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Heard any good preaching lately? Priests in Florida evidently did — and the Florida Catholic has a profile of the man responsible: Talk about pressure. Imagine standing for an hour in front of more than 100 priests and talking about preaching a homily. Luckily, Jesuit Father J-Glenn Murray knows how to captivate an audience. During…

More Anglicans may be headed our way. Following up on the report a few days back, a group from Ireland now wants to join the homecoming: Parishioners from three Church of Ireland parishes have joined traditional Anglicans from 12 other countries in requesting that the Catholic Church receive them into full communion. If approved by…

A few weeks ago, some people were running in circles with their hair on fire, saying Mother Teresa was an atheist and a fraud. Now, it seems, they’re doing the same thing about Padre Pio and his stigmata: John XXIII believed Padre Pio, the hugely popular Capuchin monk who was canonised in 2002, was a…

The Via Dolorosa is a long way from Madison Avenue. But this story from Georgia tells of an advertising executive who has just been ordained a priest, and is following the way of Christ, at the age most executives are planning retirement: At 61, most people Fred Sahuc’s age think about slowing down. The former…

The news seems to be improving for Southern California — but for many families, and many communities, the damage is done. That includes an Indian reservation where a mission church was destroyed. From CNS: A Catholic church on an Indian reservation was one of the casualties of the ongoing wildfires that have hit Southern California.…

Malibu, California. By Phil McCarten, Reuters.

A pal sent this my way, and I’m tossing it out for general perusal and discussion — particularly as it applies to a certain Catholic (or two) running for President. Can you be anti-abortion, but also pro-choice? See what Michael Medved has to say, from USA TODAY: The battle for the Republican presidential nomination might…

Some weeks back, I blogged about the new Benedictine monastery cropping up in Oklahoma. Now, Rod Dreher has gotten in on the act. He’s linked to this account of the monastery construction, which has some splendid pictures (including the one of frolicking monks on the left). The monastery at Clear Creek really does look remarkable.…

The picture on the left is a self-portrait by a seminarian — who clearly has a talent for things besides praying. The unusual story of his artwork and his vocation comes to us courtesy of The Michigan Catholic: Craig Giera’s painting and sculpting helped lead him to consider becoming a priest. Working out of an…

The firestorm in California has displaced hundreds of thousands of people — and swept away homes, memories and lives. As it so often does, Catholic Charities is stepping in to help: While reports of the fires raging through Southern California are making today’s headlines, they are also making tomorrow’s headaches for those directly affected by…
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