Do You Make Your Husband a Better Father?
The Confessions of the Young Ratzinger...
Four questions about the pope's trip to the UK...
Now that September has arrived, news agencies are beginning to focus in earnest on Pope Benedict XVI's Sept. 16-19 trip to the United Kingdom. I know that because of the phone calls and e-mails I've received from colleagues in Scotland and England in the last few days, seeking a sound-bite for whatever curtain-raising piece they have to do.
When people start by saying "I used to be a devout Catholic"...
Wisconsin diocese investigates alleged Marian apparition...
In search of … THE VORTEX...
I was recently in Kansas City, MO. Denizens of Kansas City and travelers alike take a great risk when moving about in that city. They may fall into… THE VORTEX. No, I am not talking about the guy with the videos. I mean … THE VORTEX.
Stephen Hawking should first consult a young child, then a dictionary, then...
Benedictine monk, and Ignatius Press author, converts to Orthodoxy...
Fr. Gabriel Bunge - Benedictine monk, well-respected patristic scholar, and author of the book Earthen Vessels: The Practice of Personal Prayer According to the Patristic Tradition - was recently received into the Orthodox Church: [Metropolitan] Hilarion also heartily welcomed hieromonk Gabriel (Bunge), who...
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Why We Asked Our Parishioners to Bring Their Cell Phones To Mass...
Behold the nine languages with more than 100 million native speakers...
Wait. Before you click the link and see who they are, try to guess. Jot your guesses down in descending order from most number of speakers to least. See how close you get. As for me, I was surprised by one of them in particular. Genesis 11: And the earth was of one tongue, and of the same speech.
Four Demands of Discipleship: A Meditation on the Gospel of the 23rd Week of the Year...
The Perils of the Pious: How the Devil Can Hijack Holy Practices...
A Vatican lion who defied conservative/liberal labels...
No Abortion Referrals at Newly Acquired Hospital Says Caritas after Meeting with Archdiocese...
Wyoming ranchers oppose Carmelite plans...
Dusting off ‘Creation' and ‘The Last Judgment'
VATICAN CITY — Employees of the Vatican Museums spent more than three weeks this summer dusting the Sistine Chapel. "Our restorers removed an unimaginable quantity of dust and sediment" from the walls and ceiling of the chapel, working at night from mid-July to Aug. 10, Antonio Paolucci, director of the Vatican Museums, told the Vatican newspaper.
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Vatican analyst certain of November consistory...
Pope monitoring Iranian woman sentenced to stoning to death, Vatican says...
Fr Giles Pinnock and Family Becoming Catholic...
Pray to Edith Stein. It couldn't hoit...
"Why They Are Attacking Me." Autobiography of a Pontificate...
The Joy of Administration...
The beginning of a new school year and a return to a typical work routine marks the reappearance of one of our favorite indoor sports - administration. Here I refer to the meetings and memos, the correspondence and consultation, the budgets and ballots that are intrinsic to the life of the Church today.
The chicken or the egg? Creation or... creation?
Video: Did Pro-Lifers first come face to face with the Discovery Channel gunman?
Praying for People We Don't Like...
The lie that Newman was cold and aloof needs to be hit on the head...
Is Catholics in Alliance Kaput?
This blog has had at least a dozen posts on the background and doings of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good over the last couple years, but this may be the last (let's hope). It appears they are out of business. Let's consider the evidence: They've had no blog posts since June 10. They've made no tweets since May 12.
It's Time to Obey Christ and His Command that We Evangelize...
