This is an interesting little news nugget: an attorney who wants to grill the pontiff about sex abuse in one American archdiocese: Pope Benedict XVI should be questioned soon about clergy sex abuse in the Catholic church because he is the most knowledgeable person on the topic and his advanced age makes future testimony unlikely,…

After being dormant for a long time, the diocese of El Paso diaconate program is alive and kicking — and is about to ordain its first class of deacons in more than a quarter century: For the first time in more than 25 years, the El Paso Catholic Diocese will be ordaining 15 deacons —…

You can add Trenton to the list of dioceses that is busily ordaining deacons this season. The write up is right here: Eleven men, four from Mercer County and one from Burlington County, were ordained as deacons in the Roman Catholic Church yesterday by Bishop John M. Smith at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral…

The day after Pentecost, there are increasing signs that the Spirit is at work. From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Catholic Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh received an honorary doctorate from St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe over the weekend, capping a week in which his prayers for more vocations to the priesthood show signs of being answered.…

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