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…very often is a woman. From National Catholic Reporter’s John Allen: When talk turns to “women in the church,” the normal association in the public mind is with debates over the ordination of women to the priesthood. Because there’s been no movement on that front, the tendency is often to assume the “women’s question” is…

From St. Louis, Missouri comes this unusual story of a priest and his pooch: Our Lady of the Holy Cross Catholic Church got a new priest last summer, the Rev. Don Buhr. With Buhr came Elijah, also known in this North Side parish as the Church Dog. Elijah is a Labrador and border collie mix…

And now for something a little different: a former Lutheran minister who is now a Catholic priest — in the Eastern Rite. From the Catholic Anchor: A former Lutheran pastor from Northern Michigan now heads St. Nicholas of Myra Byzantine Catholic Church in Anchorage. On Oct. 31, Father James Barrand, 52, succeeded just-retired pastor Father…

A friend alerted me to a snazzy new website in Pittsburgh, devoted to vocations. It’s PGHPriest.com — and it’s tagline, aimed squarely at local football fans, says it all: “In a city that bleeds black and gold, we need champions to wear the black and white.” Amen! Visit the PGHPriest link for more. 
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