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June 2016

June 12, 2016

Who Is My Neighbor? These Syrian Christians Know

From Vatican Radio: Since the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, dedicated to prayer...

June 12, 2016

“What’s My Line?”: Homily for 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

From over on Aleteia's home page: In the 1950s, one of the most popular shows...

June 12, 2016

Diocese of Helena Begins Permitting Outdoor Weddings

This development may raise some eyebrows: For the first time in decades, the Catholic Diocese...

June 12, 2016

Ordination Update: 13 New Deacons for Los Angeles

Congratulations and welcome! Ad multos annos! Check out the homily of Archbishop Gomez from Saturday's ordination...

June 10, 2016

UPDATE: Kerala Bishops Call for Release of Kidnapped Priest

From a press release: The Kerala Catholic Bishops Conference (KCBC) on June 8 expressed concern...

June 10, 2016

Pope Adds New Feast Day: St. Mary Magdalene

From Vatican Radio : It was announced on Friday Pope Francis has decided to raise...

June 09, 2016

Hollywood Reporter: Mel Gibson Working on Sequel to “Passion of the Christ”

Details: Mel Gibson and writer Randall Wallace are working on a sequel to The Passion...

June 09, 2016

Historic: Dramatic Changes to Liturgy for Papal Mass for Sick and Disabled

This is big: For the first time in history in St. Peter’s Square, the Gospel...

June 09, 2016

Pennsylvania Legislators Say They Are Being Targeted for “Retribution” by Catholic Church

From Philly.com: One lawmaker called it "electioneering." Another grew emotional as she recounted being snubbed...

June 09, 2016

Opus Dei Assumes Control of Fulton Sheen’s Landmark Parish in New York City

From the Opus Dei website, this press release: The Prelature of Opus Dei has accepted Cardinal...

June 08, 2016

Following the Carpenter: New Tulsa Bishop Creates His Own Crosier

How cool is this: Deep in the heart of Texas, a campus chaplain is busy...

June 07, 2016

Brooklyn Bishop Slams Charges of Bribery as “Patently False,” Demands Retraction

From the In My Backyard Desk, news about my bishop: The head of the Catholic...

June 07, 2016

C’est Si Bon: Check Out What Paris is Doing to Help the Homeless

This is something extraordinary: While Parisians have long been sympathetic to their homeless population, a...

June 07, 2016

On Catholic Clergy and Politics

With another election cycle heating up, this seems a good time for a refresher course...

June 07, 2016

Syro-Malabar Church Gets Its First Married Permanent Deacon

Check this out, from India: In a historic development, a layman, that too a married...

June 07, 2016

Gary Sinise, Jim Nicholson Receive St. Pio Award

From my friends at the St. Pio Foundation: On Friday, May 27, 2016, just a...

June 06, 2016

Country Star Maggie Rose’s Big Fat Catholic Wedding

It's all over People magazine, don'cha know? Snip: Maggie Rose "ain't your mama" – but...

June 06, 2016

Pope Francis: “Deacons are the face of the church in the daily life of a community”

Days after celebrating the Jubilee for Deacons, the Holy Father added a few more thoughts...

June 06, 2016

How Do You Balance Life with 10 Kids?

It sounds impossible—but meet a mother who explains how it's done. From Aleteia's sister site,...

June 06, 2016

Deacon Keating: “The Deacon Has Been Lacerated By Christ’s Own Mission to Find the Lost”

Over the weekend, I posted the talk I gave during the Jubilee for Deacons in...

June 06, 2016

Ordination Update: 13 New Deacons for Chicago

A first look at the new crew, from the Facebook page of Catholic New World,...

June 06, 2016

Muslim Leader Thanks Iraqi Christians for Efforts to Promote Unity

This is the sort of news that doesn't get reported very often—but should be: “Our...

June 06, 2016

“On a Par with Lourdes, Fatima, and Guadalupe”: Marian Apparition Approved in Argentina

From Catholic News Agency: What began with glowing rosaries and the rediscovery of a statue...

June 05, 2016

Catholic Church Unfairly Singled Out in Proposed Law on Sex Abuse

A diaconal bow of gratitude to Deacon Phillip Franco, from the Diocese of Brooklyn, who in...

June 05, 2016

Ordination Update: 22 New Deacons for Newark

You can read all about it on the archdiocesan website here: ...

June 05, 2016

Ordination Update: 23 New Deacons for Lafayette—UPDATED

This email arrived last night with some exciting news: "Deacons are alive, well and proliferating in...

June 04, 2016

A Man Once Called “The Most Powerful Civil Servant in Ireland” Ordained a Deacon

Details: Former government secretary Dermot McCarthy has been ordained a permanent deacon by Archbishop Diarmuid...

June 04, 2016

My Message to Deacons in Rome: “We Are Ordained to Be Vessels, Conveying Christ to Others”

As a few readers probably know by now, I was invited to Rome last week to...

June 04, 2016

Pope Issues Motu Proprio on Removal of Bishops

From the Vatican news site: In a new Apostolic Letter, issued motu proprio, Pope Francis...

June 04, 2016

Three Brothers Become Fathers, as Another Sibling is Ordained This Weekend

Wow: While entering into the priesthood is on a decline nationally, one local family is...