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April 2014

April 22, 2014

What we have come to: model plans abortion so she can appear on reality show—UPDATED

From The New York Daily News: A wannabe celebrity plans to have an abortion...

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 17, 2014

Report: Jews ordered to register in Ukraine

From USA TODAY: Jews in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk where pro-Russian militants have...

April 17, 2014

Can Pope Francis help keep Latin America Catholic?

From Reuters: Despite a high-profile first year as the head of the Vatican, Pope Francis...

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

Woman who underwent fertility treatment carrying the wrong embryos

Oops. Details, from AFP: A woman who underwent fertility treatment at a clinic in Rome...

April 15, 2014

Catholic Malta legalizes gay civil unions

Details: The Maltese parliament legalized same-sex unions and gay adoption on Monday in a 37-0...

April 14, 2014

“Pope Francis has challenged us all to look more closely at the way we are as a church…”

A paper in South Jersey, the Courier-Post, looks at the controversy over where bishops live,...

April 10, 2014

Nathan Trapuzzano’s widow: “He said, ‘I want us both to be saints…'”

Photo: D. Kevin Elliott for MailOnline.com I don't think you'll read anything more heart-rending this...

April 09, 2014

Remember the “Ground Zero Mosque”?

The building that housed it may soon be history. From The New York Daily News: ...

April 09, 2014

Charlotte fallout: “Sins have been committed”

The latest wrinkle, from The Charlotte Observer: The controversy over a recent speaker at Charlotte...

April 08, 2014

BREAKING: 16-year-old boy arrested in slaying of Nathan Trapuzzano—UPDATED

Details: Police have arrested a 16-year-old in connection with last week's murder of 24-year-old father-to-be Nathan...

April 08, 2014

No, this isn’t from The Onion: 9-month-old baby charged with attempted murder

From Reuters: Relatives of a nine-month-old baby charged with attempted murder in Pakistan have taken...

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...

April 07, 2014

Washington Post: gay marriage is new test for Catholic Church

Photo: by Astrid Riecken for the Washington Post Details: Having worked in Catholic church music...

April 06, 2014

John Allen on the Church’s newest “pro-life” cause

From his column in The Boston Globe: In Catholic parlance, certain terms carry weight far...

April 06, 2014

Lesbians’ baby baptized in Argentina’s cathedral

From CNN: Umma Azul, whose godmother is the country's President, on Saturday became the first...

April 05, 2014

Funeral homily for Nathan Trapuzzano: “I have little doubt he forgave his murderers”

By now, you may have heard the horrifying story of Nathan Trapuzzano, a 24-year-old man married...

April 05, 2014

Archbishop Gregory will sell $2.2 million residence: “I want to thank those who brought this issue to light”

Details from the Associated Press: Trying to appease angry parishioners, the archbishop of Atlanta said...

April 04, 2014

Charlotte fallout: nun cancels all speaking engagements, takes leave from teaching

From The Catholic Herald: The Dominican sister who gave a presentation on sexuality to students...

April 03, 2014

Meeting about nun’s talk draws nearly 1,000—UPDATED

This story generated a lot of attention earlier in the week. And the response last...

April 02, 2014

Cincinnati Catholic school superintendent defends new contract

That contract made news several days ago. Now, Jim Rigg pens a column about that...

March 2014

March 31, 2014

Atlanta’s Archbishop responds: “I failed”

From The Georgia Bulletin, Archbishop Wilton Gregory responds to sharp criticism surrounding reports about his multi-million...

March 31, 2014

Bridgeport’s Caggiano to Voice of the Faithful: “We are family”

I overheard someone mentioning this on the elevator this afternoon. It happened a couple weeks...

March 31, 2014

Deacon who fell into grave sues archdiocese

Details from AP: A deacon who accidentally fell into a grave during a burial at...

March 29, 2014

British politician who supports gay marriage refrains from receiving communion

From The Telegraph: One of Britain’s most senior Roman Catholic MPs says he feels unable...

March 28, 2014

New teacher contract mandates firing for abortion, IVF and gay marriage

Hot on the heels of a similar move in Cincinnati, Honolulu is updating its teacher...

March 27, 2014

Woman begins serving jail sentence for posing nude in front of Catholic school

Now for something completely different. From a TV station in Lincoln, Nebraska: The 19-year-old who...

March 27, 2014

When Barry met Francis — UPDATED with Vatican statement

From AP: A visibly energized President Barack Obama held a nearly hourlong audience with Pope...