Washington’s retired Archbishop, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, hasn’t been idle. This month found him in, of all places, Serbia, where he managed to make a little history: The foundation stone has been laid for the first Catholic seminary for Serbia. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, D.C., presided over the ceremony, calling it a historic…

An old joke asks: “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” Answer: “Practice.” This story asks: “How do you get to a monastery?” Answer: “Peddle.” There are many ways to discern a religious vocation, and the woman in this item decided the best way was to use her legs. This comes to us from The…

If you think priests in this country have problems, consider the situation in the Philippines where, according to this wire report, they’re dealing with a number of Fathers who are fathers: The head of the Philippine church’s marriage-appeals court disapproves of priests continuing in the ministry after fathering children and rejects efforts to “cure” these…

The more we read about troubles facing various world monarchs, the more grateful I am that we don’t have any here. The latest tidbit comes from Norway, via AFP: A school newly created by Norway’s Princess Maertha Louise for students who wish to “get in contact with (their) angels” was due to open on Thursday…

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