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April 2016

April 19, 2016

Cardinal Dolan Announces New Stage in Dorothy Day Canonization Process

The press release, sent out today: The Cause for Dorothy Day’s possible eventual beatification and...

April 19, 2016

Porn in the U.S.A.: What’s the Harm? Plenty.

Today, Utah is poised to declare pornography a "public health hazard": Utah Gov. Gary R. Herbert is...

April 19, 2016

A Pro-Life Issue That Doesn’t Get Nearly Enough Attention

Studies have shown that a shocking number of children diagnosed with Down Syndrome are being aborted....

April 19, 2016

A Lesson on Love: Teacher Gets Married At Grade School Mass, Before Entire Student Body

This is just wonderful. From The Georgia Bulletin: Beth Anne Ross and William Dempsey III...

April 18, 2016

The Bread of Life: How a French Baker Saved a Homeless Beggar Who Saved Him

From AFP: French baker Michel Flamant, who owes his life to the homeless man who...

April 18, 2016

Pew: Religious People are Happier

Well, who knew? Details: A new Pew Research Center study of the ways religion influences...

April 18, 2016

In the Year of Mercy, This May Be the Most Merciful Thing You Can Do

Leave it to the great Joanne McPortland to discover a pearl of great price buried...

April 18, 2016

More Evidence That Face on the Shroud Belongs to Jesus

From The National Review: The Shroud, the most studied, analyzed, and tested religious relic in...

April 18, 2016

“Peace Has No Religion”: Meet the Syrian Families the Pope Brought to Rome

From NBC News: In what Francis himself called Saturday a "last minute decision," the Essas...

April 17, 2016

Home Run: Minnesota Twins Offer Mass for Players, Staff

What a great idea. Details: Mike Scioscia, veteran manager of the Los Angeles Angels, visited...

April 17, 2016

Attention Must Be Paid: The Obituary of a Man on Death Row

From The Miami Herald, the posthumous story of Joshua Daniel Bishop, executed last month for...

April 16, 2016

MUST-SEE VIDEO: Pope’s Emotional Meeting with Refugees on Lesbos

Stunning and heartbreaking — and deeply moving. You can read more about this incredible visit...

April 16, 2016

Further Proof: Prayer Works

These are some scenes from outside an abortion clinic, the All Women's Medical Pavilion in...

April 16, 2016

“I’ve Already Received a Miracle. I Am a Priest”: Homily for April 17, 2016, 4th Sunday of Easter

Last week, I received an email from a friend, a woman in Philadelphia. She wrote:...

April 15, 2016

Donald Trump Reveals His Favorite Bible Verse

Why does this choice not surprise me? Details: In an interview today with a local...

April 15, 2016

Feeling the Bern at the Vatican

Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders made a highly-publicized trip to the Vatican Friday to speak to...

April 15, 2016

Bill Clinton to Deliver Commencement Address at Loyola Marymount

The press release: President Bill Clinton will deliver the keynote address at Loyola Marymount University’s...

April 15, 2016

Priest Compares Abusive Priests to Adulterous Women

It happened in Australia: A Melbourne Catholic priest has compared paedophile priests to adulterous women...

April 15, 2016

The Congressman Who Became a Deacon

You don't hear this sort of story very often, from The Riverhead Local newspaper on...

April 14, 2016

Holy Fixer Upper: Mexico’s First Cathedral May Have Been an Aztec Temple

Well, this is pretty interesting: Archaeologists have found a heavy stone slab covering the tomb...

April 14, 2016

Deacon at Work: St. Philip Baptizing the Ethiopian

This popped up on Twitter this morning: an image from the baptistry in Brooklyn's Co-cathedral...

April 14, 2016

Footnote 351: The “Smoking Gun” of Amoris Laetitia?

Scott Eric Alt takes a careful look at one of the most polarizing and controversial...

April 14, 2016

Actor Gary Sinise to Receive Saint Pio Award

A press release from my friends at the Saint Pio Foundation: The Saint Pio Foundation...

April 13, 2016

Lift Your Voice: The Healing Power of Singing in a Choir

From our sister site, For Her: Whether you can sing like Adele or can’t carry...

April 13, 2016

Meet a Permanent Deacon Who Became a Priest

From NCR: Fr. James J. Grogan is running late for a morning appointment, and when...

April 12, 2016

The Powerful Testimony and Conversion of “The Girl in the Picture”

The picture is the iconic image of a Vietnamese girl, naked, burned by napalm as...

April 12, 2016

Picture of the Day—Maybe of the Year

This is worth a thousand words—maybe, in fact, a million. This comes from Our Lady...

April 12, 2016

Spielberg to Film Story of Edgardo Mortara

Details: Celebrated actor Mark Rylance is to reteam with director Steven Spielberg to star in...

April 11, 2016

Cardinal Burke: “Amoris Laetitia” Does Not Propose New Doctrine

Cardinal Raymond Burke weighs in. From The National Catholic Register: The only key to the...

April 11, 2016

Jordan’s Muslim King Abdullah to Fund Restoration of Jesus’ Tomb in Holy Sepulchre

He was instrumental in preserving the site of Christ's baptism in Jordan, and has now reportedly...