A missionary priest offers this beautiful glimpse at one part of the priestly life — and bearing witness to a precious sacrament, in two very different settings:   I had been away from Tanzania for one month enjoying a vacation with family at home.  The highlight of the vacation was presiding at the marriage ceremony…

I can’t think of a better way of building up a marriage than starting every day the way this couple does: When most married couples vow to love, honor and cherish each other on their wedding day, that is often the only time they voice those promises aloud. Not so for Dan and Helen Lococo…

You may remember the flap over this story, which reported that Canada’s non-Catholic prime minister had received communion — but instead of consuming it, pocketed the host. Now, a Canadian paper has apologized: The saga of the missing holy host now has a sequel – a confession. A New Brunswick newspaper has issued an apology…

Strange happenings in Austria, where a woman who claims ordination as a Catholic bishop is grabbing the spotlight — and the Body of Christ. Read on: The Sunday worship celebration in the Parish of St. Peter in Linz did not make the excommunicated “Bishop” Christine Mayr-Lumetzberger as happy as she would have wished. Bishop Ludwig…

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