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And it will happen at my alma mater, as a matter of fact. From the Catholic Review in Baltimore: The Vatican is expected to contribute several million dollars to an international consortium for adult stem-cell research, an effort that will be led by the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. The Associated Press…

Check out this preview of an upcoming documentary on a modern martyr, “Monsenor: The Last Days of Oscar Romero.”  It looks truly extraordinary.

The prominent Washington museum is hosting an unusual exhibition that will be hitting the road later this year — and it sounds like something every Catholic should try to see. From Catholic San Francisco: A gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington has taken on a mystical quality in the form of an exhibit called…

Earlier, I posted this proposition from a deacon in Alaska, suggesting that deacons join bishops in public acts of penance. Now, another idea is taking root in the United Kingdom. From CNS: The bishops of England and Wales are asking Catholics to carry out acts of penance each Friday in May to help atone for…

That is just one part of a remarkable and inspiring address delivered recently by Archbishop Emeritus John R. Quinn from San Francisco. You can read the whole thing at America magazine, but here’s one nugget among many: I was a seminarian when Fulton Sheen was ordained a bishop. I was choir director for the Mass…

“For some of us, it might seem like we have come to the end of the world! For people of your age, however, any flight is an exciting prospect. But for me, this one was somewhat daunting! Yet the views afforded of our planet from the air were truly wondrous. The sparkle of the Mediterranean,…

This bit of news is so rare and exceptional, it may even be unprecedented. From CNS: The group organizing the first pontifical solemn high Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington in 45 years announced it was replacing as the main celebrant a cardinal criticized for his handling…

The name Mandy Smith may not ring many bells these days — but her teenage fling (and subsequent marriage) to Rolling Stone Bill Wyman made headlines decades ago. Now she’s set her life on a decidedly different course: Many people who encounter Mandy now know nothing of her headline-grabbing past. It emerged this week that…

I can’t remember the last time I read about an incident like this, or saw it reported in the media. But here it is, one of the most serious charges a priest can face, reported in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: A Waukesha County Catholic priest has been placed on administrative leave while the Archdiocese of Milwaukee…

Hard to believe, but true. From Reuters: A third of U.S. teenagers with cell phones send more than 100 texts a day as texting has exploded to become the most popular means of communication for young people, according to new research. The study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, which offers a glimpse…
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