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The prominent Washington museum is hosting an unusual exhibition that will be hitting the road later this year — and it sounds like something every Catholic should try to see. From Catholic San Francisco: A gallery at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington has taken on a mystical quality in the form of an exhibit called…

That is just one part of a remarkable and inspiring address delivered recently by Archbishop Emeritus John R. Quinn from San Francisco. You can read the whole thing at America magazine, but here’s one nugget among many: I was a seminarian when Fulton Sheen was ordained a bishop. I was choir director for the Mass…

My blog neighbor Rod Dreher this morning posted a reflection on the idea of a priest/pastor being a “spiritual father” — a concept, he concedes, that is increasingly elusive: Catholics and Orthodox (at least) have a different relationship with their priest, in that the most important thing he does is dispense the sacraments. Protestants demand…

Here’s something out of the ordinary: a priest who is choosing to step away from priesthood, and being remarkably candid about it: The Rev. Tom Farley looked at packed pews Sunday morning and made a promise. “There is an elephant in the room,” Farley said as Mass began at St. Clare Catholic Church in Southwest…
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