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April 2013

April 24, 2013

What Are You Putting Between Yourself and God? Unmasking the Idols in Your Life

Though we modern folk believe we’re much smarter and less gullible than, for example, the...

April 10, 2013

A Sports Champion’s Secret Life Saving Jews During the Italian Holocaust

In Florence, Italy, July 1944, Tour de France champion Gino Bartali faced possible torture and...

April 09, 2013

The 2013 Christopher Award Winners for TV, Film and Books Are…

NEW YORK, April 9, 2013 — A world-renowned singer/songwriter explores the role music played in...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Companions on the Road to God Experience Doubt, Mystery and Redemption Together

So a rationalist and a mystic walk into a bar. Okay, it wasn't a bar;...

March 06, 2013

Heroes, Spies, Nazis and the Pope: A True Story That Reads Like a Spy Novel

"A false prophet of Lucifer." That's how Eugenio Cardinal Pacelli - later to become Pope...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Lord, Please Use Me Today: A Conversation with Tom Peterson

Chances are you’d be furious if a car came crashing through your house because the...

February 07, 2013

A Stigmata-Fearing Young Catholic’s Humorous Search for a Culturally Relevant Faith

When he was a fourth grader at Holy Cross Grammar School in Springfield, Massachusetts, Matt...

February 04, 2013

CNN’s Jake Tapper Talks War, Political Journalism, and the Faith & Selflessness of the U.S. Military

"In the modern media world and the modern American pop culture world, we know the...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

“If God Would Save Them, He Would Serve Heaven Forever” – A WWII Survivor’s Story

A few days ago - January 26, to be precise - World War II survivor...

January 17, 2013

Praying Before Oatmeal: A Catholic Perspective on Food, Self-Image and God with Mary DeTurris Poust

Christopher Closeup Podcast - Guest: Mary DeTurris Poust (This post is part of Mary DeTurris...

December 2012

December 13, 2012

A Review of “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” a Classic Tale of Good, Evil and Moral Courage

I can relate to Bilbo Baggins. He's a quiet, peace-loving hobbit who has no interest...

December 10, 2012

The Director and Stars of “The Hobbit” Share Thoughts on Bravery, Mercy and Tolkien’s Christianity

The new film "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" (opening Dec. 14) has got action and...

November 2012

November 28, 2012

Your Guarantee of Heaven If You Choose It Every Day

Christopher Closeup Podcast - Guest: Dan Lord Joy is one of those qualities in life...

November 11, 2012

The Face of America in the World: A Review of Jake Tapper’s “The Outpost: An Untold Story of American Valor”

Nineteen-year-old Private First Class Brian Moquin Jr. joined the Army after struggling with a heroin...

October 2012

October 25, 2012

The Messy Quest for Meaning: How Doubt, Anxiety, Monks and Mayberry Renewed One Man’s Relationship with God

A debilitating anxiety disorder brought on by a rejection of God during his teenage years...

October 22, 2012

Leading the Individual Into His Own Maturity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer on True Leadership

Dietrich Bonhoeffer - the Lutheran pastor who was martyred during World War II for working...

October 19, 2012

Why Jesus Wept

I'm reading author Colleen Carroll Campbell's upcoming book "My Sisters the Saints: A Spiritual Memoir"...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

God Exchanged My Pain for Purpose: A 21-Year-Old Cancer Survivor’s Wake Up Call to Young People

Twenty-one-year-old singer/songwriter and author Paige Armstrong Omartian knows that life is precious because she almost...

May 2012

May 31, 2012

A Look at the 2012 Christopher Awards

The late CBS broadcaster Charles Kuralt once said, "It does no harm just once in...

May 23, 2012

Literacy, Community, and the Biblioburro

Christopher Closeup Podcast - Guests: 1) Sister Rosemary Dowd, and 2) Monica Brown When author...

May 08, 2012

What Down Syndrome Taught One Mother About Brokenness, Beauty and Perfection

Christopher Closeup podcast - Guest: Amy Julia Becker After her daughter, Penny, was unexpectedly born...

April 2012

April 10, 2012

A Chance Encounter?

The Christophers' Jerry Costello shares the story of one of this year's Christopher Award-winning books:...

March 2012

March 27, 2012

“Jesus Wrecked My Life”

Katie Davis believes that Jesus “wrecked” her life. In her eyes, however, that's a good...