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March 2013

March 05, 2013

“The church knows young Catholics are leaving; I don’t think it knows what to do about it”

From CentreDaily.com in suburban Washington: As the Catholic Church prepares to elect a new pope...

March 02, 2013

The peculiar Catholicism of Roger Ebert

The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic takes note of recent papal news, waxes nostalgically about his...

March 01, 2013

California diocese requires teachers to sign agreement on “modern errors”

Details: The Santa Rosa Catholic Diocese is requiring its 200 schoolteachers to sign an agreement...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Gallup: Catholic Hispanic population shrinking

Details: According to a new Gallup poll, young Latinos are shedding the Catholic faith of their...

February 25, 2013

What’s wrong with giving out blessings during communion? —UPDATED

Lots. Especially if the one doing the blessing is a lay person. Fr. Z rants...

February 24, 2013

Catholicism’s explosive growth in Africa: “The church…is protector, feeder, healer.”

The New York Times looks at the continent that some think could be the home...

February 22, 2013

Split: Survey shows U.S. Catholics hoping for change, yet embracing tradition

From the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: As the pontificate of Benedict XVI...

February 16, 2013

“Ashes to Go”: Episcopalians take to the streets for Ash Wednesday

An interesting glimpse at how our Episcopalian siblings marked the beginning of Lent—and their foreheads—in...

February 14, 2013

ESPN viewer: “Tony Rially has black ink smirred across his forehead…”

Ash Wednesday still befuddles some people (and, evidently, offers a few spelling challenges.) The headline...

February 09, 2013

Bishop Paprocki tells a lapsed Catholic: “Why you should return to the Church…”

The bishop of Springfield responds to a newspaper columnist with a column of his own: ...

February 01, 2013

Sanctuary: San Francisco church opens its pews to the homeless

Huffington Post has a longer look at this project this week, but the San Francisco...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Making all things new: how a Manhattan church was saved

A heartening story from this morning's New York Times: For more than 160 years, St....

January 25, 2013

“Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the Great Catholic Awakening…”

What will the next generation of Catholics bring to the pews? Writer Ashley McGuire offers...

January 19, 2013

Snapshot: how Ohio is coping with priest shortage, changing demographics

An interesting microcosm of what is happening all over, from the Dayton Daily News: A...

January 08, 2013

A “bucket list” for the Year of Faith

A reader in Cincinnati brought this to my attention. It comes from St. Cecilia's Church...

January 01, 2013

The astonishing grace of Dustin Rhodes

Photo: by Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record/Sunday News Read his story by Teresa McMinn for the...

January 01, 2013

Hannah Storm returns to TV after burn accident; during recovery she only left house for Mass

ABC News has details of her return: Just three weeks after suffering serious burns in...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

Are baby boomers headed back to church?

Maybe: Based on the premise that people become more religious as they age, Gallup editor-in-chief...

December 27, 2012

Beyond stigma: a deacon who ministers to the mentally ill

A reminder of how we are called to serve all who hunger -- and that hunger...

December 23, 2012

America’s crumbling Christian consensus

Historian Molly Worthen takes a look at religion's role throughout American history in today's New...

December 08, 2012

World’s oldest woman: 115-year-old Catholic in Iowa

CNS uncovered this just posted on its blog: The Gerontology Research Group announced this week...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Kidnapped aid worker says Catholic faith helped him survive

From the Catholic Herald: A Catholic aid worker who was kidnapped for three months in...

November 25, 2012

Study: evangelicals becoming more devout, Catholics less

Details: Evangelical Protestants have become more devoted to their religious beliefs over the last three...

November 20, 2012

Faith of our grandfathers

Elizabeth Scalia captures a beautiful moment in time: 6:36 AM: To the right of the...

November 08, 2012

Pastor publishes parish evaluation of his priestly ministry

I've never heard of a pastor doing something like this, but I'm awfully impressed. Fr....

November 07, 2012

GOP asks: “Now what?”

Let the soul-searching begin: Mitt Romney’s loss to a Democratic president wounded by a weak...

November 06, 2012

Disappearing breed: “bad Catholics”

Australia's Cardinal George Pell observes: Some decades ago when I was a priest in the...

October 2012

October 22, 2012

New survey shows gap between “social justice” and “right to life” Catholics

Details: A new national survey of likely voters shows a sharp contrast among Catholics, the...

October 20, 2012

What does “Catholic” really mean?

This piece by Franciscan friar and blogger Daniel Horan, OFM ("Dating God") offers some answers...

October 17, 2012

The challenges facing Catholicism in Poland

The country is changing, and the faith is losing its influence. From Reuters: At the...