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June 2012

June 18, 2012

For Leah: your new yoke, over easy

Sorry. I couldn't resist. Welcome to the neighborhood, kiddo! RELATED: Awesome: Patheos atheist blogger to...

June 18, 2012

Awesome: Patheos atheist blogger to become Catholic

A big Catholic welcome to the "geeky atheist" Leah Libresco, who chronicles some of her...

May 2012

May 26, 2012

Worth a thousand words, Anglican edition

Behold, the 17 new Catholic deacons—soon to be priests—who were once Anglican priests in the...

May 26, 2012

Worth a thousand words, Anglican edition

Behold, the 17 new Catholic deacons—soon to be priests—who were once Anglican priests in the...

May 09, 2012

History: American ordinariate gets its first priest

The announcement: The new U.S. ordinariate for Anglican groups entering the Catholic Church achieved a...

April 2012

April 13, 2012

A Jewish woman’s journey into the Church

You never know how God will work. The story, from Fargo and the Patch: Susan...

April 12, 2012

The divorced Protestant who became one of California’s most popular priests

A California paper recently took a long look at one of the region's most colorful...

April 11, 2012

Anglican vicar converts, brings half his flock with him

Details, from a neighborhood in South London: A vicar led half his congregation in converting...

April 05, 2012

UPDATE: Atheist helped by Christians becomes a believer

You may remember his story from last week. Now, as Paul Harvey would say, the...

April 03, 2012

Raised in Communism, embracing Catholicism this Easter: “It’s a wonderful feeling to openly say who we are”

From the USCCB blog -- with a cheerful h/t to Kate Monaghan -- comes this...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

News from the boiler room

Think it's easy shoveling out all this blog stuff every day? Ha! My Boss, Elizabeth...

January 26, 2012

“I want the pope to be proud of us…”

The head of the new Ordinariate, bringing Anglicans into the Catholic Church, spoke recently with...

January 23, 2012

“People need to be reminded that the church is ready and willing to receive them with open arms…”

The phenomenally successful program Catholics Come Home is touching thousands of lives around the country....

January 06, 2012

Now, about all those married Catholic priests…

The New York Times takes a closer look at how the new ordinariate will be...

January 06, 2012

A former Anglican’s journey: “We look forward in faith”

A priest from the Archdiocese of Washington and FOB (Friend of the Bench), Fr. R....

January 02, 2012

Gingrich: “I pray before every major decision”

In the final hours before the Iowa caucuses, Newt Gingrich seemed to be preaching to...

January 01, 2012

Here come the Anglicans: details on America’s first ordinariate

This broke while I was away from my desk, in the middle of the Sunday...

January 01, 2012

2012: the year of the Anglicans?

Before the confetti is swept up and the champagne glasses put away, the new year...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Burst of light: did friars build churches to honor the solstice?

Though some people scoff, one researcher thinks it's possible. He contends that some California Catholic...

December 17, 2011

Newt Gingrich, a “John Paul II Catholic”

An interesting take on the GOP frontrunner's faith: Mr. Gingrich represents a new kind of...

December 16, 2011

The Catholic priest with 9 children

Last spring, I posted an item about an Anglican priest's leap of faith -- joining...

December 09, 2011

The GOP’s historic choice: a Catholic or a Mormon

As a New York Times columnist puts it: "For the first time in American history,...

December 05, 2011

Leap of faith: the spiritual journey of Newt Gingrich

His faith has played a prominent role in his candidacy -- and could be part...

November 2011

November 06, 2011

Behold, I make all things new: an Anglican order of nuns becomes Catholic

Details, from the Baltimore Sun: The Archdiocese of Baltimore added a new religious order of...

October 2011

October 09, 2011

History: first Episcopal church in the U.S. converts under ordinariate

It finally happened. Details: The Rev. Mark Lewis awoke early on the last morning of...

October 03, 2011

How an AP reporter found religion while covering scandal

Here's something you don't read about every day, courtesy GetReligion: You might consider Associated Press...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

What about the families of former Anglican priests?

A few months back, I posted an item about one Anglican clergyman's leap of faith,...

August 17, 2011

Married priest: "A celibate priest can give so much more"

That comes straight from the horse's mouth, as it were -- from a former Anglican...

August 08, 2011

"I surrender all to thee"

How about this for a love story: the saga of Athea-Anne Lee Jendel, who fell...

July 2011

July 21, 2011

Faith behind bars: the artistic legacy of a prisoner with a paintbrush

An unusual piece of prison history -- and American Catholic art -- is undergoing restoration....