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Maybe.  Evidence is being gathered to promote the cause for a bishop from Sacramento.   Details, from Scripps Howard:  In October 2007, Sara Sevilla eagerly awaited the test results that could explain why suddenly she had lost her sight. But doctors could only describe the situation as a “phenomenon.”  “They didn’t give us any hope,”…

There’s a growing movement to try and answer that question — and, just maybe, have an impact on abortion laws.    From the Los Angeles Times:  It is one of the enduring questions of religion and science, and lately of American politics: When does a fertilized egg become a person? Abortion foes, tired of a…

A favorite ad, that just seems worth re-visiting right about now.  I love the world. Don’t you?   

Can you believe it’s been 30 years since Pope John Paul celebrated mass in that cornfield in Iowa? (How’s that for a “Field of Dreams”?) People who were there are still talking about it. Read more here.

Incredibly, it’s been almost exactly 30 years since Pope John Paul II made his historic trip to America’s heartland, celebrating mass at a farm in Iowa.  (“We are all farmers,” he said at one point.)   Well, the spirit of that visit, evidently, lives on in those who were there. From the Des Moines Register:  …

I’m not preaching this weekend, so I don’t have a homily to post.  But I can direct you to a superb homilist and writer, Fr. Jim Schmitmeyer, who offers some beautiful and compelling words about this week’s scripture.    Fr. Jim is one of the best preachers out there.  You won’t be disappointed.  

Last year, Indianapolis ordained its very first class of deacons. And you can find out how they’re doing right here.

Last year, I posted on the first class of deacons ever ordained for the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.   One year on, how are they doing?  The archdiocesan paper takes a look:  A little more than one year after their landmark ordination, three members of the first class of permanent deacons in the history of the Archdiocese of…

“Love for Christ and for one’s fellow men and women must be the hallmark of every Christian and every community. In the Acts of the Apostles we read that “the company of those who believed were of one heart and soul” (4:32). Tertullian, an early Church writer, noted that pagans were impressed by the love…

Amazing, indeed. Check out more here.
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