Take a look at the video below: It depicts Baptist pastor Walter Hoye protesting outside an abortion clinic in California, while clinic escorts attempt to block his sign with blank pieces of cardboard. Hoye was arrested and his now in jail, according to the National Catholic Register: Sometimes, it’s very hard not to think the…

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has a new deacon — and he probably has one of the more unusual resumes in the chancery: Fire Chief James Clack aims to keep us out of blazes – in Baltimore and in the hereafter. The city fire chief just became a deacon in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, so he…

After visiting with Archbishop Burke a couple weeks back, and videotaping his remarks on communion and pro-choice politicians, passionate pro-lifer Randall Terry probably thought he was doing something noble by releasing the tape to the public. He thought wrong. The archbishop today released the following: In response to the March 25, 2009 press conference of…

From Canada comes this remarkable story of a permanent deacon being ordained to the priesthood — but like so many, his journey was unique: Growing up on a West Quebec farm in the 1930s, Gerard Lafreniere’s dream came to him as he trudged the two-mile walk to church on Sundays — one day, he would…

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