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November 2015

November 27, 2015

Donald Trump’s Gift

By now, you may have heard the news: A day after he was widely rebuked...

November 27, 2015

High Ranking Priest in El Salvador Suspended After He Admits to Sex Abuse

From AP: El Salvador’s Roman Catholic Church announced Thursday it has suspended a well-known priest,...

November 27, 2015

Pope to Clergy in Kenya: “There Must Be No Room for Personal Ambition”

From VIS: In the sports field of the St. Mary School, belonging to the archdiocese...

November 27, 2015

A Catholic School Renaissance?

From The Wall Street Journal, evidence that Catholic education is on the rebound: At first...

November 26, 2015

Deacons and the “Shifting Face of the Catholic Church”

A glimpse at an upcoming diaconate ordination in Scranton, from The Wilkes Barre Times Leader: ...

November 26, 2015

Refugees, Death and Gratitude: The Story Behind “Now Thank We All Our God”

I suspect most Catholics don’t know the name Martin Rinkart. But this Lutheran deacon left...

November 26, 2015

Giving Thanks, Giving Back: Syrian Refugees Help Seattle’s Homeless

Awesome: The debate about resettling Syrian refugees has some people asking, “Why don’t we use...

November 26, 2015

Salt Lake City Diocese Investigating “Bleeding Host”

From KUTV: The Salt Lake Catholic Diocese has started an investigation into what is being...

November 25, 2015

UPDATE: No Charges for Mother Who Left Newborn in Church Manger

From The New York Times comes this update to a story I first posted Monday: The...

November 25, 2015

From a reader: “That Corapi account is fake”

Neither John Corapi nor the people at his religious order, Society of Our Lady of...

November 25, 2015

Report: Shakeups Coming at Vatican Media Office; Lombardi Due to Retire

Details: First of all, it appears that Fr. Federico Lombardi, who has headed the Holy...

November 25, 2015

Mother Starts Support Group for Moms of Priests

From The Catholic Sun in Phoenix: Carla Sperry never expected to be looked at as an...

November 25, 2015

“By the goodness of God, we are so far from want…”: A Thanksgiving Homily

From the vault, here's my Thanksgiving homily from 2009: A lot of us know the...

November 24, 2015

“Pews Are Packed”: Pope Francis to Visit a Booming Church in Africa

From The Wall Street Journal, a glimpse at what awaits the pope on his visit...

November 24, 2015

Deacon and Wife Build on Personal Experience to Launch Diocese’s First Mental Health Support Group

A great idea that shows diakonia in action, via KPCC in California: The push by evangelists...

November 24, 2015

Indiana Nativity Scene Will Show Bill of Rights, Not Jesus

What??? Details: Following a tradition of the past five decades, a Nativity scene featuring life-size...

November 24, 2015

Loving Thy Neighbor, Including the Muslim Next Door

Rebecca Frech took it upon herself to visit a neighbor in Dallas: a mother who...

November 24, 2015

Big News: Anglican Ordinariate in the U.S. Gets its First Bishop

Details: Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Msgr. Jeffrey Steenson, 63, as Ordinary of...

November 23, 2015

Newborn Baby Left in Manger at Queens Church—UPDATED

Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros of Brooklyn serves as pastor of Holy Child Jesus Parish in...

November 23, 2015

New Rector for North American College in Rome

From Rocco: At this hour atop the Gianicolo, the 156 year-old seminary is slated to...

November 23, 2015

Sister Cristina Tackles New Role; Singing Nun to Appear in “Sister Act”

Details: An Italian nun who shot to global fame by winning “The Voice of Italy”...

November 23, 2015

Ordination Update: 7 New Deacons for San Bernardino

Saturday, the Diocese of San Bernardino in California gained seven new deacons: John Anthony Cruz,...

November 22, 2015

John Corapi Resurfaces?

He has been out of the public eye for four years, after a dramatic and...

November 22, 2015

“I Was Never More Proud to be a Member of God’s Church Than That Moment”

If you haven't discovered Cecilia yet, stop by and say hello. It's Aleteia's brand new...

November 22, 2015

Movie Theaters Ban Film Showing People Saying the Lord’s Prayer, Claiming It Could Be Offensive

Incredible: Britain's biggest cinema chains have banned the screening of a film in which the...

November 22, 2015

“Soon and Very Soon, We Are Going to See the King…”

A perennial favorite of mine this time of year, I'm pleased to toss this out...

November 22, 2015

25 Years as a Deacon in the U.K.: “It Was Something that Found Me…”

From the U.K. comes this item, about a Catholic deacon marking a quarter century of...

November 22, 2015

How a Kentucky Priest Raises Funds—and Awareness

I was delighted to see my friend Fr. Jim Sichko popped up in the pages...

November 21, 2015

Catholic Charities: “41,000 Square Feet of Great”

A terrific glimpse inside Catholic Charities in Kansas City, from The Catholic Key: Teresa Davis....

November 21, 2015

Everybody Dance!

This popped up on my Facebook feed this morning, from someone in Vietnam. Not sure...