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August 2014

August 16, 2014

Worth a thousand words: the pope’s silent pro-life statement in Korea

Details: Pope Francis has generally avoided hot-button "culture war" issues like abortion, arguing that the...

August 12, 2014

The magic behind Robin Williams’ ingenious Genie

While the world grieves the loss of Robin Williams, it's worth taking one more look...

August 07, 2014

US bishops ask parishes to pray for Iraq on August 17

This release just arrived in my in box: The chairman of the Committee of International...

August 05, 2014

German cardinal: Number of Catholics leaving Church “alarmingly high”

From CNS: A German cardinal warned that the number of Catholics leaving his country's church...

August 04, 2014

WWKD: The heroic choice of Dr. Kent Brantly, Ebola victim

From Michael Daly in The Daily Beast: The medical evacuation plane reached Dobbins Air Force...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Standing ovation: Thomas Peters’ recovery continues

One year after his horrific, life-changing accident, he's just posted this video: Read all about...

July 02, 2014

Ordination update: 29 new deacons for Nashville

Details: The largest class ever of permanent deacons in the Diocese of Nashville was ordained...

July 01, 2014

Scenes from Sacramento

A reader has helpfully sent along these images from the recent deacon ordination in Sacramento:

June 2014

June 29, 2014

A dad’s Sunday psalmody, from “Frozen”

The virus that is the score from "Frozen" has now infected fathers. And it's hilarious.

June 25, 2014

“In place of the homily, two leaders from the local mosque were invited to join us in prayer…”

Here's something I've never heard of before, from a question sent to Fr. Edward McNamara...

June 22, 2014

“Father Francis stopped by our house!”

That's the rough translation of the text accompanying this video, showing Pope Francis making an...

June 19, 2014

A deacon speaks: “My wife has been my greatest inspiration and support…”

I'm here in Charlotte for the Catholic Media Conference, and one of the exciting things...

June 10, 2014

World Cup ad shows Jesus in a soccer shirt

From The Telegraph: Days before England play Italy in their first match at the World...

June 07, 2014

It’s electric: the tablet has finally arrived

I noticed it this week during the retreat for deacon candidates and their wives: a...

June 04, 2014

When is a priest not a priest?

From The Newark Star-Ledger: Chris Naples says something snapped inside him that January day. The...

June 03, 2014

“Don’t set yourself against your Mother!”

I grow weary. I'm weary of the fighting. The name-calling. The ad hominems. The sneers...

June 02, 2014

Archbishop warns of “balkanization” of American Catholic church

I think he's right. From NCR: A prominent U.S. archbishop has warned that the divisive...

May 2014

May 20, 2014

American nun signs letter advocating for abortion

Believe it or not: Sr. Jeannine Gramick, a chronically controversial Loretto religious, has signed a public letter...

May 13, 2014

Vatican responds to “Exorcist” author on Georgetown: “Your communications constitute a well-founded complaint”

From The Washington Post: The author of the thriller “The Exorcist” says he has new...

May 07, 2014

Is Harvard hosting a Black Mass?—UPDATED

This has popped up on Facebook in several places, so it seems worth noting. Several...

May 05, 2014

Vatican reports steady growth in worldwide church

The barque has sometimes hit turbulent tides, but there's no sign that it's sinking. And...

April 2014

April 18, 2014

Repose

A stunning image by Rosalind Chan-Ghazi, ace photographer for our parish bulletin. She was in...

April 10, 2014

About Bishop Scharfenberger’s coat of arms

An interesting dissection from The Tablet in Brooklyn: At the top of Bishop Scharfenberger’s...

April 08, 2014

Watch a priest leave this bride and groom speechless—and in tears

I've never seen anything quite like this. And I'll wager you haven't either. From the...

April 07, 2014

An email from Charlotte: “It’s very challenging seeing so many comment and judge our community”

A mother with kids at a nearby middle school has been following the controversy at...

March 2014

March 28, 2014

Rick Warren teams with Bishop Kevin Vann to launch mental health ministry

From HuffPo: Every day since his son Matthew died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound nearly a year...

March 21, 2014

The story behind a papal “selfie”

It happened this week, and ZENIT has the story: Little did Marco Antonio Lome and...

March 19, 2014

Sentenced to life behind bars—and finding new life in the Eucharist

Details, from Catholic San Francisco: A San Quentin prisoner sentenced to life for his role...

March 13, 2014

How he came to be called Francis

CNS has just reposted this video from last year, and it's worth another look: Pope...

March 08, 2014

Well, here’s something you don’t see every day

At St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Fremont, OH, the pastor discovered an old black pall...