“I think it’s going to be looked at, and I am not so sure it wouldn’t be a good idea to decide on the basis of geography and culture not to make an across-the-board determination.” — Retiring New York Cardinal Edward Egan,discussing priestly celibacy yesterday on an Albany radio show.

“The Gospel – the Good News – is not just about words – a message given by a prophet to which we politely listen and either accept or reject. It is about what really happens in life, about God entering that place, and transforming it. That “place” is this life of brokenness, loss, sin, sorrow…

A couple weeks ago, I posted on a bold proposal by my diocese to turn some Catholic schools into charter schools. How has that worked in other places? The New York Times reports: On his first day of eighth grade at the former Holy Name Roman Catholic school last fall, Jeffrey Stone bowed his head,…

From our Sports Desk comes this tidbit, from the enterprising investigative journalists who run Page Six of the New York Post. It’s about Joe DiMaggio and the Catholic Church, and it ran on March 8, the 10-year anniversary of Joltin’ Joe’s departure for the Great Dugout In The Sky: “Few people knew how devout a…

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