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July 2013

July 23, 2013

Signs of Faith: Washington Hosts Gathering of Deaf Catholics

Redemptorist Father Cyril Axelrod of London, right, who is both deaf and blind, participates in...

July 22, 2013

Study: Religious Progressives Predicted to Outnumber Conservatives

Details: A new study has found that while the number of religious conservatives is still...

July 22, 2013

Singing Priests, Weeping Faithful: The Charismatic Church of Brazil

Here's a glimpse at part of the Catholic Church that will be welcoming the pope...

July 12, 2013

Pew Study: Public Has “Middling Assessment” of Clergy

But the clergy are still held in higher esteem than journalists. Details: The perceived contribution...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

It Started After Mass: “Dignity” Catholics Behind the DOMA Defeat

A detail about today's SCOTUS story you may not know. HuffPo has the details: As millions...

June 21, 2013

Utah Church Offers Liturgy of Reparation Following Sunday’s Shooting

Details: "I love you, Tara." These were the first words Jim Evans uttered to his...

June 19, 2013

Wow. How’s THIS for a Vibrant Parish?

Here in Denver for the Catholic Media Conference, I was struck by the bulletin for...

June 08, 2013

Ohio Graduation Speaker Dropped Over Support for Gay Marriage

Details: A local politician says he was asked to step aside as the commencement speaker...

May 2013

May 15, 2013

“I’m Leaving the Church; I Surrender”

That was the subject line on an e-mail I received tonight. The author: the woman...

May 15, 2013

“Instead of Closing Parishes and Schools, We’re Doing the Opposite. We’re in Total Growth Mode…”

It's a trend worth spotting: In the waves of turbulence that rippled throughout the Catholic...

May 14, 2013

Florida Priest Presides Over Burials for Those No One Else Will Claim—UPDATED

Here's a story about a poignant and prayerful work of mercy most people never hear...

May 11, 2013

More Latinos leaving Catholic Church for Evangelical churches

An explanation: Alfredo De Jesus is a fire-and-brimstone preacher who represents a global groundswell of...

May 06, 2013

Stabbing update: New Mexico parish forgives attacker, starts fund for victims

Remember this story? Here's more: Members of a Catholic church where three people were stabbed...

May 02, 2013

Rhode Island bishop: “We’re going to have to be creative”

Change is coming, and the bishop of Providence is talking about it: Dealing with declining...

April 2013

April 30, 2013

New dating site set up to promote abstinence

From HuffPo, which picks up the story from Essence Magazine: If you haven’t noticed by...

April 26, 2013

Praying “under the covers” in an atheist country

What's it like to live and pray in an officially atheist state? CNS has a...

April 20, 2013

Dispelling darkness in West, Texas

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

April 20, 2013

Screaming babies II: “The comments really saddened me…”—UPDATED

The reader who started it all, and wrote to ask why people don't take crying...

April 20, 2013

Screaming babies II: “The comments really saddened me…”—UPDATED

The reader who started it all, and wrote to ask why people don’t take crying...

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 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 11, 2013

Pope Francis and the reform of the laity

Some insight into the pope's mindset from Fr. Roger Landry in the National Catholic Register: ...

April 10, 2013

The Francis Effect: lapsed Catholics lured back by new pope

It's a phenomenon I know a lot of clergy have reported at their parishes: a...

April 04, 2013

How come more people don’t go to church?

It may not be the reason you think. Details: The Rev. Stephen Fichter understood just...

April 01, 2013

Jimmy Kimmel, Catholic

And he's planning a wedding for this summer: Jimmy Kimmel will marry his fiancée, Molly McNearney, in...

March 2013

March 31, 2013

An Easter story: one man’s return to the Catholic Church

From the Forum in Fargo, North Dakota: Timothy Murphy experienced a dramatic turnaround at the...

March 27, 2013

Praying the Stations of the “L”: one man’s unique journey through Chicago

The Chicago Tribune follows one young man's unusual pilgrimage: There's nothing extraordinary about Aidan Gillespie's...

March 15, 2013

Archbishop Chaput to let girls play CYO football

Details: Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has decided to allow girls to play football in Philadelphia's...

March 09, 2013

Are women already running the Church?

An interesting perspective from writer Ashley McGuire in the Washington Post: With the Catholic Church...

March 06, 2013

Poll: U.S. Catholics say church is out of touch; most approve of pope’s resignation

From the New York Times: Roman Catholics in the United States say that their church...