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August 2016

August 21, 2016

Despite threat from ISIS, 100 children receive First Communion in Iraq

Details: The first communion Mass in Alqosh was an historic moment for a "frontier town"...

August 21, 2016

Ordination update: 18 new deacons for Louisville

Details from The Record, from the Archdiocese of Louisville: Eighteen men with a wide variety...

August 20, 2016

Hey there, Father, want to share your preaching ideas?

I received an email this afternoon from a graduate student at Purdue University by the...

August 20, 2016

RIP Jack Riley, Jesuit-educated actor and sitcom legend

He died today of pneumonia at the age of 80. Many will remember him as...

August 20, 2016

What did the Fiji Olympic team do after winning its first gold medal? They sang to God!

This is just wonderful: Go to NBCOlympics.com and you’ll find a video titled “Fiji rugby...

August 20, 2016

Walking the balance beam: Homily for August 21, 2016, 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

If you’ve been watching the Olympics down in Rio this year, and the endless television...

August 20, 2016

What is the Oath of Fidelity?

This item in The Boston Pilot caught my eye this morning: Six candidates for Ordination...

August 19, 2016

‘You dirty Arabs’: Oklahoma man charged with killing his Lebanese neighbor

From CNN: For years, the Jabara family says, their Tulsa neighbor terrorized them. He called...

August 19, 2016

Cardinal: On feast days, stop being so festive

From India: The head of the Syro-Malabar Church Cardinal George Alencherry has appealed to the...

August 19, 2016

‘This was a chance to highlight our deacons’

Deacons at work in Santa Clarita, California: Every Sunday in July, Deacon Jay Reiser greeted...

August 18, 2016

The toughest part about not having sex before marriage…

From the online magazine Verily, a bracing and candid bit of counter-culture witness from Claire...

August 18, 2016

Sign at Catholic school causes a sensation on social media

Details: A Catholic school in Arkansas is getting a lot of attention online after posting a...

August 18, 2016

Pittsburgh Bishop Zubik faces ‘sobering’ trends: ‘We need to make our worship better’

From The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh must focus on “better homilies,...

August 17, 2016

In rare two-page editorial, America magazine endorses women deacons

An excerpt: What would the ordination of women deacons mean for the local churches? For...

August 17, 2016

On the deacon’s daughter who committed suicide: ‘God will use this death to help others come out of the shadows’

Many will remember this post from last week. That story caught the eye of a...

August 17, 2016

AP poll shows most ISIS recruits are ignorant of Islam

Details: Most Islamic State recruits know little about Islam or hardly care about religion at...

August 17, 2016

Dallas Bishop Farrell to head new Vatican dicastery

From CNS: Pope Francis has named Bishop Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas to head the...

August 16, 2016

RIP John McLaughlin: ‘Nixon’s priest,’ speechwriter, talk show host

From The New York Times: John McLaughlin, a former Roman Catholic priest who became an...

August 15, 2016

Who is Sister Madonna Buder? Meet ‘The Iron Nun,’ star of the Nike commercial

By now, you may have seen this commercial that popped up during the Olympics and...

August 15, 2016

Usain Bolt: This amazing Olympic champion is why Mary is now ‘the most viewed woman in sprinting’

Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the great Usain St. Leo Bolt: On the...

August 15, 2016

Pope Francis: ‘The exultation of this humble girl from Galilee becomes the song of all mankind…’

From his thoughts today, for the Solemnity of the Assumption: Pope Francis on Monday expressed...

August 15, 2016

Why aren’t we obligated to attend Mass today?

As a priest at our parish put it Sunday in his announcements: "This year, the...

August 14, 2016

The best thing you will see today? This girl meeting her adoptive parents for the first time

It doesn't get any better than this. From the Facebook post of Michael and Megan...

August 14, 2016

Meet the man St. Maximilian Kolbe replaced in Auschwitz

The great saint died 75 years ago today—and I'm reminded of this great story from...

August 14, 2016

Who really won the gold at the Olympics? Catholic education

One of the great untold stories of the Rio Olympics, from Catholic News Agency: Katie...

August 14, 2016

The ‘burden of proof’ concerning women deacons

The esteemed Sara Butler in First Things looks at what we know about women and...

August 14, 2016

Chaput asks: ‘What are we to do this election cycle as Catholic voters?’

The archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, offers some thoughts in his column this week: My...

August 14, 2016

‘Nice Catholic boys’ Kaine and Pence

An interesting comparison of the two men running for vice president, from retired sociology professor William...

August 13, 2016

Mary moves on: the disappearing Madonnas of Brooklyn’s front yards

A small but significant part of the culture is disappearing, and the landscape is changing: ...

August 13, 2016

This is what being liberated from tyranny looks like

From The Telegraph: Women ripped off their black burqas and defiantly smoked cigarettes, while the men...