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2019-06-07T15:52:35-04:00

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The Retired NBA Ref Who Is About to Become a Deacon

Last updated on: June 7, 2019 at 3:52 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

A great story from CatholicPhilly.com: If 30 years ago anyone told Steve Javie he would become a permanent deacon, he probably would have said, “no way.” Sure, he came from a solid Catholic family with Mass every Sunday, confession every two weeks need it or not, and his uncle Msgr. Anthony Jaworowski was one of the most respected priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese, but all of that was ancient history as far as Javie was concerned. Sports was really in... Read more

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2019-06-07T14:00:08-04:00

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Archbishop Lori Releases Video Statement on West Virginia Scandal

Last updated on: June 7, 2019 at 2:00 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

This was posted today on the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston website. Read more

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2019-06-07T09:35:39-04:00

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Father Kevin Cusick on Modesty at Mass and ‘The Twitter Mob’

Last updated on: June 7, 2019 at 9:35 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

There’s been a lot of ink devoted to the controversial tweet of Father Kevin Cusick, regarding bare shoulders during Mass. He’s now he’s taken to The Wanderer to explain himself and condemn the “Twitter mob”: So, what was the tweet about? I touched upon a subject uncomfortable for many — modesty of dress for Mass, and my intention was to address only that: the decorum proper to praying together in the liturgy. However, regardless of my intentions otherwise, the tweet... Read more

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2019-06-07T07:14:13-04:00

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Florida Co-Cathedral Torched; Arson Suspected

Last updated on: June 7, 2019 at 7:14 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

Pray for this church and its people: Catholic parishioners expected to attend their evening Mass at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Tallahassee, but instead were subjected to news of a probable arson attack to their beloved church. Officers arrived on the scene Wednesday around 4:30 p.m. to witness Darha Nixon, the church’s business manager, inform them of the news. Nixon had already fought the fire with a chemical fire extinguisher that scorched much of the wall. According to... Read more

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2019-06-07T07:03:15-04:00

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Poll: 77% of Americans Want Abortion to Remain Legal

Last updated on: June 7, 2019 at 7:03 am By Deacon Greg Kandra

Of course, the crowd chose Barabbas, too. Details: Three-quarters of Americans say they want to keep in place the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Roe v. Wade, that made abortion legal in the United States, but a strong majority would like to see restrictions on abortion rights, according to a new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. What the survey found is a great deal of complexity — and sometimes contradiction among Americans — that goes well beyond the talking points of the loudest voices in the... Read more

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2019-06-06T15:28:38-04:00

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‘One Gets the Sense That Certain Leaders are Clueless Beyond Permission’

Last updated on: June 6, 2019 at 3:28 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

If anyone is wondering how lay Catholics are feeling these days, I give you Exhibit A, Elizabeth Scalia, who has had just about enough: One gets the sense that certain leaders are not only corrupt, vain, and selfish, but clueless beyond permission. They apparently do not understand that whatever “statement” they put out addressing the unending scandals being exposed around them—what the laity is seeing, hearing, and digesting—is a despicable “don’t do as we do, do as we say” hypocrisy.... Read more

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2019-06-06T14:58:42-04:00

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Vatican to Launch Weekly News Program — in Latin

Last updated on: June 6, 2019 at 2:58 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

From CNS: A weekly news program about the pope and the Vatican will now be offered in Latin, the official language of the Holy See. The five-minute news flash “will be an actual, real news broadcast with news and news reports,” said Andrea Tornielli, editorial director for the Dicastery for Communication. The program is not meant as “a nostalgic look at the past, but as a challenge toward the future,” giving new life to the Catholic Church’s official language, he... Read more

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2019-06-05T23:30:25-04:00

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For D-Day: The Story Behind One of the Greatest Speeches of Our Time

Last updated on: June 5, 2019 at 11:30 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

It was the speech President Reagan gave at Pointe du Hoc 35 years ago, and The Washington Post has the story behind it: The task of writing Reagan’s address was given to a precocious 33-year-old speechwriter named Peggy Noonan, one of seven children of an Irish Catholic family from Brooklyn. Her father was a furniture salesman. The family later lived above a candy store in New Jersey. She had once worked as a waitress. She also had a degree in literature,... Read more

2019-06-05T23:04:33-04:00

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Shocker: Bransfield Gave Cash Gifts to Cardinals, Young Priests; Spent Millions on Travel

Last updated on: June 5, 2019 at 11:04 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

Among other things, the former bishop enjoyed chartered flights and luxury hotels, according this bombshell from The Washington Post: In the years before he was ousted for alleged sexual harassment and financial abuses, the leader of the Catholic Church in West Virginia gave cash gifts totaling $350,000 to fellow clergymen, including young priests he is accused of mistreating and more than a dozen cardinals in the United States and at the Vatican, according to church records obtained by The Washington... Read more

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2019-06-05T14:52:00-04:00

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Prayer Request: For a Young Priest Stabbed to Death in Kenya

Last updated on: June 5, 2019 at 2:52 pm By Deacon Greg Kandra

It happened just six months after the 32-year-old priest was ordained. Details: A Catholic priest was killed in Kenya. Father Eutycas Murangiri Muthur, of the parish of Limbine, diocese of Meru, county of Tigania, was stabbed to death by one or more individuals at about 1:30 am on June 4th, in Makutano, at about 200 km from the capital, Nairobi. The circumstances of the killing are not clear but the police arrested a man and a woman who apparently were with... Read more

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