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July 2018

July 27, 2018

Behold: the youngest bishop leading a diocese in North America

From our Eastern siblings: At 44, Bishop Milan Lach is the fifth bishop of the...

March 2018

March 07, 2018

Bridge-builder: Pope Francis donates 100,000 euros toward building Austria’s first Orthodox monastery

From The Tablet in the U.K.: Pope Francis has donated 100,000 euros (£90,000) towards the...

October 2015

October 25, 2015

Notre Dame becomes first Catholic university in U.S. to offer regular Byzantine liturgy on campus

How cool is this? From Aleteia: Students and faculty at the University of Notre Dame who go to the...

September 2015

September 11, 2015

Advice for new deacons: “Serve, serve serve, but always get a blessing”

From the Ukrainian Orthodox blog Good Guys Wear Black, some wisdom that could easily be...

July 2015

July 27, 2015

A priest’s wife tells her story

Over at CNEWA, we've just posted online the Summer edition of our award-winning magazine, ONE....

June 2015

June 29, 2015

Historic meeting between pope and patriarch could be near

View image | gettyimages.comLet us pray: An historic meeting between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill...

June 18, 2015

Patriarch Bartholomew on the encyclical: “We count it a true blessing”

Some smart person at TIME magazine sought an exclusive response to the new encyclical from...

April 2015

April 24, 2015

Just another typical Catholic wedding—complete with gunshots

My traveling companion and blog neighbor Marge Fenelon captured on video a particularly lively part...

April 16, 2015

Journey to Jordan: witnessing a Melkite wedding

After leaving Petra this morning, bound for The Dead Sea, we stopped at a Greek...

April 12, 2015

Journey to Jordan: Easter with the Melkites

After spending a half hour or so at the local Roman Catholic church, we hopped...

April 11, 2015

Journey to Jordan: The most amazing Easter of my life

On a cold and drizzly Saturday night, I found myself standing in a small, crowded...

April 11, 2015

Journey to Jordan: Waking up to the Muslim call to prayer—and walking ancient streets

After yesterday's long plane ride, I slept fitfully but somewhere around 5 a.m. found myself...

April 10, 2015

Why I’m celebrating Easter a second time

An explanation: Catholics in Jordan will celebrate Easter on April 12, in accordance with a...

April 07, 2015

Was your sprinkling like this on Sunday?

If not, why not? Ladies and gentlemen: this is how it's done. Spare no one....

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Illinois street renamed for miraculous icon

From our Orthodox siblings: Orthodox Church officials joined Archpriest Nicholas Dahdal and officials from the...

December 2014

December 28, 2014

“A great day for all of the Catholic Church”: First Maronite Catholic ordination in Pacific Northwest

As Anthony Joseph Alles is ordained, two deacons hold up a cloak called the bashkoon...

November 2014

November 26, 2014

Have you ever seen a diaconate ordination like this?

A reader sent this my way, with this explanation: Deacon Greg, Knowing your interest in...

November 19, 2014

“We are overjoyed”: reaction to pope lifting ban on ordaining married men as Eastern Catholic priests

This news got a lot of attention earlier in the week, and reaction has been...

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Pittsburgh reminds Catholics: it’s a big Church

CNS photo/Chuck Austin, Pittsburgh Catholic From CNS: An all-night vigil Sept. 13-14 at a Byzantine...

August 2014

August 23, 2014

“To be a disciple of God, you have to serve each other”

Atlanta's diocesan paper, The Georgia Bulletin, this week offers a rare glimpse at the ordination...

April 2014

April 25, 2014

Cross purposes: an explanation of the Russian Orthodox cross

With events in Ukraine continuing to dominate the headlines, and crosses like the one above...

April 22, 2014

Historic: Pope names Coptic priest as personal secretary

This is pretty remarkable, when you think about it, from the National Catholic Register: Msgr....

March 2014

March 10, 2014

Orthodox churches to hold first “ecumenical” council in 1,200 years—UPDATED

This is news that only breaks once every millennium: Patriarchs of the world's 250 million...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Historic: First married Maronite Catholic in U.S. to become a priest—UPDATED

From USA TODAY (and note the quote from FOB Deacon Bill Ditewig!): In a move that...

February 24, 2014

Stunning image: priest hearing confession on the front lines in Kiev

Check this out: And read the analysis from Terry Mattingly. This is courage. This is...

July 2013

July 06, 2013

The Women Deacons of the Armenian Church

Hours after this story broke, about the head of the CDF's remarks on women deacons,...

March 2013

March 26, 2013

Vatican releases text for Pope Francis’ Way of the Cross

The text, to be prayed at the Col0sseum on Good Friday, was supervised by a...

March 20, 2013

Report: Francis and Bartholomew may travel to Holy Land together

Details: The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople has invited Pope Francis to travel with him to...

March 20, 2013

Pope speaks of ecumenism, the “walk towards unity” and welcomes patriarch as “Andrew”

Some details, from CNS: For the good of all people, the care of the poor...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Maronite patriarch will compose text for Way of the Cross

This is pretty big news: Recalling his trip to Lebanon and inviting the whole...