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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 13, 2015

Catch this: playing with a football during a homily

This happened on September 10 at Cathedral School in Superior, Wisconsin. The homilist is Fr....

September 13, 2015

Catch this: playing with a football during a homily

This happened on September 10 at Cathedral School in Superior, Wisconsin. The homilist is Fr....

August 2015

August 29, 2015

At the World Meeting of Families: How do you give communion to a million people?

View image | gettyimages.com Here's an interesting glimpse behind the scenes, from Philly.com—including a detail...

August 29, 2015

At the World Meeting of Families: How do you give communion to a million people?

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August 09, 2015

Bishop Morlino on SSPX: “Have nothing to do with them” — UPDATED

Madison's Bishop Robert Morlino makes clear his opposition: I want to be cautious and fair...

August 09, 2015

Bishop Morlino on SSPX: “Have nothing to do with them” — UPDATED

Madison’s Bishop Robert Morlino makes clear his opposition: I want to be cautious and...

August 05, 2015

How not to do a funeral

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August 05, 2015

How not to do a funeral

View image | gettyimages.com The anonymous priest "Fr. Nonomen" at Commonweal describes an awful experience...

August 04, 2015

Latin Mass dating?

A reader sent me this link, which has the following brief description: You are unwed...

August 04, 2015

Latin Mass dating?

A reader sent me this link, which has the following brief description: You are unwed...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Are You Doing This at Mass? Stop That!

View image | gettyimages.com This crossed my Facebook feed this afternoon and it's too...

July 28, 2015

Are you doing this at Mass? Stop that!

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July 24, 2015

Report: priest stops funeral Mass mid-liturgy

From a TV station in Rochester, New York: A local family said a priest suddenly...

July 24, 2015

Report: priest stops funeral Mass mid-liturgy

From a TV station in Rochester, New York: A local family said a priest suddenly...

July 08, 2015

Dressing for Mass: “So much of what we wear communicates our identity”

A terrific and timely new video by Eric Coughlin about how we should dress for...

July 08, 2015

Dressing for Mass: “So much of what we wear communicates our identity”

A terrific and timely new video by Eric Coughlin about how we should dress for...

June 2015

June 17, 2015

Bishop decries “hirsute flabmeisters spreading out in the pew…”

Behold the bishop of Providence, Thomas Tobin, unplugged: The sloppy and even offensive way people...

June 17, 2015

Bishop decries “hirsute flabmeisters spreading out in the pew…”

Behold the bishop of Providence, Thomas Tobin, unplugged: The sloppy and even offensive way people...

June 12, 2015

Cardinal Sarah endorses facing East, suggests appendix to Roman Missal

Details: Paying tribute to the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy as a...

June 12, 2015

Cardinal Sarah endorses facing East, suggests appendix to Roman Missal

Details: Paying tribute to the Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy as a...

June 11, 2015

New Brooklyn bishop-elect to offer Latin Mass for persecuted Christians

You may remember that Pope Francis last month named a devotee of the Mass in...

June 11, 2015

New Brooklyn bishop-elect to offer Latin Mass for persecuted Christians

You may remember that Pope Francis last month named a devotee of the Mass in...

June 09, 2015

The story behind the cappa magna

Every now and then, a sharp-eyed observer armed with a camera and a pair of...

June 09, 2015

The story behind the cappa magna

Every now and then, a sharp-eyed observer armed with a camera and a pair of...

June 03, 2015

VIDEO: vicar general strums guitar and sings during homily

Here's something you don't see every day. This is Fr. Charles Cimpl, vicar general for the...

June 03, 2015

VIDEO: vicar general strums guitar and sings during homily

Here’s something you don’t see every day. This is Fr. Charles Cimpl, vicar general for the...

June 02, 2015

Here it is: the winning design for the altar at Washington’s papal Mass

From The Catholic Standard: Because the crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis’s...

June 02, 2015

Here it is: the winning design for the altar at Washington’s papal Mass

From The Catholic Standard: Because the crowd of people who will gather at Pope Francis’s...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

Deacons, take note

If you ever feel compelled to chant the Gospel, here is how it's done. This...