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March 2014

March 26, 2014

Pope reflects on Holy Orders

Image: The Ordination of St. Lawrence by Fra Angelico From Vatican Radio: Greeting thousands of...

February 2014

February 24, 2014

If this doesn’t make you want to get to Confession, nothing will

This has been making the rounds for a while. But I think it's worth revisiting...

February 19, 2014

Happily ever after: when a Catholic wedding takes place behind bars

From Carol Glatz at CNS comes this great heart-tugger of a story: Even a jailed...

February 17, 2014

A coming compromise on annulments?

Maybe, according to John Allen in The Boston Globe: Sometimes mocked as “Catholic divorce,” an...

February 12, 2014

Pope Francis: “We celebrate the Eucharist not because we are worthy, but because we recognize our need for God’s mercy”

From the pope's general audience Wednesday: Dear Brothers and Sisters: Continuing our catechesis on the...

February 08, 2014

Homily for February 9, 2014: World Marriage Day

Last year, my wife and I went out to dinner to celebrate our 27th wedding...

February 01, 2014

Gay couple says they were denied communion over relationship revealed in an obituary

It happened in Missouri, but this sounds strikingly similar to the story that made news...

January 2014

January 18, 2014

O’Malley and the minister: a shot that shocked—UPDATED

This picture has been around the world a few times now—and it's continuing to spark...

January 15, 2014

“The Roman Catholic annulment process needs a total overhaul”—UPDATED

A parish priest offers his perspective, from NCR: The thornier annulments involve people who were...

January 13, 2014

The pope baptized a baby, and that’s really all we know—UPDATED

Some eyebrows (and some blood pressures) shot up on the news that Pope Francis had...

January 11, 2014

Behold, a truly formal wedding: everyone is wearing a tux

H/T to Kathy Schiffer for this picture: There's more whacky wedding pictures, along with a...

January 04, 2014

Report: surge in “late baptisms” in UK to get kids into Catholic schools

From the Telegraph newspaper: Rising numbers of children are being given late baptisms amid a scramble...

January 02, 2014

How NOT to take Communion to the homebound—UPDATED

After igniting some lively discussion on Facebook—and a fair amount of criticism for her approach—Michelle...

December 2013

December 19, 2013

“He wants pastors”: Pope Francis mandates members of Curia to hear confessions

Details: As part of Pope Francis’ pastoral reforms, all 44 senior members of the Roman...

December 18, 2013

Priest invents confession tool for the deaf

Details: A retired Filipino priest based in Phoenix, Arizona has invented a computer-based confession tool...

December 18, 2013

Dying woman gets “bucket list” wish to be married in a Catholic church

And the presider, it turns out, was a deacon. From KHOU in Houston: Morrissia Sauer...

December 16, 2013

Missionaries on the streets of New York City

On a snowy weekend, the Basilica of Old St. Patrick's in New York's Little Italy...

December 13, 2013

Trim the tree, then clean your soul

Earlier in the week, I suggested some ways that those of us who spend a...

December 13, 2013

Report: Methodist Mandela received communion from Catholic priest while in prison

Details: Nelson Mandela regularly received Communion from a Catholic priest while he was a prisoner...

December 11, 2013

An Examination of Conscience for the Internet

Since it is Advent, and since this is a time for penitence and penance, and...

December 05, 2013

More on divorce and communion: “There is no middle-ground”

From canon lawyer Ed Peters: We live in pervasively antinomian times [editor's note: read about...

December 03, 2013

December 3, 1966

It was an unremarkable Saturday. History records that the only newsworthy event on record (or...

December 02, 2013

Vatican official says communion for divorced and remarried Catholics will be discussed “without any taboos”

From Vatican Insider: “A new approach needs to be taken with respect to the administration...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

German bishops defend position on communion for the divorced and remarried

From Catholic News Service: Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country's bishops' conference...

November 20, 2013

Pope calls on priests to be “servants of the sacrament” of forgiveness, says he goes to confession every two weeks

From his Wednesday audience: Speaking to the the faithful during the weekly General Audience in...

November 11, 2013

What it takes to get married in a Catholic church—UPDATED

Most of us know that it varies from parish to parish. Some places will decline...

November 11, 2013

Archbishop: no communion for polluters

Details: Archbishop of Naples Crescenzio Sepe didn't mince words when speaking about the issue of...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Number of baptisms falling

Cathy Lynn Grossman at Religion News Service takes a closer look at what's causing this,...

October 22, 2013

Vatican reaffirms teaching on communion for divorced and remarried Catholics

From CNS: Amid rising expectations that the Catholic Church might make it easier for divorced...

October 17, 2013

On non-Catholics and Communion. Again.

After last week's discussion about what to say at weddings and funerals about receiving Communion,...