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This bit of news slipped under the wire over the weekend, but it’s worth noting: A Long Island priest with close ties to Rudy Giuliani has been cleared of allegations he molested a teenager in 1975, church officials said Saturday. Msgr. Alan Placa was the Diocese of Rockville Centre’s pointman on sexual abuse until 2002,…

It’s great to give a deacon some props — so I’m pleased to give a shout-out to a deacon in Atlanta who is doing some remarkable work with immigrants there: As metro Atlanta continues to grow and expand culturally, the face of the Catholic Church in the local archdiocese is changing as well. The Catholic…

And beg for mercy. This is just…I mean, it’s…I, er… Words fail. Just watch for yourself.

And, I have to say: it’s pretty funny.

The Massachusetts deacon whose miraculous healing is clearing the way for Cardinal Newman’s beatification met with Tony Blair’s wife Cherie last month — and now he wishes he hadn’t: Cherie Blair has received a humiliating snub from a leading Roman Catholic in the U.S. Jack Sullivan – the man the Church of Rome believes was…

While most of the press coverage has been devoted to Episcopalians eager to leave the Anglican Communion, New Jersey has at least one church this is probably going to stay put: For five years, members of Saint Anthony of Padua in Hackensack, a church in the liberal Episcopal Diocese of Newark, have sought spiritual guidance…

PRAYER TO ST. NICHOLAS OF MYRA O Saint Nicholas, bountiful Father and special Patron of our Byzantine Catholic Church. You are a shepherd and teacher to all who invoke your protection, and who, by devout prayer, call upon you for aid. Hasten and save the flock of Christ from ravenous wolves; and by your holy…

…and it’s a-jumpin’, as this ad from France reminds us.  It is, in ever sense, cool. Duck!

Over Thanksgiving, my wife and I traveled down to Maryland to spend time with my in-laws. And while we were there, I met a remarkable young man, Jacob Francis Keller. He is a doctor, a lawyer, a philosopher, an engineer and a poet. He is also an adventurer, and a visionary, and an artist and…

After the storm kicked up by her controversial nude ad (with a cross) for PETA, Playboy model Joanna Krupa has given an interview to TV Guide, defending the pose: TVGuide.com:Who came up with the idea for the PETA ad? Why the Catholic theme? Joanna Krupa: When PETA approached me to do an ad again, my…
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