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September 2015

September 15, 2015

Study: half of U.S. Catholics have left the Church “at some point”; but 70% say they could never imagine leaving

Details: Some older American Catholics might remember a time when people thought of the Catholic...

September 14, 2015

In new interview, Pope Francis addresses refugee crisis, blames “culture of ‘well-being'” for low birth rate in Europe

Details from CNA: In a new, wide-ranging interview Pope Francis spoke at length of the...

September 13, 2015

Congressman: U.S. has “disrupted” planned attack on pope

Details: Plans to attack the Pope Francis during his U.S. visit have already been thwarted,...

September 12, 2015

Poll: More atheists, agnostics entering Harvard than Christians

A remarkable turn for a school named for a minister, via The Washington Post: ...

September 11, 2015

Cuba announces it will release prisoners as “goodwill gesture” ahead of pope’s visit

View image | gettyimages.com From the BBC: Cuba has said it will release more than...

September 10, 2015

Bride shortage: India facing consequences of sex-selective abortions

From AP: When Sadhuram Berwal wanted to get married, his family went about it in...

September 09, 2015

Archdiocese announces plans to sponsor 100 refugee families from Syria and Iraq

From The Toronto Star: The Archdiocese of Toronto plans to sponsor 100 refugee families from...

September 09, 2015

Philadelphia requires parents to sign “Memorandum of Understanding”

From Philly.com: Parents of children attending Archdiocese of Philadelphia schools are now being required to...

September 08, 2015

Hungarian bishop on pope’s view of refugees: he’s wrong—UPDATED

View image | gettyimages.com From The Washington Post: Pope Francis’s message Sunday couldn’t have been...

September 08, 2015

Streamlined annulment process announced: one sentence, one judge, “brevity”

The official word, via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis issued two Apostolic Letters motu proprio on...

September 07, 2015

Washington Post: conservative dissent brewing inside the Vatican

Not surprising, but a timely overview: As he upends church convention, Francis also is grappling...

September 06, 2015

“I appeal to parishes, religious communities, monasteries, shrines in Europe to accommodate a family of refugees”

A rough translation of the pope's historic remarks today during the Angelus: Dear brothers and...

September 06, 2015

Report: Vatican cracks down on Medjugorje visionaries, prohibits spreading messages in local parish

From Rorate Caeli: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with an order signed...

September 06, 2015

Report: Vatican cracks down on Medjugorje visionaries, prohibits spreading messages in local parish

From Rorate Caeli: The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, with an order signed...

September 06, 2015

“I appeal to parishes, religious communities, monasteries, shrines in Europe to accommodate a family of refugees”

A rough translation of the pope’s historic remarks today during the Angelus: Dear brothers and...

August 2015

August 29, 2015

Vatican says autopsy reveals disgraced former nuncio died of natural causes

From Vatican Radio, confirmation of what was reported yesterday— that former Nuncio, Jozef Wesolowski, while facing trail...

August 29, 2015

Vatican says autopsy reveals disgraced former nuncio died of natural causes

From Vatican Radio, confirmation of what was reported yesterday— that former Nuncio, Jozef Wesolowski, while facing trail...

August 28, 2015

New rector named to replace Robert Barron at Mundelein

From The Archdiocese of Chicago website: Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, today announced the...

August 28, 2015

Former Vatican ambassador charged with sex abuse dies

From CNN: Jozef Wesolowski, a papal ambassador and the highest-ranking Catholic official to be put...

August 28, 2015

New rector named to replace Robert Barron at Mundelein

From The Archdiocese of Chicago website: Blase J. Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, today announced the...

August 28, 2015

Former Vatican ambassador charged with sex abuse dies

From CNN: Jozef Wesolowski, a papal ambassador and the highest-ranking Catholic official to be put...

August 27, 2015

Medjugorje awaits word from the Vatican—and the pilgrimage business takes a hit

From The New York Times: Soon the Vatican is expected to make public the findings of...

August 27, 2015

Medjugorje awaits word from the Vatican—and the pilgrimage business takes a hit

From The New York Times: Soon the Vatican is expected to make public the findings of...

August 26, 2015

Oregon Catholic school may face lawsuit after withdrawing job offer to lesbian

From The Catholic Sentinel: St. Mary’s Academy in Portland may face a lawsuit filed by...

August 26, 2015

Uproar at Duke: “Cultural pluralism will lose its value if students aren’t allowed to follow their beliefs”

This story garnered some attention a few days ago: Some new Duke University students are...

August 26, 2015

Oregon Catholic school may face lawsuit after withdrawing job offer to lesbian

From The Catholic Sentinel: St. Mary’s Academy in Portland may face a lawsuit filed by...

August 26, 2015

Uproar at Duke: “Cultural pluralism will lose its value if students aren’t allowed to follow their beliefs”

This story garnered some attention a few days ago: Some new Duke University students are...

August 25, 2015

Dorothy Day would be appalled

Back in the 1950s, the venerable woman who founded The Catholic Worker wrote a famous...

August 25, 2015

Cardinal Levada arrested for DUI

Details: One of the Roman Catholic Church’s most senior clergymen was arrested last week for driving...

August 25, 2015

Cardinal Levada arrested for DUI

Details: One of the Roman Catholic Church's most senior clergymen was arrested last week for driving...