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In NYC, 6 of the 15 schools slated for closing will remain open

In Dallas:   The pastor of Dallas’ Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe suddenly left his high-profile post this week, stunning staff members and leaving fellow clergymen in the dark. Catholic Bishop Charles Grahmann has tightly guarded news about the Rev. Ramon Alvarez’s departure, which the priest disclosed to some church staff Monday. By…

Here’s a story in Canada’s National Post about the priest who established his own church and was excommunicated Note the lede: This is a story about two men, co-workers in a large international organization, who have each decided to stand by their principles and suffer the ensuing fallout. One man, 56, has lost his job,…

John Allen’s Word from Rome is posted Much about Holy Week: Asked endlessly during the same arc of time to comment for the global press on who the pope is and what he’s doing, I was sometimes tempted to respond, "This isn’t Kim Jong-Il … just listen!" A summary of what Cardinal Martini said in…

You turn on Catholic radio and hear the host of the show that’s on is reading a very loooooong passage from one of your books. Last chapter of De-coding, in fact. And all you can think is, "Boy, I need to write shorter sentences….." And you know, I tell my kids to do that all…

Here’s her Da Vinci Code rant, posted in one convenient place: As I said, I was one of the folks in the pews recently at a DVC event at a local Evangelical church. The funniest part of the night (and scariest…but if you don’t laugh that only leaves screaming as an appropriate response) came after…

Fr. Wauck, an Opus Dei priest in Rome, was walking about, and saw something startling. I’m thinking…I suppose this is via the company doing the restoration work. I’m thinking, this took a lot of effort to do (the entire scrim is designed to look like the facade with the poster over it)…is anyone in charge…

The Roaming Roman, that is – she’s got more Triduum Holy Week liturgy photos and comments up, as well as photos of a daytrip to Loreto. And then there’s this: We spent most of our waiting time before Mass designing the "perfect" card (well, perfect considering we had only sketch paper and 8 colored pens…

A couple from the Orange Diocese go public with a lengthy letter of questions and , to say the least, concerns.

Faithful reader Julia was inspired by the 15th Station to send along a link to something I had no idea existed – the Precious Moments…what? Compound? located in Missouri. Highlight is a chapel – if you go to the site (photos are in flash format, so I can’t grab) – you’ll see folks in there…

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