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The above photo is from the event I attended this morning: the ordination of five new transitional deacons at the Immaculate Conception Seminary in Huntington, Long Island.  The gentleman in the picture, Alonzo Cox, is scheduled to be ordained a priest next June.  (Oh: the hands belong to Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn.) Congratulations! Photo…

The Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan is calling for a ceasefire in the Christmas war: Obviously, I am enthusiastic about “keeping Christ in Christmas.” For those of us who believe that Jesus, the Son of God and our Savior, was born to Mary in a stable in Bethlehem 2009 years ago, we never forget…

Let us pray, [on this feast of Mary, who experienced the perfection of God’s saving power.] Father, the image of the Virgin is found in the Church. Mary had a faith that your Spirit prepared and a love that never knew sin, for you kept her sinless from the moment of her conception. Trace in…

Evidently, that’s not uncommon in some parts of the world. And an archdiocese in India is trying to put a stop to it: The Catholic church in a recent circular has instructed the clergy to keep their sermons short. The archdiocese of Mumbai, Bishop Bosco Penha, stated that priests who preach for more than 20…
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