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March 2012

March 21, 2012

Answering the call again, and again, and again: families with multiple vocations

Vocations shortage? What vocations shortage? Over at Our Sunday Visitor, they've got an interesting roundup...

March 14, 2012

Fr. Marcel’s statement: “I did the only thing a faithful Catholic priest could do” — UPDATED

From Catholic News Agency: Here are the facts: On Saturday, February 25th I showed up...

March 14, 2012

Fr. Marcel Guarnizo’s pastor: “Let me repeat…”

Worth noting: At Sunday Masses over the weekend, [Father] LaHood read a letter from Bishop...

March 13, 2012

“You never know what the Lord has in store for you”: the remarkable story of a vocation 65 years in the making

How's this for a really late vocation? From Ottawa: For nearly half a century, Gérard...

March 11, 2012

Priest who refused communion to lesbian placed on leave, faculties removed — UPDATED

A couple people dropped me an e-mail or left a comment in the combox about...

March 09, 2012

Burying the last Belgian missionary in Hawaii

Scanning the Catholic press, I don't think this item got much attention. But it should...

March 09, 2012

“The Hands of Christ in a Broken World”: great new video on the priesthood

A big h/t to Jim Lackey at CNS, who just posted this gem from Salt...

March 02, 2012

56 years later, priest survivors of Andrea Doria tell their story

An ambitious undertaking by a seminarian is throwing new light on a dramatic moment of...

February 2012

February 28, 2012

Nevermind: priest who lost job over Mass language retracts resignation

The saga in Belleville continues: The Rev. William Rowe may not always go by the...

February 23, 2012

Confirmed: priest fired over new translation

Remember Fr. William Rowe? Now, there's a followup: An Illinois bishop has confirmed that a...

February 19, 2012

Vocations surging in Great Britain

Some happy news from across the pond: A few years ago he was a roadie...

February 08, 2012

Remember Fr. Pfleger? He’s back in the news

Details: Nearly a year after a confrontation between the Rev. Michael Pfleger, an outspoken Chicago...

February 04, 2012

Priest resigns over new Missal translation

Details: After 47 years as a priest, and at least two decades of straying from...

January 2012

January 30, 2012

News from the boiler room

Think it's easy shoveling out all this blog stuff every day? Ha! My Boss, Elizabeth...

January 29, 2012

Teachers and preachers: innovative program aims to help immigrant priests with English

It's happening in Los Angeles, but I can think of a lot of other corners...

January 26, 2012

“I want the pope to be proud of us…”

The head of the new Ordinariate, bringing Anglicans into the Catholic Church, spoke recently with...

January 24, 2012

Fr. Pavone speaks at March for Life in Washington

He posted several pictures (including the one above) on his FB page. And the...

January 19, 2012

Newly ordained priest removed after fathering a child while in seminary

It happened in the Archdiocese of New York. Details: The priest, the Rev. Casmir Manyonyi...

January 18, 2012

Meet Fr. Don, the surfer priest

This is a great video about a priest who surfs: Fr. Don Calloway. But that's...

January 18, 2012

Climb every mountain: a priest’s journey up Kilimanjaro

Last week, I posted an item about a priest from Des Moines climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro....

January 17, 2012

Did you hear the one about the priest who’s a standup comic?

Seriously: The Rev. Britto Berchmans’ upcoming one-man show, “Centennial Chuckles,” is no joke, but the...

January 16, 2012

Jolt: Texas bishop sues outspoken priest

Some may recall the story of Fr. Michael Rodriguez, from the Diocese of El Paso,...

January 14, 2012

Ka-ching: the salaries of clergy

One of the most common questions I get asked from the people in the pews...

January 13, 2012

New York Times: “I caution the clerical wife to be on guard…” — UPDATED

On the Op-Ed page of the New York Times, an assistant professor of medieval European...

January 12, 2012

A liturgical practice to give you paws

I'm not sure why I'm suddenly seeing all these stories about priests and pooches, but...

January 11, 2012

Out of Antarctica: “We never know where the Divine plan will take us…”

Remember Msgr. Steve Rossetti, who spent Christmas snowed in at the bottom of the world?...

January 11, 2012

When holy obedience saved a priest’s life

It happened, incredibly, when he followed his superior's order to get off the Titanic. The...

January 10, 2012

Meet Jake, the Rectory Dog!

A reader in Vermont sent this my way: the story of a priest's best friend,...

January 09, 2012

A priest in Nigeria: “I could have been among the victims…”

A deacon from Canada sent this story my way, with the following note: In our...

January 06, 2012

Now, about all those married Catholic priests…

The New York Times takes a closer look at how the new ordinariate will be...