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June 2015

June 13, 2015

New York Times profiles Fr. C. John McCloskey III, “Opus Dei priest with a magnetic touch”

Details: Last fall, I traveled to Palo Alto, Calif., to meet the man with the...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Two brothers, raised Baptist, choose two different faiths as teens

A fascinating read, from The Wall Street Journal: Many people change faiths, but not like...

February 2015

February 20, 2015

How a supporter of women’s ordination left the Anglicans and became Catholic

From The Catholic Herald in the UK: It is always interesting to read the various...

October 2014

October 14, 2014

The “gradual” homecoming of Sister Theresa, an atheist who became a nun

We've been hearing a lot the last couple days about the theological concept of "gradualism." Critics...

September 2014

September 10, 2014

As another year of RCIA begins, meet some who have made the journey home

Here's a story I suspect will resonate with many, from The Lowell Sun: A couple of...

August 2014

August 29, 2014

Behind every great married clergyman…

...is a woman like Mary Alma Parker. She helped make history. She is remembered this...

August 28, 2014

Wisconsin Rep. James Sensenbrenner becomes Catholic, with Cardinal Dolan attending

Details: Wisconsin Congressman James Sensenbrenner (R-Menomonee Falls) converted to Catholicism in a quiet ceremony at...

August 25, 2014

All about Eve: Eve Tushnet talks about being “Gay and Catholic”

Recently, my blog neighbor Eve Tushnet got the Salai Treatment (being interviewed by Sean Salai, S.J.) in America...

August 13, 2014

Megachurch pastor writes about why he became Catholic

You probably remember when this story caused a stir a few months back. Now, the story...

August 10, 2014

Father’s will decrees that children will not receive any inheritance unless they become Catholic

Details, from Australia: From beyond the grave, father-of-four Patrick Carroll continued a five-decade crusade to...

June 2014

June 14, 2014

Boom: Catholic converts on the rise in Tennessee

Details from The Chattanooga Times Free Press: There was the man inspired by the written...

June 11, 2014

The myth of Catholic “decline”—UPDATED

It can be tempting, when ingesting a daily diet of internet chatter, to think the...

April 2014

April 20, 2014

Alleluia: Washington area welcomes record number of converts at Easter Vigil

From, of all places, The Washington Post: For Austin Russell, Easter used to mean dyeing...

April 12, 2014

The best Catholic? A former Protestant

Mark M. Gray from CARA has some fascinating insight into which Catholics are most involved...

March 2014

March 24, 2014

Davenport to get its first married priest

He will be ordained a deacon on Tuesday, and become a priest in June. From...

March 11, 2014

Boom: this Easter, Archdiocese of Washington to bring in largest group of new Catholics ever

Great news: Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, addressed those gathered at the Basilica of...

March 10, 2014

Megachurch pastor stuns congregation by announcing he’s converting to Catholicism

Details: During his Sunday morning service, Ulf Ekman announced the he and his wife, Birgitta, are converting...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

New priest in Florida celebrates first Mass on his wedding anniversary

From Florida comes the story of Miami's first priest for the Anglican ordinariate: It’s a...

February 07, 2014

In Canada, former Anglican takes “leap of faith” in ordination as Catholic deacon

From The B.C. Catholic in Vancouver: The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began with...

January 2014

January 20, 2014

Ian Paisley called Tony Blair “a fool” for converting to Catholicism

Details: Mr Blair announced in 2007 that he was leaving the Anglican Church to become...

January 09, 2014

Knock, knock: parish launches ambitious door-to-door missionary program

Photo: Zac Boesch Louis Review From The St. Louis Review: From inside a dark home,...

December 2013

December 20, 2013

A first: monastery for the Anglican ordinariate to be founded on January 1

Details from the Catholic Herald in the U.K.: The first monastery of the Personal Ordinariate...

December 12, 2013

Savannah ordains first former Anglican priest, a grandfather of 17

Father Lucien Lindsey gives his blessing to his wife, Jeanne. (Photo: Michael J. Johnson, editor...

December 10, 2013

“What does faith have to do with doing the dishes?”

That's just one of the questions in this uplifting interview by Kathryn Lopez with Fr....

November 2013

November 23, 2013

Called back: an ex-Mouseketeer’s journey from Paganism back to Christianity

From The New York Times: They’re an august alumni association, the Mouseketeers of “The All...

August 2013

August 26, 2013

Jimmy Akin: “It is the anniversary of my wife’s death…”

Jimmy Akin writes, from a deep well: Every year in August I have a series...

August 26, 2013

Here come the Anglicans: “We are on a pilgrimage together”

Today, the Boston Globe offers a glimpse inside the Anglican ordinariate. Details: Before Mass on...

August 12, 2013

CNBC host: “Do you think this pope is against the capitalist system?”

CNBC host Lawrence Kudlow—a Catholic convert—wonders if Pope Francis is opposed to the free market....

August 12, 2013

CNBC host: “Do you think this pope is against the capitalist system?”

CNBC host Lawrence Kudlow—a Catholic convert—wonders if Pope Francis is opposed to the free market....

August 09, 2013

Newly ordained married priest: “My new journey is just beginning”

Father George Sanders blesses his wife and children after his ordination. (photo: Bob Ocken, Arkansas...