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August 2016

August 13, 2016

Will the next synod focus on ordaining married men?

It should be noted: the Church is already ordaining married men, both as priests and...

August 13, 2016

Archbishop plans to propose Father Jacques Hamel for sainthood, no miracle required

Details, translated by Google from the original French: The archbishop of Rouen is prepared to initiate...

August 13, 2016

St. Tarcisius, patron of acolytes and altar servers

August is full of feast days devoted to some of the greatest saints in the...

August 13, 2016

‘I believe we’re seeing a resurrection of British Catholicism’

And it's happening thanks to a surge in Catholics from India, who are bringing with...

August 12, 2016

Reese: ‘The truth is that a layperson can do everything that a deacon can do’

I've heard this argument before, and the Rev. Thomas Reese expounds on it further in...

August 12, 2016

The latest from Grassroots Films: ‘Outcasts’

This trailer has been online for a couple months now, but just crossed my radar...

August 12, 2016

Relics for sale on eBay

There's a lot wrong with this. A lot. Details from Catholic News Agency: Ryan Scheel...

August 12, 2016

‘Give it up for Reverend Kaine’?

The Washington Post reports on what they call "the most extensive religious speech of the...

August 12, 2016

A first: Catholic Georgetown University appoints ‘director of Hindu life’

Details: The nation’s oldest Roman Catholic university announced this week that it has appointed its...

August 11, 2016

Non-Catholic claims he was fired from Catholic group for ‘supporting a woman’s right to choose’

It happened last week in New Mexico. Details: A former Albuquerque city councilor filed a lawsuit...

August 11, 2016

When the dad walking the bride down the aisle is also a deacon

I know a few deacons who have had this experience. But here's a story from...

August 10, 2016

Boom: Those Aggie Catholics keep cranking out vocations

What is their secret? They should bottle it. Details: St. Mary’s Catholic Center is blessed...

August 10, 2016

The meaning of St. Lawrence today: ‘We have to do more than believe; we have to practice what we believe’

My Salesian friend Father Mike Mendl delivered a really good homily today on St. Lawrence. Here's...

August 10, 2016

Muslim woman devotes her life to helping Christians displaced by ISIS

We need more news like this: Many are familiar with “The Vicar of Baghdad,” Canon...

August 10, 2016

Bishops release latest version of ‘Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,’ Catholic guide to voting

From the USCCB website: The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to offer...

August 10, 2016

My favorite image of St. Lawrence

The image here comes from the ridiculously talented Deacon Lawrence Klimecki. I've ordered copies of...

August 10, 2016

A deacon’s daughter loses the battle with bipolar disorder: “She was a beautiful child of God”

I received an email yesterday from Deacon Ed Shoener, from the Diocese of Scranton. I met...

August 09, 2016

Is Pope Francis ‘the son of divorced parents’?

This story has been making the rounds of social media: In a document that lays down...

August 09, 2016

Descendants of King David launch lawsuit to reclaim Temple Mount

Really. Here's something completely different: In another manifestation of Biblical precepts interacting with modern life,...

August 09, 2016

Why ‘The Exorcist’ reboot was met with ‘stony silence’ by the Catholic Church

From The Hollywood Reporter: The team behind Fox's The Exorcist reboot really did their research....

August 08, 2016

Did you know the Church has approved some apparitions of St. Joseph?

I didn't. Marian apparitions get all the press. But St. Joseph has been popping up,...

August 08, 2016

Pew survey: Many Americans are hearing about politics from the pulpit

This just in: As the calendar turned from spring to summer and the political season...

August 07, 2016

A ruff audience: practicing public speaking in front of dogs

I wonder if this would work for homiletics...? From The New York Times: The two...

August 07, 2016

UPDATE on priest with cancer: ‘I firmly believe in a BIG GOD of miracles!’

Many of you will remember Father Greg Ketcham, from the Diocese of Peoria, whose story I...

August 07, 2016

Wow: Bride is walked down the aisle by man who received her father’s heart

Incredible: A Pennsylvania bride who lost her father to tragedy 10 years ago found herself...

August 07, 2016

Why there is no such thing as an ‘ex-Catholic’

J.D. Flynn explains in First Things: Catholicism is not a congregationalist religion. Membership is not...

August 06, 2016

Going for the gold: Homily for August 7, 2015: 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Like a lot of people I stayed up far too late Friday night, watching the...

August 06, 2016

Sons of deacons make vows as friars in Chicago

Here's something pretty cool: When 10 men professed their first vows as Augustinian friars at...

August 06, 2016

‘Ben-Hur’: The next great movie about Christ?

The long-anticipated film (produced by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey) opens on August 19, following in...

August 06, 2016

Church to use drones to drop Bibles on ISIS

From Christian Today: A major evangelical free church in Sweden is preparing to use drones to...