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Over the years, countless people have taken oaths on the Fourth of July to become American citizens — and it turns out more than a few of them have been Catholic priests: Growing up in Ireland, Father Frank McNamee always saw America as a symbol of freedom, he said. The pastor of St. Peter Chanel…

Here’s something to warm the heart of Al Gore (and hopefully, not warm the rest of the planet.) The Vatican is taking steps to become the first entirely carbon neutral sovreign state in the world: In a brief July 5 ceremony, the Vatican declared that it had accepted a proposal to create a new Vatican…

Yesterday, I noted a Catholic connection to Lady Bird Johnson: her daughter’s grand wedding at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. But it seems there was more to it than that. A family friend was at Lady Bird’s bedside when she died. A friend who happens to be a priest: Paulist Father Robert Scott was…

I was struck by this thoughtful piece from the Los Angeles Times (by one of their senior editorial writers, no less) which asked whether it was possible to bring mystery to liturgy without resorting to Latin. The author says yes, and then explains: I recently attended Sunday Mass at a church in Hollywood at which…
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