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December 2016

December 08, 2016

MUST-SEE VIDEO: Scorcese on faith, martyrdom, and the power of ‘Silence’

Check out this fascinating conversation with James Martin, S.J., discussing some of the themes and...

December 08, 2016

RIP, John Glenn: ‘One of the great people of our time’—and a man of faith

The hero of the space age has died: John Glenn, the first American to orbit...

December 08, 2016

Wow: Cloistered nun receives doctorate in aerospace engineering

Awesome: A cloistered nun in India came out of her convent for an extraordinary reason:...

December 07, 2016

You may never look at ‘Star Wars’ the same way after seeing this ‘Rogue One’ ad

Check it out! And keep a Kleenex handy.

December 07, 2016

O Canada: New law in Ontario removes ‘mother’ and ‘father’ from documents

This is just unreal: Nobody has a mother or a father, according to a certain Bill...

December 07, 2016

Sheen update: Judge grants emergency stay to keep remains in New York while archdiocese plans appeal

Details: Hopes buoyed in the Diocese of Peoria by a Nov. 17 court ruling allowing...

December 07, 2016

Ohio passes ‘Heartbeat Bill’ to ban abortions the moment a heartbeat is detected

Details: On Tuesday, the Ohio Legislature sent the bill to Kasich's desk after a day...

December 06, 2016

Missionaries share their stories—and they are ‘eye-popping’

From The Catholic Telegraph: The nearly two hundred men, women, and students who attended the...

December 06, 2016

‘It’s a decision that brings shame on our country’: Archbishops from Syria and Iraq denied entry to the U.K.

Details: Three archbishops from Iraq and Syria were refused entry into the UK despite being...

December 06, 2016

Charlie Rose meets Pope Francis

The longtime CBS News anchor and correspondent also interviewed Cardinal Turkson—and talks about all that in the...

December 05, 2016

WATCH: ‘Women Deacons and the Papal Commission’

Here's the second part of our recent roundtable discussion on the diaconate from America Media....

December 05, 2016

What is the role of the deacon’s wife?

A long piece by Christopher Gattis in Church Life Journal attempts to answer that question...

December 05, 2016

WATCH: An incredible traffic pileup gets worse…and worse…and worse

This happened in icy Montreal this morning. A quick-thinking observer by the name of Willem...

December 05, 2016

Notre Dame: no decision yet about inviting Trump as a commencement speaker

From the student newspaper: The country is starting to look forward and examine the implications...

December 05, 2016

Check THIS out: a store with no checkout?

Those crafty people at Amazon are about to unveil a new way to buy groceries....

December 05, 2016

Shock: Christians returning to Iraq find ‘ghost towns’

We just posted this item from CNS over at the CNEWA blog, and it serves to...

December 04, 2016

Turn down service: more hotels not including Bibles in their rooms

A sign of our times: When the ultra-hip Moxy Hotel opens in San Diego next...

December 03, 2016

Comics relief: Inspired by ‘Peanuts,’ pastor finds a new way to minister

Priests have been known to offer confession in shopping malls. Now a Lutheran pastor is getting...

December 03, 2016

Muslims are sending their children to Catholic schools in England and Wales

From the BBC: More than 26,000 Muslim pupils are enrolled in Catholic schools in England...

December 02, 2016

WATCH: This may be the most chilling—and important—ad you will see this year

Adweek describes the set up: Here's a pretty amazing ad from BBDO New York, with...

December 02, 2016

Pope formally recognizes first U.S.-born martyr

From CNS: Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese...

December 01, 2016

WATCH: The trailer for ‘The Shack’

A movie adaptation of the phenomenal best-seller is due in theaters in March—and here's the first...

December 01, 2016

Waiting for Jesus with cheeses

An Advent calendar for cheese lovers? Yes, please: Chocolate advent calendars are all well and...

December 01, 2016

A rewritten ‘Our Father’?

Details: Dutch Catholics are raising alarm bells after the bishops of the Netherlands and Belgium...

December 01, 2016

‘He had a home with us’: Hundreds turn out for funeral of homeless man at Catholic church

Beautiful story, from CNS: Thomas Myron Hooker lived the last 20 years of his life...

December 01, 2016

The Gatlinburg fires destroyed everything in this home—except for a statue of Jesus

Wow: The pictures coming out of the Gatlinburg, Tennessee, wildfires are just devastating. Acres of...

December 01, 2016

One small step forward: Texas will require aborted fetuses to be buried or cremated

Details: Aborted fetuses in Texas that would normally be treated as medical waste will have...

December 01, 2016

From scoffing atheist to devout Catholic: the powerful conversion story of acclaimed poet Sally Read

Aleteia's Zoe Romanowsky interviewed her recently, and she spoke —among other things—about the priest who was...

November 2016

November 30, 2016

When Francis met Martin

The pontiff met film director Martin Scorcese at the Vatican today after a screening of the...

November 30, 2016

A Franciscan plea for prayer: ‘From Aleppo, we send out our invitation to the whole world’

The following letter was issued by the Rev. Michael Perry, O.F.M., Minister General of the...