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2018-05-11T11:28:07-04:00

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Top baby names for 2017

Last updated on: May 11, 2018 at 11:28 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

I haven’t seen many of these cross my desk when I meet families about baptisms, but here they are, from the Social Security Administration: Liam has bumped Noah as the top name for America’s boys, while Emma hangs on for the fourth straight year as the girls’ favorite. The Social Security Administration on Friday morning released its list of names given to U.S. babies in 2017. Michael fell out of the top 10 for the first time since World War II. Emily also is out of... Read more

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2018-05-10T06:54:32-04:00

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Defying gravity: Homily for Ascension Thursday

Last updated on: May 10, 2018 at 6:54 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

From the vault, my homily for Ascension Thursday 2015: This glorious feast of the Ascension—one of the “glorious mysteries” we pray on the rosary—asks each of us to do something glorious. It asks us to rise with Christ, to defy the laws of gravity. It asks us to defy the world. To change the world. Where do we begin? The answer has been before us all along. Over the last few weeks, what has been the one recurring theme in... Read more

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2018-05-10T06:35:54-04:00

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Did Cardinal Dolan lend Rihanna a mitre for the Met Gala?

Last updated on: May 10, 2018 at 6:35 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

The scoop, via The Catholic Herald: Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, who gave a speech at the Gala, told Sirius XM that he had lent Rihanna her jewel-encrusted papal mitre. The Wrap reported that “Cardinal Dolan Says Rihanna Borrowed One of His Miters for Met Ball”. The story has nearly 650 retweets and more than 2000 Facebook shares, was repeated by Time and made it onto the Drudge Report, one of the biggest aggregator websites. It is, however, based on a misapprehension. Listen to... Read more

2018-05-09T11:57:37-04:00

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Finding God at Cannes: film festival to offer several faith-based films

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 11:57 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

From The Hollywood Reporter: Have the French found God? Given the crop of projects being shopped at the Cannes film market that features Christian-themed narratives — notably An Interview With God, Samson and God Bless the Broken Road — and with Wim Wenders’ doc Pope Francis: A Man of His Word playing as an official selection at the festival, there are signs that fare once ignored by international buyers and Cannes programmers is receiving a warm welcome. In addition, the U.S. breakout I Can Only Imagine is heating up... Read more

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2018-05-09T12:05:26-04:00

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Ross Douthat: ‘Make Catholicism Weird Again’—UPDATED

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 12:05 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

The New York Times conservative columnist Ross Douthat offers his take on the controversial Met Gala, and what it says about the state of the Catholic Church, which he feels has done too much to accommodate itself to the world and lost something in the process: Like Proust’s “caravans of swells” attending liturgical performances, the attendees at the Met were paying a cultural homage to the aesthetic riches of the Roman Church — when, of course, they weren’t sexing them... Read more

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2018-05-09T06:52:31-04:00

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Deacon father vests deacon son at his ordination in Rome

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 6:52 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

I love stories like this. From San Jose’s The Valley Catholic: Thomas Flowers, SJ, son of Deacon Phil and Sarah Flowers of Morgan Hill, was ordained a transitional Deacon at the Church of the Gesù in Rome on April 3 by Cardinal Walter Kasper. The younger Deacon Flowers was ordained along with fifteen other Jesuits, his classmates at the Collegio Internationale del Gesù, in the presence of Father Arturo Sosa, the General Superior of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). Deacon Flowers... Read more

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2018-05-09T10:44:30-04:00

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‘What’s the Church doing here?’: Cardinal Dolan’s remarks at the Met Gala—UPDATED

Last updated on: May 9, 2018 at 10:44 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

A lot of ink has been spilled about this controversial evening, but I was struck by what the Cardinal Archbishop of New York had to say at the press conference just beforehand. This comes from his blog: What’s the Church doing here? What is the Cardinal-Archbishop of New York doing here? Well, because the Church and “the Catholic imagination,” are all about truth, goodness, and beauty… That’s why we have great schools… to teach the truth; That’s why we love and... Read more

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2018-05-08T10:40:40-04:00

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Fake news: That report on Saudis striking a deal with Vatican to build churches

Last updated on: May 8, 2018 at 10:40 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

From John Allen at Crux, an update on a story that generated significant buzz last week: Anyone who’s covered the Vatican for a while knows that a good chunk of the job isn’t so much reporting the actual news, but debunking “fake news” that others have shot out into the ether. We got an example this week, with a bogus story that Saudi Arabia had entered into an agreement with the Vatican to support the construction of Christian churches in... Read more

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2018-05-08T06:30:23-04:00

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Why do kids leave the Church? These Catholic moms offer some answers.

Last updated on: May 8, 2018 at 6:30 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

From America: Over 500 respondents took part in our informal survey on Catholic motherhood, conducted via America’s email newsletter and social media platforms. Twenty-five percent told America that one or more of their children had left the church, and only 1 percent said that one of their children had entered the priesthood or a religious order. The quarter of respondents whose children left the church provided some clear reasons for their departure. The sexual abuse crisis, instances of bullying at Catholic schools,... Read more

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2018-05-07T12:04:17-04:00

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Want to support a great cause AND celebrate Padre Pio? Check this out.

Last updated on: May 7, 2018 at 12:04 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

The St. Pio Foundation — the guiding force behind the historic tour of Padre Pio’s relics around the United States—is hosting a fundraiser this weekend in Connecticut. Your Humble Blogger will be there to present an award to Bridgeport’s Bishop Frank Caggiano. Come join us! About the foundation: The Saint Pio Foundation is a non-profit charity organization dedicated to the promotion of the spiritual charism of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, universally acclaimed as one of the most venerated contemporary saints... Read more

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