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April 2013

April 29, 2013

Woman student in art parade dresses like pope—but naked from the waist down—UPDATED

But wait, there's more: At an annual art school parade [at Carnegie Mellon University], a...

April 29, 2013

BREAKING: Student shoots himself at Catholic high school in Cincinnati—UPDATED

Details: A student shot himself with a gun in front of classmates at his Cincinnati...

April 29, 2013

Report: priest who admitted to groping teenager continues to work with children

You may remember the story of Newark's Fr. Michael Fugee from February. Now, an update...

April 28, 2013

Four stabbed at New Mexico Catholic church during Mass

Details: At least four people were hurt at an Albuquerque church Sunday when a visitor...

April 26, 2013

Bishop returns petition to gay man, with one comment

You may remember this story from earlier in April. Now, an update: The story of...

April 24, 2013

Church says it has no information on kidnapped bishops, after group claims they have been freed

Details: Aleppo's Greek Orthodox archdiocese said Wednesday it had no news on two Orthodox bishops...

April 23, 2013

Two Syrian bishops kidnapped

Aleppo, Syria Details: Sources in Syria report that the Greek Orthodox archbishop of Aleppo, Paul...

April 22, 2013

Vatican: “There is a move toward putting more women in key roles”

Details: Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga of Honduras said he was backing more posts for...

April 21, 2013

Citing bombings, Boston’s Cardinal O’Malley warns of “culture of death,” opposes death penalty for suspect

Details: Boston’s Catholic archbishop marked the city’s renewed sense of community after the marathon bombings...

April 20, 2013

Dispelling darkness in West, Texas

People take part in a candlelight vigil April 18 at the Church of the Assumption...

April 19, 2013

Chaplains in demand following Boston bombing

Details: Two days after the Boston Marathon bombings, Boston Medical Center chaplain Sister Maryanne Ruzzo...

April 19, 2013

Muslim leader condemns terrorism “in all its forms”; Boston mosque closed

Details: Within hours of news that the two brothers behind the Boston Marathon bombings were...

April 19, 2013

In Texas, “the Body of Christ is suffering greatly”

A deacon from Austin writes: Please keep the people of West, Texas in your prayers....

April 18, 2013

Priest’s accused killer blames it on “bad homilies”

Yikes: An unemployed man, who said he was only trying to teach his elderly priest...

April 18, 2013

VIDEO: Cardinal O’Malley tells Boston mourners, “We must overcome the culture of death”

Cardinal Sean O'Malley's remarks from today's interfaith memorial service at the cathedral in Boston.

April 18, 2013

Gosnell backlash: how a free press becomes less free

If the press isn't responsible, the government will start trying to tell it what to...

April 17, 2013

Pat Summerall’s redemption: “Someone had to die for me to live”

Pat Summerall, the sportscasting legend who died yesterday, struggled with alcoholism for much of his...

April 16, 2013

“God knows, too, what it is to lose a loved one in an unjust attack…”

I quoted from this sermon after Sandy Hook, and it's worth reprinting here today. This...

April 16, 2013

Boston grieves: prayers for 8-year-old Martin Richard

This image, from Facebook, appears to be his First Communion picture. Details: The 8-year-old boy...

April 15, 2013

The good people of Boston

They were everywhere Monday: the good guys. EMS workers, rescuers, cops, volunteers, runners who completed...

April 15, 2013

Vatican statement on LCWR: “Pope Francis reaffirmed the program of reform”

From the Vatican website: Today the Superiors of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the...

April 13, 2013

“Bombshell”: pope names advisors to reform Vatican bureaucracy—UPDATED

From the Associated Press: Pope Francis marked his first month as pope on Saturday by...

April 12, 2013

Bishop vs. bishop over gay marriage and communion

From Sunday: Catholic Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit said on Sunday that Catholics who support...

April 08, 2013

Planned Parenthood lobbyist who favors infanticide served on board of Catholic Charities

Creative Minority Report got the scoop: Alisa Lapolt Snow, the Planned Parenthood lobbyist, who shocked...

April 06, 2013

Miami officials try to shut down Mother Teresa soup kitchen

From the Miami Herald: Thirty-three years ago, Mother Teresa of Calcutta came to Miami to...

April 05, 2013

Students start blog to support embattled chaplain

This is really quite remarkable. At a secular university, Catholic students have banded together to...

April 05, 2013

Judge rules morning after pill must be available to minors without prescription

In effect: a court has ruled that anyone should be able to get it, at...

April 04, 2013

Two gay college students try to have priest fired because he counsels students not to have sex—UPDATED

Is this from The Onion? No: Two gay seniors at George Washington University say they feel alienated because the...

April 04, 2013

Attorneys General urge HHS exemption for businesses

Hot on the heels of this item, about a deacon who won his case against...

April 03, 2013

Judge rules that deacon’s company will not have to provide contraception coverage

Details: Greg Hall is safe from government fines – for now. The Catholic deacon who...