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July 2019

July 24, 2019

Want to feel more hopeful about the future of the Church? Try this.

Words of wisdom from Simcha Fisher: Who but priests understand better how serious our spiritual...

May 2019

May 26, 2019

Seminarian Seriously Ill with Cancer Ordained in Hospital

From Poland: The Congregation of the Sons of Divine Providence in Poland have ordained a...

May 17, 2019

‘Please Pray for Me’: Father Jonathan Morris Asks to Leave Clerical State — UPDATED

Details: Father Jonathan Morris, a former member of the Legion of Christ who was at...

May 17, 2019

A Priest’s First Mass

About 10 years ago, I attended the Mass of Thanksgiving of a priest who was...

May 15, 2019

From Pentecostal Preacher to Catholic Priest

Another amazing vocation story about a married man about to be ordained to the priesthood:...

April 2019

April 30, 2019

At Mount Saint Mary’s: ‘Catching Problems Before They Become Priests’

Check out the video report below on Mount Saint Mary's Seminary in Maryland: Details: Tighter...

April 27, 2019

Royal Flush: Check Out This Priest’s Incredible Skills with Cards — and Scripture

This is something else. It's working its way around social media and it's irresistible. Enjoy....

April 24, 2019

How Serious is the Priest Shortage in the World’s Largest Catholic Country?

Some interesting insight from Crux: A declining proportion of Catholics and accelerated growth of Evangelical...

April 14, 2019

Cardinal: Maybe It’s Time to Stop Calling Priests ‘Father’

Cardinal John Dew of New Zealand wrote a letter to his flock earlier this month: Being...

March 2019

March 24, 2019

Montreal Priest Who Was Stabbed: ‘I’m Looking Forward to Going Back to Work’

Details: A Notre Dame de Grâce man has been charged with attempted murder and assault...

March 01, 2019

What Happens to a ‘Transitional’ Deacon Who Is Not Ordained a Priest?

A deacon writes: Knowing that you have posted many discussions about diaconate-related questions, I...

February 2019

February 28, 2019

Will the Amazon Synod Discuss Married Priests?

Well, that depends on whom you interview and when. This appeared yesterday, via CNS: The...

February 19, 2019

‘The Fact Is, Some Men Should Never Have Been Ordained’

My friend, blog neighbor and fellow Queens resident Dr. Pat McNamara offers us the long...

February 18, 2019

The Next Scandal: Vatican Confirms Secret Rules for Handling ‘The Children of the Ordained’

From The New York Times: The Vatican has confirmed, apparently for the first time, that...

February 18, 2019

Report: Pope Francis Lifts Sanctions Against Nicaraguan Priest Reprimanded by John Paul

It was one of the most famous moments in the early years of John Paul's...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

Pope on plane: ‘My decision is: no optional celibacy’ for priests

From CNS: The primary goal of the Vatican's February summit on clerical sexual abuse and...

January 23, 2019

The 71-year-old grandfather who is also a priest: ‘The Lord called me, grabbed me by the hair, but I ran away’

A great vocation story: Speaking to the Italian television network TV2000, a recently ordained Italian...

January 09, 2019

Want to lose weight in 2019? Let this priest show you how he did it.

This is great: "Overeating destroyed my body,” Fr. Ryan Rooney says. “At my highest weight...

January 07, 2019

Opus Dei paid nearly a million dollars in sexual misconduct suit against Father McCloskey

From The Washington Post: The Catholic community Opus Dei in 2005 paid $977,000 to settle...

January 05, 2019

Why become a priest now? ‘I want to be a medic on the battlefield of life’

From my Patheos neighbor and friend Father Matthew Schneider, a great witness from a seminarian...

January 03, 2019

Germany’s Cardinal Marx: ‘Further adaptations of church teachings are required’

Details from CNS: German Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising called for change in...

December 2018

December 28, 2018

‘Please pray for us’: Episcopal priest in Tennessee announces he’s becoming Catholic

Details: A conservative Episcopal priest, who is a top administrator in the Tennessee diocese, is leaving...

December 25, 2018

Merry Christmas: that priest is a fake

You hear about these things from time to time, but I've never heard of an...

December 24, 2018

Shock: Brooklyn priest kills himself days before Christmas

Details: A Brooklyn priest killed himself inside a church rectory less than two weeks before...

December 14, 2018

Family criticizes priest’s hurtful funeral homily — UPDATED

Check out the video below from Detroit: Some thoughts: It's highly unusual for a local...

December 14, 2018

Cardinal: Anglican orders should not be considered ‘invalid’

Details: One of the Vatican’s top legal minds has opened the way for a revision...

December 02, 2018

‘The truth has to be told’: Deacon accuses priest of attempted sexual assault

From The Day in New London: A former deacon at Sacred Heart Church in Groton...

November 2018

November 29, 2018

Bombshell: 2012 report on Connecticut seminary uncovered wide homosexual network

From The National Catholic Register: Some of the seminarians and transitional deacons at the center...

November 29, 2018

‘Nothing newsworthy to report’: Diocese defends employing priest who threatened rape, says he has recovered

The lead paragraph from the AP report on a priest in Sioux City: A Roman Catholic...

November 08, 2018

A reason to wear the collar: ‘It represents slavery. Ministers are slaves of Jesus Christ.’

Here's an insightful and even inspiring analysis on the wearing of the collar — from...