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October 2012

October 28, 2012

Canadian priest’s unorthodox evangelization drawing people to the pews

Details, from the Catholic Register: A financial analyst turned priest, Fr. Mario Salvadori is marketing...

October 17, 2012

Bishops, priests and deacons together: Brooklyn’s clergy convocation

Just got back from the second-ever joint clergy convocation for my diocese—a remarkable gathering of...

October 17, 2012

Bishops, priests and deacons together: Brooklyn’s clergy convocation

Just got back from the second-ever joint clergy convocation for my diocese—a remarkable gathering of...

October 09, 2012

Pioneer: first African-American priest to study at North American College dies

What a remarkable life. Details, from the News & Observer in North Carolina: The son...

October 08, 2012

“A tribute to my brother priests…”

This comes from the blog of the new bishop of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland. And...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

UPDATE: Vatican lifts suspension of priest who changed words of Mass

Remember Fr. William Rowe? The latest, from Religion News Service: An Illinois priest who was...

September 27, 2012

Chicago parishioners rally around priest they call “a living saint”

Read all about it, from the Chicago Sun Times: He’s a gritty old white Catholic...

September 25, 2012

Remembering “the people’s priest” of the Bronx

Every now and then, we receive a blessed reminder of what it means to follow...

September 19, 2012

A shore thing: Philadelphia sells vacation home for priests

Details: A vacation house at the South Jersey shore used by generations of elderly priests...

September 18, 2012

“Catholic” but not “Roman Catholic”: a priest from the “United American Catholic Church” responds

You may remember that I wrote about Rev. William Freeman last month, in a post...

September 18, 2012

Reversal: Accused Joliet priest who was returned to ministry is removed … again

You may remember this item from last week. Well...the priest is now, once again, out:...

September 17, 2012

Canada mourns a priest who wore wigs, taught in gibberish, and wore bunny ears for Easter

Details: Monsignor Fee Otterson was a playful soul who once showed up to a family...

September 11, 2012

“More young men are coming to the diocese to enter seminary than in two generations”

The story may be different on the coasts. But in Missouri and Kansas, it seems,...

September 04, 2012

Fr. Benedict Groeschel steps down from hosting EWTN show

From Catholic News Agency: Franciscan friar Father Benedict Groeschel has stepped down as host of...

September 04, 2012

What do you do after you leave the priesthood to get married?

Religious News Service has a look at one man's story: Nationwide, about 80 Protestant clergy...

September 01, 2012

“We sin when we put priests on pedestals and idolize them…”

From the great Joanne McPortland: The thing is, we sin when we put priests on...

September 01, 2012

Archbishop rebukes priest who took part in same sex wedding

A Catholic blogger in Brooklyn has a followup to this story from a couple weekends...

August 2012

August 31, 2012

On priests and political activism

As we enjoy some relative quiet between the two conventions (and a long holiday weekend!)...

August 31, 2012

Meet the “new men”: the priests of tomorrow

From Catholic News Service comes this excellent video, featuring brief profiles of five of the...

August 31, 2012

RIP, Cardinal Martini

One-time papal contender Cardinal Martini has died: Italian Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, a renowned biblical...

August 31, 2012

“Please let Fr. Groeschel know we love him very much…”

This e-mail arrived today, from a nurse, regarding the Fr. Benedict Groeschel story: I have...

August 30, 2012

Statement from Fr. Benedict Groeschel and his order

I had meetings at the parish tonight, followed by Benediction, so missed this news when...

August 30, 2012

Archdiocese of New York responds to Fr. Benedict Groeschel

Following this bombshell, a statement was released this afternoon from Archdiocesan spokesman Joseph Zwilling (h

August 29, 2012

Fr. Benedict Groeschel on child sex abuse: “A lot of cases, the youngster is the seducer” — UPDATED

N.B. The National Catholic Register has evidently pulled the interview excerpted below from its site....

August 24, 2012

Jesuit “chaplain of the revolution” forced to leave Syria speaks out

Details: Christians must do everything they can to avoid the destruction of Syria's religious pluralism,...

August 22, 2012

Priest faces excommunication for starting own parish

An interesting—and rare— case, from the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A Milwaukee-area Catholic priest sanctioned this year...

August 22, 2012

New coalition of priests seeks to help workers

Just in time for Labor Day comes this portrait of "labor priests," from Catholic San...

August 19, 2012

On the wedding announcements page: priest assists at same sex wedding?

A wedding announcement in this Sunday's New York Times: Roger Thomas Danforth and Richard James...

August 17, 2012

75 years a priest

Remarkable. And inspiring. From Robert Dellinger and The Tidings of Los Angeles: The 97-year-old priest in...

August 13, 2012

“Miracle”: one priest saves another from drowning

It happened last week in Florida. Details: The Rev. Krzysztof Bugno hovered over the lifeless...