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Fr. Austin has the answer. This sounds very cute. I’m waiting for someone to snap a picture of him wearing it.

Those four words were spoken by Pope Benedict Saturday, in a dramatic and widely anticipated gesture that may help heal some deep wounds in the Australian church. The AP has the story right here: Pope Benedict XVI apologized Saturday to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy in Australia, describing their acts as…

The AP is sitting up and taking notice of the 25 shiny new deacons just ordained in Indianapolis. This is a very good overview of the vocation with some terrific insights into its growth: After resisting the idea for more than three decades, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Indianapolis has ordained its first class of…

A now, a lunchtime diversion that is a little bit of playful inspiration. Eat up!

A few people I know made it down to Washington for Tony Snow’s funeral yesterday; I hope to get a fuller report later today. But Rocco has posted the text of the homily, delivered by Fr. David O’Connell, President of Catholic University. A snip: No one of us among his family or friends believes that…

A deacon from Sydney, Australia by the name of Elliott Casalegno sent me the following dispatch. It’s a great ground’s-eye view of what it’s like to be a part of this remarkable event. Read, and enjoy: It is my first WYD and at my age, almost certainly my last. I had heard many of the…

After focusiing for a few weeks now on all the turmoil roiling the Anglican Communion in England, Damien Thompson has found some big news on the other side of the pond. In New Jersey, in fact: The Catholic Church will expand its provision of “Anglican Use” parishes in the United States in order to allow…

I’m almost finished reading Ron Hansen’s superb new novel,“Exiles”, so I was intrigued to see this profile of the author — and deacon — and to read his thoughts on his twin vocations: Best-selling novelist Ron Hansen stood in the nave of Chicago’s St. Vincent de Paul Church on a spring afternoon under the towering…
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