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April 2013

April 01, 2013

Oldest priest in Scranton dies on Good Friday at 99

Details: The Diocese of Scranton's oldest and longest-ordained priest, Monsignor James T. Clarke, died on...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

How Pope Francis is reforming the priesthood

I wondered earlier this week if the new pontiff might have a profound impact on...

March 28, 2013

Pope Francis to priests at Chrism Mass: “We need to ‘go out’ and give the Gospel to others”

From the Vatican, the text of Pope Francis' homily at today's Chrism Mass: Dear Brothers...

March 21, 2013

God’s army: overflow crowd attends discernment retreat for military chaplains

Very impressive turnout: Twenty-six (26) men from every service branch of the U.S. armed forces...

March 20, 2013

Bergoglio’s ministry of mercy: “He was the only Catholic cleric to visit Podestá in the hospital…”

It concerns Jerónimo José Podestá, an Argentine bishop who left the priesthood to marry. One...

March 20, 2013

As seminarian, Jorge Bergoglio struggled with celibacy

From an interview the new pope gave last year: When I was a seminarian, I...

March 14, 2013

Memo to priests: there’s a new guy to mention at Mass

My blog neighbor and brother in Holy Orders, Fr. Mike Duffy, takes note (and uses...

March 14, 2013

“Today, the place for Christ is in the street”

The man we now know as Pope Francis, preaching on Palm Sunday 2008: Today, here...

March 11, 2013

Married priests: “Why such aversion?”

An alert reader sent this my way: another interesting voice, from Sean Connelly, in the...

March 10, 2013

Come and see: seminarians doing the “Harlem Shake”

Hot on the heels of this video of nuns getting into the act, along comes...

March 06, 2013

Cleveland bishop excommunicates priest

This doesn't happen very often, but it happened yesterday in Ohio: The Rev. Robert Marrone, who...

March 05, 2013

A married priest writes about the “c word”: celibacy

Take it away, Fr. Dwight: I can speak from experience. I was a celibate Anglican...

February 2013

February 22, 2013

British cardinal argues for married priests—UPDATED

Details: Roman Catholic priests should be allowed to marry and have children, Britain’s most senior...

February 17, 2013

In Philadelphia, deacons will witness marriages and wear the collar—UPDATED

A deacon in the City of Brotherly Love sent me an e-mail about a little...

February 17, 2013

In Philadelphia, deacons will witness marriages and wear the collar—UPDATED

A deacon in the City of Brotherly Love sent me an e-mail about a little...

February 10, 2013

“People are literally fighting over who gets to give me communion…”

That's one of the more bizarre quotes by an excommunicated Ohio woman who yesterday attempted...

February 07, 2013

Benedictine artist Father Maur van Doorslaer dies

You have probably seen his work in gift shops or churches and not even realized...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Why not women priests?

Dominican Father Wojciech Giertych, Theologian to the Papal Household, offers his thoughts, in this video...

January 29, 2013

How married priests live—UPDATED

Reading about the new married priest in Buffalo, and thinking of other priests in similar...

January 27, 2013

A new book in favor of priestly celibacy

With a new married priest in Buffalo getting so much buzz, I was intrigued by...

January 27, 2013

Worth a thousand words: Buffalo’s new married priest

Father John Cornelius, the first married priest in the Diocese of Buffalo, gives communion to...

January 26, 2013

On a married priest abstaining from sex: “A praiseworthy thing”

That's the assessment of canon lawyer Ed Peters, writing about the item that's raising eyebrows...

January 25, 2013

Buffalo’s married priest says he will stop having sex—UPDATED WITH VIDEO

I posted on him a few days ago. Now, some more details, from the New...

January 23, 2013

The warning signs of “Monsignor Meth”

The Connecticut Post has details: Looking back there were the usual warning signs, those nagging...

January 23, 2013

On pilgrimage: deacons and priests among the Mayans

The following e-mail arrived last night, from Deacon Dennis Kelly of Seattle: Greetings from Central...

January 23, 2013

On pilgrimage: deacons and priests among the Mayans

The following e-mail arrived last night, from Deacon Dennis Kelly of Seattle: Greetings from Central...

January 22, 2013

Buffalo to get a married priest—UPDATED

And, like most, he's a former Episcopalian: A married father of three will be ordained...

January 21, 2013

In the E-mail: “The priest had his finger up his nose…”

A reader writes: Holy hands are not always CLEAN hands. As I have observed men in...

January 20, 2013

Well-known Irish priest plans to defy Vatican—UPDATED

From the New York Times: The Rev. Tony Flannery, 66, who was suspended by the...

January 19, 2013

Snapshot: how Ohio is coping with priest shortage, changing demographics

An interesting microcosm of what is happening all over, from the Dayton Daily News: A...