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October 2011

October 24, 2011

Update: police in China arrest two in death of little girl

You may remember this horrific video of a little girl run over by a van...

October 24, 2011

Vatican condemns "selfishness, collective greed and the hoarding of goods" — UPDATED

Details, from CNS: A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political...

October 24, 2011

Occupy Wall Street gets religion

The Associated Press looks at some of the religious voices being heard in this protest...

October 23, 2011

Catholic hero of Auschwitz dies

An amazing story of courage and young love. Details: The young Catholic man spirited his...

October 22, 2011

How Steve Jobs met his biological father and didn't know it

I touched on this earlier this month, when I mentioned in a homily the circumstances...

October 21, 2011

"It's not surprising that he would die by the sword…"

With Libya's Moammar Gadhafi now out of the picture, Christian leaders are looking back at...

October 20, 2011

KC update: Bishop Finn not planning to resign

Details: Calls for Roman Catholic Bishop Robert Finn to resign started even before last week,...

October 17, 2011

Shock: child hit by van, left for dead, bystanders do nothing

What happens when a country like China has widespread abortion and a "one-child" policy? Things...

October 17, 2011

Roy Bourgeois detained by police at Vatican

He never gives up, does he? Details: A U.S. Catholic priest who supports ordination for...

October 17, 2011

A dream deferred, fulfilled

A remarkable story from the world of boxing, about a man who spent a quarter...

October 17, 2011

Coping in Kansas City: "Obviously, we're not O.K. with this…"

How does a diocese deal with having its bishop indicted? The New York Times visited...

October 16, 2011

Report looks at questions surrounding Priests for Life financial records — UPDATED

While the standoff between Fr. Frank Pavone and his bishop appears to be at an...

October 16, 2011

"Horrific": church attacked, desecrated in Rome violence

It happened near the Lateran basilica during the "day of rage" planned for many cities...

October 13, 2011

Report: birth rate plummets due to recession

A commenter in another post asked, "How is making it so financially difficult for people...

October 12, 2011

Aftermath: rescued Chilean miners battle depression, stress

The men hailed as heroes a year ago are facing a very different reality today. ...

October 09, 2011

History: first Episcopal church in the U.S. converts under ordinariate

It finally happened. Details: The Rev. Mark Lewis awoke early on the last morning of...

October 09, 2011

While Egypt burns

In Cairo, clashes between Christians and military police have taken a deadly turn. From Reuters:...

October 07, 2011

Mother of Amish shooter cares for her son's victims

An amazing story, of amazing grace: Terri Roberts was eating outside with a co-worker on...

October 07, 2011

Being Great, but not Good: the spirituality of Steve Jobs

His personal philosophy helped shape the company he founded -- and not in ways that...

October 06, 2011

Bishop Zurek on Fr. Pavone: "I am seeking clarification and answers…"

Bishop Zurek has posted a public statement on the Diocese of Amarillo website. Most important...

October 06, 2011

Archbishop: no same sex marriages at West Point chapel

"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" may be history, and same sex marriages may be legal in...

October 05, 2011

Crisis: not enough babies

It's a serious problem, finally getting serious attention: Throughout the developed world, lowered birth rates...

October 03, 2011

Shock: ACLU backs right of 12-year-old girl to wear rosary to school

An apt news item for the beginning of October, the month of the rosary, don't...

October 02, 2011

Resurrection: the Catholic Church's comeback in Cuba

Cuba's Catholic Church is enjoying new popularity and influence -- and TIME magazine examines why,...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Clarification from Bishop Zurek on Fr. Pavone

On the Amarillo Diocese website: UPDATE: Canon lawyer Ed Peters has some analysis. UPDATE II:...

September 29, 2011

Ed Peters and Al Kresta on the Pavone-Zurek standoff

There's a lively and intelligent debate about the Pavone-Zurek standoff simmering in a couple corners...

September 28, 2011

Christian clerk refuses to issue gay marriage licenses

And of course, she's now being sued over it. It's unfolding in the upstate New...

September 27, 2011

New sex abuse lawsuit filed in Montana — against nuns

Details: A new sex abuse lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena...

September 27, 2011

Fr. Pavone: "Joyfully guilty forever"

That's what he posted to his Facebook page and on Twitter this morning, responding to...

September 27, 2011

Now online for the first time: the Dead Sea Scrolls

Check this out: Two thousand years after they were written and decades after they were...