Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

The Deacon's Bench

Home
Catholic
Religion News

Voices & Views

Select a Category "Mad Men" 9/11 advent All Things New Amazing video amazing videos amazon america Anglicans Anti-Catholicism art ascension thursday ash wednesday Atheists baltimore Bible Bishops Blogging bonnie engstrom Books bridgeport Brooklyn Chaplains children christian art christmas Church Churches CNEWA Converts criticism Deacons Death Penalty easter eastern christian Eastern Christians Ecumenism education Education Eucharist Europe euthanasia Evangelization Exorcism Family Feasts Gay rights Good Friday Great links Great Moments in Journalism Hanging with the saints heather renshaw Hispanic Catholics Hispanics History homelies Homilies Humor Hymn of the Week Immigration indianapolis Inspiration Interfaith news ireland Jesus Jews Journalism Judaism lent Liturgy logos Marriage Mary Media Medical news Mental health Middle East Monks Movies Music Muslims My world and welcome to it New Evangelization new york News Nuns Parenting Parish life peoria Persecution Politics politics Pope pope francis pope john paul Prayer Preaching Priests Pro-life Quote of the day radio rebecca frech ripp Ripped from the headlines rippred from the headlines Sacraments saints Scripture sex abuse Sex abuse crisis SEX ABUSE CRISIS TAGGED WITH: SEX ABUSE CRISIS The people in the pews the visitation project theatre This & that Thomas Merton Trappists TV Uncategorized uncategorized VATICAN Vatican vocation Vocations Voices & Views Women Worth a thousand words Writing Year of Faith year of mercy young people

Select a Month December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 July 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010

September 2017

September 15, 2017

Good morning, Baltimore!

I'm headed there later today to speak at the annual deacon convocation. Looking forward to...

September 14, 2017

Ordination update: 4 new deacons for Palm Beach

Quite a story behind this one, in an email I received today from Deacon Martin...

September 14, 2017

A beautiful hymn for this beautiful feast—and one of my favorites

A musical interlude, for this feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. This comes...

September 14, 2017

The story behind the homily delivered at Mychal Judge’s funeral

Here, from Story Corps, is the story behind how Father Michael Duffy came to deliver...

September 14, 2017

What this groom did at the reception shows what married life is about

A big h/t to Father Richard Heilman, who posted this stunning image (from RehmannPhotography.com) on...

September 13, 2017

Is this the face of Mary Magdalene?

We can't know for certain, but there's some pretty fascinating detective work here: In a...

September 13, 2017

Beautiful: Father Tom meets Pope Francis

These powerful images from the Salesian News Agency show the Salesian Fr. Tom Uzhunnalil meeting Pope...

September 13, 2017

Ordination update: Diocese of Cork and Ross in Ireland ordains its first permanent deacons

The restored diaconate is a recent phenomenon in Ireland, but its numbers are growing: It...

September 13, 2017

MUST-SEE VIDEO: Nun with a chainsaw

The title says it all. She became a sensation on social media yesterday and now...

September 12, 2017

Ordination update: 10 new deacons for Manchester

I was happy to receive this note this morning from Deacon Kevin Cody, one of...

September 12, 2017

BREAKING: Kidnapped Indian priest, Father Tom Uzhunnalil, freed after 18 months

Regular readers will know we've been following this story since last year. Finally, a breakthrough....

September 11, 2017

How a kind word from Pope Francis saved a woman’s life

A remarkable encounter with a woman who had suffered an acid attack changed everything: Consuela...

September 11, 2017

Shock: California churches, priest attacked in summer crime wave

From San Bernardino: A priest shot, a stained glass window smashed, a church set on...

September 11, 2017

WATCH: One of the most stunning artifacts of 9/11

The video above tells the story. More details: Retaliation: “Ye have heard that it hath been...

September 11, 2017

Donald Trump’s pastor: ‘I’ve watched a man grow like we are all growing’

From The Washington Post: Paula White, the closest thing President Trump appears to have to...

September 09, 2017

Boffo: Jim Caviezel plays St. Luke in new film about the apostle Paul

Details from Variety: James Faulkner, Jim Caviezel, Olivier Martinez, Joanne Whalley, and John Lynch are starring in...

September 09, 2017

Pope Francis issues Motu Proprio on liturgical translations, recognizes authority of bishops—UPDATED

The story, from CNS: In changes to the Code of Canon Law regarding translations of...

September 08, 2017

WATCH: Convalidating a marriage in the Catholic Church

CNS just posted this lovely video, spotlighting a recent convalidation ceremony in Virginia. Twenty-one couples...

September 08, 2017

Boom: ‘China is destined to become the largest Christian country in the world’

Amazing news: It is said to be China's biggest church and on Easter Sunday thousands...

September 07, 2017

On Philadelphia Eagles’ wings: meet quarterback Carson Wentz, an outspoken Christian

Details: Carson Wentz is in love. He wants to tell the world. But sometimes he...

September 06, 2017

Priest saves fired police officer attempting to take his own life

Details: Perhaps there was some divine intervention when a fired Montgomery County police officer pulled...

September 06, 2017

You will love this: a photographer turns sick and disabled kids into superheroes

Keep a Kleenex handy. Watch the video and you will be thrilled, moved and, yes,...

August 2017

August 02, 2017

CBS’s John Dickerson of ‘Face the Nation’ talks about politics, the media—and being Catholic

I had no idea he was Catholic, until I read this fascinating interview with Tony...

July 2017

July 06, 2017

The mystery of Mary on the iPhone

Could this be the first Marian miracle on a cell phone? This is a story...

June 2017

June 20, 2017

Kyrie of Facebook

For those times I have added to the pain and anger in social media...Lord have...

March 2017

March 08, 2017

Pope signals openness to ordaining married men as priests, calls for Church to face priest shortage ‘fearlessly’

Crux has the scoop: Pope Francis has expressed openness to a renewed consideration of married...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

‘We will become a society of single men’: Another country now faces a crisis over sex-selective abortion

China has been feeling the effects for some time—by one account, men vastly outnumber women...

December 2016

December 27, 2016

‘Beauty will save the world’: check out these impressive church renovations

From The Christian Review: The latter half of the 20th century brought its share...

December 24, 2016

Bing wasn’t supposed to sing ‘White Christmas’—and other shocking tales of a holiday classic

Leave it to the good people at Wikipedia to tell us (as Paul Harvey would...

December 20, 2016

Longer isn’t better: a lesson in good preaching in a 27-word homily

From John Allen: Flannery O’Connor, probably the greatest Southern Catholic novelist of the 20th century, liked...