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May 2014

May 13, 2014

Jackie Kennedy’s revealing correspondence with an Irish priest

With the 20th anniversary of her death approaching, suddenly, Jackie O is popping up everywhere....

May 05, 2014

What’s your pastor worried about?

The good folks at CARA have some answers: CARA recently asked a random sample of...

May 03, 2014

Liturgical dance? Check out these tap-dancing seminarians in Rome—UPDATED

From the North American College (via Joan Lewis of EWTN) comes this demonstration of terpsichorean...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

German priest asks Pope Francis personally to waive his vow of celibacy

This is highly unusual: German priest Stefan Hartmann has sent a personal petition to Pope Francis...

April 28, 2014

Ka-ching: the cost of married priests

Fr. Dwight Longenecker, married with children, crunches the numbers: Many Catholics have no idea in...

April 27, 2014

Dublin’s archbishop supports discussion of married priests

Details: The Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, has backed the Pope’s call for open and immediate...

April 23, 2014

Shock: former high-ranking priest in New Hampshire sentenced to four years in prison

From The Manchester Union Leader in New Hampshire: The one-time top ranking priest in the...

April 23, 2014

Jesuits report big jump in vocation inquiries

From CBS News: Sean McCreight has a passion for teaching. But the 25-year-old California native...

April 23, 2014

Cleared Chicago priest under investigation again, but will remain in ministry

You may remember this story from just last week. The priest at the center of...

April 21, 2014

Priest ordered to stop involvement in “Pope Francis House of Hope” for addicts

Details: The Rev. John Stabeno calls his Monday-night meetings a sobering dose of "reality." In...

April 20, 2014

An Easter message from a dying priest: “My faith in the Resurrection is the reason for my hope”

This email was forwarded to me last night. It comes from Father Tom Wehinger in...

April 15, 2014

Cleared: Chicago priest reinstated in parish after board calls sexual misconduct charges “unfounded”

A reader sent this my way with a note: "People need to know that sometimes...

April 15, 2014

Encore: The Singing Priest, Fr. Ray Kelly, talks about his “Hallelujah” wedding song—UPDATED

He appeared on RTE's "The Late Late Show" a few nights back. He performed an...

April 14, 2014

Priest behind the iBreviary launches an Arabic version, in challenge to censorship

Details: A tech-savvy priest who has worked on social media technology for the Vatican is...

April 10, 2014

Bishop: Pope Francis says married men could be ordained priests, if bishops want it

From The Tablet in London: A bishop who met with Pope Francis in a rare...

April 08, 2014

Appeals court overturns priest’s conviction

Potentially significant? Details: A Roman Catholic priest from a St. Paul parish saw his sexual misconduct conviction...

April 07, 2014

Report: Jesuit priest shot dead in Homs, Syria

From The Catholic Herald: A Dutch Jesuit priest who chose to remain in the beseiged...

March 2014

March 26, 2014

Pope reflects on Holy Orders

Image: The Ordination of St. Lawrence by Fra Angelico From Vatican Radio: Greeting thousands of...

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 23, 2014

UK Catholic priest admits entering into sham gay marriage to keep Pakistani from being deported

The mind boggles. Details from the Daily Mail: A high-profile Catholic priest has been suspended...

March 18, 2014

“You don’t have to like your priest”

An interesting observation via Word on Fire, from Dominican Br. Patrick Mary Briscoe: It may...

March 18, 2014

Fugee update: Newark priest laicized

Details from The Star-Ledger in Newark: Acting with uncustomary speed, the Vatican has expelled a...

March 15, 2014

The challenge of Pittsburgh: one priest to run four parishes

He's be assisted by a parochial vicar and three deacons. From The Pittsburgh Catholic: On...

March 13, 2014

Seminarians on celibacy: “We’re saying ‘yes’ to Christ”

CNS's Robert Duncan produced this fine video, featuring seminarians from the North American College in...

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 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 13, 2014

“Clericalism is bad for priests and laity”

Vatican Insider spoke recently with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, Beniamino Stella,...

February 06, 2014

A man on Death Row remembers Fr. Austin, “a priest to call our own”

Photo by Michael Alexander / Georgia Bulletin From the Georgia Bulletin comes this beautiful tribute...

February 04, 2014

“I not only failed to do what is right, I also committed crimes in the exercise of my responsibilities as a priest”

The big news today out of New Hampshire: A priest who had held one of...

February 02, 2014

Californians warned about “fake priest”

Details from CBS in Sacramento: Catholic Church leaders say a phony priest has been making...