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A NYtimes piece from a few days ago about Vietnamese-American seminarians and priests At a time when fewer American Catholics are expressing interest in the priesthood, Vietnamese-American men are an anomaly. They are now the second-largest minority ethnic group in seminaries, only slightly behind Hispanics, who account for a far larger percentage of the general…

There’s a heresy trial starting today. In the United States of America. In the Catholic Diocese of San Bernadino. Here’s the story. (Requires registration) The Diocese of San Bernardino today will hold what experts say could be one of the few Roman Catholic heresy trials in U.S. history. The priest on trial refuses to attend…

…there’s a Diocese of Marquette. I saw this in the VIS release, and thought it was a mistake. No, just my ignorance – it’s the UP of Michigan. Well, they have a new bishop! Appointed Fr. Alexander King Sample of the clergy of Marquette, U.S.A., diocesan chancellor, as bishop of the same diocese (area 42,152,…

In the comments in the post below this one, Ian draws our attention to the Christmas letter from the Cardinal Kung Foundation, which minces no words regarding some recent statements from Church officials: Tens of thousands of faithful, priests, bishops and nuns suffered and died in Chinese jails because they refused to denounce the Pope…
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