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July 30, 2011

Father James Martin slideshow and audio

When it comes to priests, they don’t make them much cooler than Jesuit Father James Martin of America Magazine. He’s become famous for his appearances on The Colbert Report with comedian Stephen Colbert and his books, My Life with the Saints and A Jesuit Guide To (Almost) Everything. Colbert, a catechist at his home parish,...
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July 27, 2011

Archbishop Sambi, papal nuncio, dies July 27 at age 73

UPDATE, July 28: Catholic News Service reports that Archbishop Pietro Sambi passed away July 27, apparently from complications from lung surgery three weeks ago. Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the papal nuncio to the United States, has been placed on assisted ventilation after “delicate lung surgery” according to Catholic News Service. The Baltimore Sun reported today that...
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July 27, 2011

Sick Vietnamese priest returned to prison for anti-government writings

BANGKOK – An ailing priest who is one of Vietnam’s most well-known democracy activists has been returned to prison, more than a year after he was sent home to seek treatment for a brain tumor, a prison official said.
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July 25, 2011

Father Austin Murphy breaks it down, Potter-style

This is just too cool not to share. Father Austin Murphy, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, delivered this homily to young people attending the High School Leadership Institute. Few priests can weave messages of Harry Potter and Jesus so effortlessly.
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July 21, 2011

Pope will have busy schedule during September trip to Germany

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will address the German parliament, meet with Jewish and Muslim groups, hold a prayer vigil with youths and celebrate Mass in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium during his Sept. 22-25 visit to his homeland.
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July 19, 2011

Let’s go to the tapes

This week’s Catholic Review will feature a special report on how the practice of the faith has developed in Poland since the collapse of Communism.  You can read the story online here. Below are some video reports I put together while I was in Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary in late May and early...
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July 15, 2011

Turkey Bowl’s 2011 edition moving from M&T Bank Stadium to Towson University

Nothing says football in Baltimore more than Johnny Unitas or the Turkey Bowl. Now, at least for one year, the two will be linked.
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July 15, 2011

German court upholds conviction of Holocaust-denying bishop

BERLIN – A German appeals court has upheld the conviction of a traditionalist bishop for denying the Holocaust.
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July 14, 2011

Procession, proclamation of the Gospel

Q. In many churches I have noticed that the Book of the Gospels is carried in procession and placed on the altar. Is this something new and who should do it? And what do we say and do after the Gospel reading is introduced?
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July 14, 2011

The end of Harry Potter

So starting tonight, “it all ends here.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 arrives in theaters at midnight. When I first started this blog, I had a bunch of Harry content, including an interview with author Nancy Brown about the series and Catholicism. It’s amazing how quickly those nine months went by and...
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July 13, 2011

Decriminalizing polygamy is no laughing matter

Jonathan Turley (From Turley blog) Some people laugh when they hear New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan and others suggest that the decriminalization of polygamy might be the next big fight in the ongoing battle to defend marriage. Here’s a story to wipe the smiles off their faces. Jonathan Turley, a law professor at George Washington...
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July 12, 2011

Belfast bishop urges Catholics, Protestants to show restraint

BELFAST, Northern Ireland – The bishop of Belfast appealed for Catholic and Protestant residents to prove to the world they can live together in peace after fresh sectarian violence flared during the region’s contentious Protestant marching season.
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