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April 2013

April 12, 2013

Bishop vs. bishop over gay marriage and communion

From Sunday: Catholic Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit said on Sunday that Catholics who support...

March 2013

March 15, 2013

Archbishop Chaput to let girls play CYO football

Details: Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has decided to allow girls to play football in Philadelphia's...

March 07, 2013

Key bishops oppose Violence Against Women Act

From the Washington Post: Five key Catholic bishops are opposing the newly authorized Violence Against...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Nuncio: Benedict has “carried out a cleansing of the episcopate”

An interesting detail about the pope, via EWTN: Throughout his eight-year papacy, Pope Benedict XVI...

February 09, 2013

Bishop Paprocki tells a lapsed Catholic: “Why you should return to the Church…”

The bishop of Springfield responds to a newspaper columnist with a column of his own: ...

February 07, 2013

BREAKING: USCCB says revised HHS proposal “falls short”

The official statement, just released, along with Cardinal Dolan's response: +++ The Feb. 1 Notice...

January 2013

January 08, 2013

New York’s Sullivan to lead Camden

From Whispers: At Roman Noon this Tuesday, the Pope named Bishop Dennis Sullivan – the...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

A tale of four priests

Their names are Mahony, Brown, Niederauer and Levada, and they were all in seminary together. ...

December 21, 2012

Bishops favor “reasonable restrictions” on guns—UPDATED

From Catholic News Service: As momentum builds to implement new limits on assault weapons and...

December 12, 2012

Bishop Walter Sullivan, RIP

From the Associated Press: Former Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, a progressive leader in the U.S....

November 2012

November 15, 2012

On the horizon: revised Liturgy of the Hours

But don't give away your old set just yet. A new translation is years away....

November 11, 2012

Report: many Catholics use social media, but few follow blogs on the Church or faith

Here's the press release from the USCCB for the report connected with the blogging encounter...

November 07, 2012

Group seeks to revoke tax-exempt status of Catholic Church

That chill you're feeling isn't the new nor'easter. It's something else. Details: A public watchdog...

October 2012

October 26, 2012

“There is no room for pessimism…”

The Synod of Bishops released its final message today. Catholic News Service has a write-up. ...

October 17, 2012

Bishops, priests and deacons together: Brooklyn’s clergy convocation

Just got back from the second-ever joint clergy convocation for my diocese—a remarkable gathering of...

October 12, 2012

“The homilist should strive to live a life of holiness…

A topic of which there is no shortage of opinions -- preaching -- will be...

October 08, 2012

“A tribute to my brother priests…”

This comes from the blog of the new bishop of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland. And...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Archbishop Myers: Catholics who dissent from teaching on marriage should not receive communion — UPDATED

He made the assertion as part of a major pastoral letter released yesterday. From The...

September 24, 2012

There goes that sexist, woman-hating Catholic Church again…

Bazinga! Details, from CNS: Choosing men and women from every part of the...

September 20, 2012

Pope to new bishops: Vatican II was a new Pentecost, launching the New Evangelization

One of the new bishops meeting the Holy Father today happens to be my new...

August 2012

August 07, 2012

Meeting His Beatitude

Another visitor from the East popped into our office today: Major Archbishop Baselios Mar Cleemis...

August 07, 2012

U.S. bishops: “We mourn with our Sikh brothers and sisters”

Details, from Vatican Radio: The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious...

July 2012

July 07, 2012

Worth a thousand words: cowboy confession

The picture above was taken in 1966. Forty-six years later, the picture below depicts a...

June 2012

June 14, 2012

Giving Washington the finger

A clever way of promoting the upcoming Fortnight for Freedom, via the USCCB. (H/T Rocco)

June 11, 2012

Retiring bishop: “Wider reform is needed” in the Church

He has a reputation for being both progressive and outspoken -- and both qualities were...

June 11, 2012

Bishop investigating LCWR explains “causes for concern”

Details from Toledo's Bishop Leonard Blair, in his weekly newspaper column: The word “investigation” is...

May 2012

May 22, 2012

Dolan: White House “strangling” Catholic church

He made the remarks this morning: The spat between Catholic leaders and the Obama administration...

May 02, 2012

From the in-my-backyard desk: two new auxiliary bishops for Brooklyn

And one of them, Bishop-elect Paul Sanchez, is not only the territorial vicar for my...

April 2012

April 18, 2012

Boehner: Bishops need to “take a bigger look” at budget

Details: House Majority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) chastised Catholic bishops at a Wednesday news conference...

March 2012

March 03, 2012

What if the bishops aren’t bluffing?

That's the question at the heart of this piece by Ed Morrissey: Earlier this week,...