Woman Stops Robbery By Preaching Jesus...
Fisherman catches rarely-seen alligator 'feeding frenzy' on video...
Goodbye, Old Legion. All the Powers of the New General...
As the pope's delegate, Archbishop De Paolis has full authority over everything and everyone. For Corcuera, Garza, and the other heads of the congregation founded by Marcial Maciel, the end is in sight. But they're still resisting.
Offbeat: Was Pope Pius XII a closet Yankees fan?
This was sent in to me by a reader this week and it seemed too fantastic not to be true: My father was in a private audience with Pope Pius XII. He asked where my father was from (New York City) and the Holy Father then asked: "how are the Yankees doing?" I don't know, but it looks like the Holy Father's (holy) hands could throw a mean slider!
Anne Rice: "I quit being a Christian"...
Shock: Baby Boy Drowns During Baptism Ceremony in Moldova...
What does Heaven Cost? A Meditation on the "Curse" of Affluence...
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It May be Friday, But Sunday's Coming...
Anne Rice Quits Christianity...
Is It Possible that St. Paul Was a "Poor Preacher?" A Brief Meditation on Superficiality...
Sneak Peak At There Be Dragons Movie Trailer...
It's a Deal: Backpacks for $0 from Staples...
QUAERITUR: birettiquette, revisited...
Spirituality: Feast of Saint Martha...
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John the Baptist in Bulgaria?
Maybe, according to local news reports: Parts of St. John the Baptist's relics might have been discovered during archaeological excavations in Bulgaria's southern Black Sea town of Sozopol, report Bulgarian media. Archaeologists investigating the Sv. Ivan (St...
"To Serve, and Not to Be Served"...
Here below, as prepared for delivery, the ordination remarks of Bishop David O'Connell CM, coadjutor of Trenton: I have been thinking a great deal in recent months about the role and ministry of bishops in the Church. You might think, sitting here in the Cathedral today in the midst of this beautifully moving ceremony...
A Kenyan lesson in faith, politics, and the Christian future...
Next Wednesday, Kenyans head to the polls to vote on a new national constitution. It's intended to ease the political and tribal tensions which erupted in violence in early 2008, leaving more than 1,000 Kenyans dead and some 300,000 displaced. The referendum is being closely followed all across Africa...
Singing nuns get death threats...
A Cautionary Tale: Augustine, Aquinas, and Anne Rice...
Did you hear the one about how Archbishop Burke was "promoted out" of the US?
St. Martha: pulling apart a painting...
Homosexuality is a disorder, former Vatican prefect emphasizes...
An Important Announcement from Ignatius Press...
The Delusion of the Familiar...
The disgrace of EWTN's "The World Over"...
Every biblical quotation from Greek and Latin Church Fathers...
