardinal Burke: “The radical feminist movement strongly influenced the Church”

From an interview with a website called New Emangelization: I think there has been...

January 05, 2015

A bishop writes about America’s “racial divide,” his experiences of “walking while black”

Bishop Edward K. Braxton, from the website for the Diocese of Belleville, IL. From CNS: ...

January 03, 2015

The transformation of Boston’s “Little Rome”

Cardinal's residence (photo: Boston College) From The New York Times: The house on the rise...

January 01, 2015

Belgian bishop calls for “formal recognition” of same-sex couples

Photo by Carolus / via Wikipedia From The International Business Times: A Catholic bishop in...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Cardinal George dropped from drug trial to treat his cancer

From The Chicago Sun Times: Cardinal Francis George was dropped from the clinical drug trial...

December 22, 2014

Bishop Coyne headed to Burlington

Rocco, as usual, has the first word: The Pope is slated to flip Bishop Christopher Coyne –...

December 15, 2014

Cardinal Dolan severs ties with Fr. Frank Pavone’s Priests for Life

From Religion News Service: In the latest clash between the Catholic hierarchy and one of...