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February 2019

February 03, 2019

Looking for a new car? Watch this ad and you’ll want to buy a Jeep.

Two minutes of heart, touched with a little bit of genius. I finally saw this...

January 2019

January 27, 2019

Great moments in journalism: Newsweek gets it completely wrong

Deacon John Placette alerted me to this. (Thanks!) This headline went up last night. It's...

January 21, 2019

‘To avoid rash judgment’: an important lesson in the wake of the Covington mess

Every one of us who works in social media should bookmark this and read it...

January 20, 2019

More details emerge about that standoff at the March for Life — UPDATED

Rod Dreher today offered this assessment of the one event that seems to be defining...

January 04, 2019

Prayer request: seminarians killed in car accident over Christmas break

The following item popped up on the Facebook page of Holy Apostles Seminary in Connecticut:...

December 2018

December 25, 2018

‘Make of our hearts a manger…’

Christmas Eve, I was invited to offer the invocation at the annual Forest Hills Christmas...

December 22, 2018

Carrying Christ: reflection for Sunday December 23, 2018, 4th Sunday of Advent

This could be one of the great, defining questions of Advent, when an astonished Elizabeth...

December 20, 2018

Bombshell: Illinois AG says Catholic Church failed to disclose hundreds of abuse allegations against priests

Via The New York Times: The Catholic Church in Illinois withheld the names of at...

December 17, 2018

Now, THIS is Christmas

Here's a blast from the past. Growing up, this was the soundtrack of Christmas. I...

November 2018

November 18, 2018

A stunning testimony of faith and hope from a young woman diagnosed with cancer

This could not be more timely or powerful, from Beth Haile. (H/T to Deacon Fritz...

November 17, 2018

President Trump proposes new way around birth control mandate

From The New York Times: The Trump administration is making it easier for employers to...

November 13, 2018

Report: Hate crimes rising among young people

Details: A photograph of junior prom attendees in Wisconsin smiling while raising their arms in a...

November 01, 2018

New York priest may celebrate funeral Mass for Whitey Bulger

Details: An East Village priest who IRA gun runners called "the underground general" may give...

October 2018

October 28, 2018

A prayer for Pittsburgh: Homily for October 28, 2018, 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

It happened exactly 53 years ago today. On October 28th 1965, St. Paul VI issued...

October 18, 2018

U.S. Justice Department opens clergy abuse probe in Pennsylvania—UPDATED

Details: The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation of child sexual abuse inside the...

October 14, 2018

Francis visits Benedict before canonizing Oscar Romero, Paul VI

This photo was released Saturday by Vatican Media with the notation: The Pope’s visit to...

October 08, 2018

Marriage, a living prayer: Homily for October 7, 2018, 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The scriptures this Sunday focus on a subject that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: marriage....

October 04, 2018

RIP Juan Romero: busboy who gave rosary to a dying RFK

He was in the news a few months ago, as the world marked the 50th...

October 03, 2018

‘It can be more tricky to find a suitable married man to ordain than a suitable celibate man’

An Australian bishop has some thoughts on the pros and cons of ordaining married men...

October 03, 2018

Coptic Christians nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Wonderful news: Coptic Christians have been nominated for the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their...

October 02, 2018

Wealthy Catholics launch project to investigate every cardinal

From Crux: As U.S. bishops work to formulate an official response to clerical sexual abuse...

October 01, 2018

Need some help praying the rosary? Look no further.

Pope Francis has asked us to pray the rosary during October, the month of the...

October 01, 2018

Cardinal: ‘Perhaps one day I’ll also ordain female deacons’

From Catholic News Agency: Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said that in his view, whether the...

October 01, 2018

Great moments in journalism: USA TODAY’s botched column on Kavanaugh

USA TODAY's Erik Brady wrote an opinion piece Friday that raised a lot of eyebrows,...

September 2018

September 30, 2018

How one parish is reaching out to young people—and growing

The Boston Globe looks at the dwindling number of young people engaged in the Catholic...

September 29, 2018

Hymn of the Week: ‘Ave Verum’ (Elgar)

Our choir will be offering this as the communion hymn Sunday. Some background: "Ave verum...

September 29, 2018

Pope calls for praying the rosary during October — and including the St. Michael Prayer

From Vatican Media: The following is the full text of a comuniqué released on Saturday by the Holy...

September 28, 2018

How should clergy talk about the Kavanaugh story?

It's a question I've been asking myself this week — and I was heartened to...

September 28, 2018

Viganò issues new letter on ‘the most painful and serious decision that I have ever made’

From Catholic News Agency: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has issued a new letter addressing his...

September 26, 2018

‘Credibly accused’ Minnesota priest sues his accuser — and wins

This is something you don't hear about every day. From Minnesota Lawyer: In a man-bites-dog...