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March 2016

March 11, 2016

BREAKING: Boston Globe Pulls the Plug on “Crux”

Details: The Boston Globe has ended its brief foray as a publisher of the stand-alone...

March 11, 2016

The Other Side of the Screen: A Priest’s Confession About Confession

Aleteia's Zoe Romanowsky interviewed Msgr. Charles Pope from the Archdiocese of Washington and heard a...

March 11, 2016

Cardinal Dolan: “Have We Lost It?”

From his blog, a very good question: One of my favorite memories of baseball is...

March 10, 2016

Boom: Holy Year Bringing More People to Confession at St. Peter’s

Some good news: The number of people going to confession in St. Peter's Basilica increased...

March 10, 2016

Trump—and Transubstantiation?

In the New York Times, of all places, TV critic James Poniewozik has this observation...

March 10, 2016

Pope Imposes Financial Oversight for Naming of Saints

From AP: Pope Francis imposed new financial accountability regulations on the Vatican's multimillion-dollar saint-making machine...

March 10, 2016

Diocese Withdraws Invitation to Singer After It’s Revealed She’s in a Gay Marriage

From Charlotte: A local singer was invited and then uninvited to perform at a gala...

March 10, 2016

“It’s the Year of Mercy, not the Year of Reprimands”

A good observation in Aleteia this morning, from Judy Landrieu Klein: There a few people...

March 10, 2016

Christians Flock to Groups Helping to Pay Medical Bills

An interesting phenomenon, reported in The New York Times: When Chris Doyle learned that his health...

March 09, 2016

The Entrepreneurial Bishop: What Jet Blue Can Teach the Church

A fascinating interview with Bridgeport's Bishop Frank Caggiano in Forbes: Susan Adams: What challenges have...

March 09, 2016

In Veiled Rebuke to Georgetown University, Cardinal Wuerl Asserts Importance of Catholic Identity

Details, from RNS: Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl appeared to take a swipe at Georgetown University...

March 08, 2016

These Friars Rock

Behold "Renewal in Motion," a video featuring some sensational basketball moves from the Franciscan Friars of the...

March 08, 2016

Congo-born Priest Quits Parish After Racist Threats

It happened in Germany, according to this from RNS: A Catholic priest has resigned from...

March 08, 2016

From “Pope” to Politician: The Catholic Upbringing of John Kasich

A great glimpse at the Ohio governor's formative years in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, when he...

March 08, 2016

Bishop Calls on Catholics to “Stand Up for Persecuted Atheists”

Details, from the U.K.'s Catholic Herald: The Bishop of Clifton has called on Catholics to...

March 07, 2016

Boom: Number of Baptized Catholics Worldwide Continues to Grow

From CNS: The number of baptized Catholics worldwide has grown at a faster rate than...

March 07, 2016

The National Review Slams Trump: “An Appeal to Our Fellow Catholics…”

An essay released today, penned by Robert P. George and George Weigel: Donald Trump is manifestly...

March 07, 2016

Great Moments in Journalism: Yes, You CAN Say That in a Family Newspaper

Warning! Profanity ahead, from the Associated Press: When someone at a Donald Trump rally last...

March 07, 2016

Nancy Reagan’s Generosity: “There may be a homeless man wearing Ronald Reagan’s boots…”

Another glimpse of the former First Lady: As Sunday services let out at Bel-Air Presbyterian Church...

March 07, 2016

Where Dignity is on the Menu: A Soup Kitchen Designed Like a Restaurant

I love this story, from Kansas City: Everyone deserves a good, warm, and healthy...

March 07, 2016

Altoona-Johnstown Bishop: “We Will Pass Through This Darkness”

Bishop Mark Bartchak over the weekend released a letter, responding to the sex abuse scandal...

March 06, 2016

Want to Know Who Will be the Next President? Follow the Catholics

Details: The beef between the Don and the pontiff — Pope Francis suggesting that it’s...

March 06, 2016

Remember the Rose: Happy Laetare Sunday!

An image from a couple years ago, wearing rose vestments when I visited a parish...

March 06, 2016

“That Old Anti-Catholic Bias” Rears its Head

The archbishop of Milwaukee, Jerome Listecki, takes note of it in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Whether...

March 05, 2016

Biden and Boehner to Receive Notre Dame’s Prestigious Laetare Medal

The release: In recognition of their leadership, civility and dedication to our nation, the University...

March 05, 2016

Merciful Like the Father: Homily for March 6, 2016, 4th Sunday of Lent

In 1864, a teenager named Roswell McIntyre was drafted into the New York Cavalry during...

March 05, 2016

RIP Fr. Robert Palladino, Priest and Scribe Who Shaped Apple’s Fonts

Who knew? From The New York Times: Because of a Trappist monk, Apple computer displays...

March 05, 2016

Michigan Church Moves to Extend Health Care to Gay Couples

From The Detroit Free Press: In a move praised by LGBT advocates, the Catholic Church...

March 04, 2016

Horror: 4 Nuns Slaughtered in Terror Attack

It happened in Yemen: Four nuns of the Missionaries of Charity, the order founded by...

March 04, 2016

Trump: “We Should Go for Waterboarding, We Should Go Tougher Than Waterboarding”

For those who may have missed this last night: Donald Trump defended waterboarding, torture and...