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April 2015

April 25, 2015

When non-Catholics receive communion—UPDATED

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April 25, 2015

When non-Catholics receive communion—UPDATED

View image | gettyimages.com < At Cardinal Francis George's funeral Thursday, the governor of...

April 24, 2015

Just another typical Catholic wedding—complete with gunshots

My traveling companion and blog neighbor Marge Fenelon captured on video a particularly lively part...

April 24, 2015

Just another typical Catholic wedding—complete with gunshots

My traveling companion and blog neighbor Marge Fenelon captured on video a particularly lively part...

April 16, 2015

Journey to Jordan: witnessing a Melkite wedding

After leaving Petra this morning, bound for The Dead Sea, we stopped at a Greek...

April 01, 2015

Pittsburgh eliminates fees for marriage annulments

Welcome news. Let's hope this is the beginning of a trend. Details: The Diocese...

April 01, 2015

Pittsburgh eliminates fees for marriage annulments

Welcome news. Let’s hope this is the beginning of a trend. Details: The Diocese of...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Reconciliation, from the priest’s point of view

Yesterday, I posted about my visit to a church in midtown Manhattan to receive the Sacrament...

March 31, 2015

Reconciliation, from the priest’s point of view

Yesterday, I posted about my visit to a church in midtown Manhattan to receive the...

March 30, 2015

Reconciliation Monday at St. Francis of Assisi

I dropped by one of my favorite churches in Manhattan, St. Francis of Assisi, for...

March 30, 2015

Want to prove you’re a good Catholic? Get your papers in order!

An excellent nudge, from Commonweal: Want to prove you’re a good Catholic? I’m afraid you’ll...

March 30, 2015

Want to prove you’re a good Catholic? Get your papers in order!

An excellent nudge, from Commonweal: Want to prove you’re a good Catholic? I’m afraid you’ll...

March 14, 2015

Great moments in journalism: reporter lies in confession, records priests’ responses

From Catholic News Agency: Laura Alari writes for Quotidiano Nazionale, which is headquartered in Bologna. She...

March 11, 2015

“What this priest did was totally inexcusable”

You got that right. Read the whole account. Pita bread? From Redemptionis Sacramentum: 1. The...

March 03, 2015

“Priest” offers to hear confessions via Snapchat?

From San Antonio: Instead of turning to church to confess your sins, could you instead...

March 03, 2015

Want to become a better confessor?

I got an email yesterday about this, and it looks very enticing: The Thomistic Institute...

March 01, 2015

For Lent, Chicago offers “Festival of Forgiveness”

I'll be curious to hear how this event went. Vatican Insider reports: From 12 noon yesterday...

February 2015

February 13, 2015

After desecrations, bishop orders all tabernacles in his diocese to be emptied

Details: In response to the desecration of ten parishes since October, including five on February...

January 2015

January 23, 2015

Pope Francis reminds Roman Rota that sacraments are free—and annulments should be, too

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis received the judges and advocates of the Roman Rota on...

January 23, 2015

Pope Francis: “God forgives everything”

“There is no sin which He won’t pardon. He forgives everything. ‘But father, I don’t...

January 22, 2015

Cardinal Marx: “We must look for ways for people to receive the Eucharist. It is not about finding ways to keep them out!”

From America magazine, part of an interview conducted recently: Two issues at the present synod...

January 10, 2015

The “3 c’s” of Baptism: A Homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord

From the vault, part of my homily for this weekend, marking the Baptism of the...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

When non-Catholics go up for communion

Image: "Communion of the Apostles" by Fra Angelico (1440) via Wikipedia. This is a...

November 2014

November 24, 2014

Archbishop bars son of Italian crime boss from confirmation ceremony

Details: It’s long been accused of adopting an at best ambiguous role in the fight...

November 07, 2014

“God is more important than sex”: Couple abstained from sex for 19 months while waiting for annulments

In our pelvic-centric age, some would find this unthinkable. Read on, from The Catholic Sentinel in...

October 2014

October 18, 2014

What about the sacrament of reconciliation for the divorced and remarried?

John Thavis has just posted a summary of a speech given at the synod by...

October 12, 2014

What many Catholics don’t know about divorce and receiving communion

With all the talk lately about divorce and communion, I've been reminded of how much...

October 10, 2014

From the synod: two more cardinals back communion for divorced and remarried

From John Allen in Crux: Within the last 24 hours, two Italian cardinals have stepped...

October 06, 2014

Cardinal Wuerl: “The reception of communion is not a doctrinal position”

One of the pope's close advisors offers his views on the reception of communion in...

October 06, 2014

Here’s something you don’t see every day: a Confirmation celebrated in the Extraordinary Form

A priest friend alerted me to this. It happened Sunday and was done by my...