Very big news from south of the border this weekend,as Latin America celebrated the beatification, for the first time, of one of its own. From AFP: Tens of thousands of faithful turned out Sunday to witness a ceremony honoring Ceferino Namuncura, the first indigenous South American to be beatified by the Roman Catholic Church. “Ceferino…

Last week’s item about the Baltimore pastor removed for liturgical abuse has prompted some strong reaction here on the blog — and in the streets of Charm City, as well. The Baltimore Sun has just published a followup: Much has changed in the once-blue-collar neighborhood of Locust Point in South Baltimore. Factories have made way…

Arguably the toughest job in the Church these days is being a diocesan vocations director. The Los Angeles Daily News chats with the man doing that these days — and ticks off the usual grim statistics, along with a few possible solutions: On a recent Sunday, the Rev. Robert J. McNamara of St. Bernardine of…

Chicago’s Cardinal Archbishop is poised to be elected head of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops — and the hometown paper is taking a look at what that means: When the nation’s Roman Catholic bishops gather this week in Baltimore, they will likely elect Chicago’s archbishop, Cardinal Francis George, to provide the voice for…

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