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January 2014

January 14, 2014

Questions to ask before posting to social media—UPDATED

This could serve as a handy companion piece to my Examination of Conscience for the...

January 10, 2014

A Catholic reacts to anti-Catholicism: why Elizabeth Scalia’s response matters

Of all the ink that has been spilled over the appalling anti-Catholic screed by Jamie...

January 06, 2014

A comment about no comments: “The blogosphere shouldn’t be Calvary”

I read with interest, but hardly surprise, NCR's decision to shut down comments on its...

January 06, 2014

NCR suspends comments: “Comments that have appeared in recent days have been vile and demeaning…”

The announcement: National Catholic Reporter suspended the commenting feature of its website, NCRonline.org, effective Monday 10...

January 01, 2014

Turn the other tweet: social media resolutions from Fr. James Martin

Check 'em out: As a user of (pick one) Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Tumblr, Pinterest...

December 2013

December 11, 2013

An Examination of Conscience for the Internet

Since it is Advent, and since this is a time for penitence and penance, and...

December 10, 2013

“What does faith have to do with doing the dishes?”

That's just one of the questions in this uplifting interview by Kathryn Lopez with Fr....

December 09, 2013

Pope Francis calls on faithful to use the internet to offer “real reasons for hope”

Photo: Paul Haring/CNS This story moved over the weekend and may have escaped your attention....

December 02, 2013

An early Christmas present: the return of Bill Ditewig’s blog

After too many months, my good friend Triple D—the legendary Deacon Doctor Ditewig (Bill, to...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

“Welcome! I shed tears of gratitude and joy…”

Nobody captures the essence of Advent better than The Anchoress, God love her: Welcome! Welcome!...

November 23, 2013

Called back: an ex-Mouseketeer’s journey from Paganism back to Christianity

From The New York Times: They’re an august alumni association, the Mouseketeers of “The All...

November 12, 2013

On Archbishop Kurtz: “He’s very deacon-friendly”

Hearing the news this morning about the election of Louisville's Archbishop Joseph Kurtz as USCCB...

November 08, 2013

I’m back! And look who I bumped into!

I'm back from my quick jaunt to Washington, which actually was a quick jaunt to...

November 07, 2013

All aboard!

I'm taking a little train trip: I'm headed to Washington this morning to take part...

October 2013

October 14, 2013

Washington Post: conservative Catholics questioning the pope’s approach

The Washington Post is picking up on a phenomenon some of us have been aware...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

The pope makes his mark in Newark, “the first truly Francis appointment”

And what is happening in Newark may be telling. Rocco has everything you need to...

September 24, 2013

“Half of all Catholics have no idea the Church has any presence at all on the web”

That's the summary that kicks off this report: I read an interesting summary of the...

September 22, 2013

“I walked out of Mass and said, ‘I can’t do this anymore’…”—UPDATED

Writer Mary DeTurris Poust unloads: One of the reasons I cried while reading Pope Francis’...

September 21, 2013

Pope Francis on social communication and “the great digital continent”

The scoop, and text of his remarks today, from Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Saturday...

September 17, 2013

“Don’t curse the dark”

"The more you get involved in the groups that are doing wonderful work in the...

September 14, 2013

“There is a growing tendency to ‘tabloidism’ in the Catholic press…and the worrying phenomenon of blogs”

Some of the remarks from Most Rev. Diarmuid Martin, Archbishop of Dublin, on the New Evangelization: We...

September 05, 2013

USCCB sets up special web page devoted to Syria

Check it out: "Praying for Peace in Syria." This has very good videos and news...

August 2013

August 31, 2013

“If you’re spending all of your time looking for errors, you can begin to forget what the truth looks like”

This gave me a lot to think about, in light of some recent rock-throwing and...

August 30, 2013

Labor pains—UPDATED

Just in time for Labor Day, Michael Voris offers this gift to the workers of...

August 28, 2013

Look who’s talking…

Some New Evangelizers chat about new evangelizing. You may see one or two familiar names....

August 27, 2013

Next time you type an email address, thank a monk

Researchers say monks invented one of the most commonly used internet abbreviations. From Huffington Post: ...

August 19, 2013

I’m going down the shore

Which, of course, means the Jersey Shore. I'll be speaking at a conference in Long...

August 18, 2013

“The Church has not gone down the tubes…”

Thank you, Msgr. Charles Pope, for saying what many need to hear. From his blog: ...

August 10, 2013

Bishop Lynch: “I am convinced that many so called Pro-Life groups are not really pro-life but merely anti-abortion”

Remarkable to read words like this coming from a Catholic bishop in the United States....

August 10, 2013

Bishop Lynch: “I am convinced that many so called Pro-Life groups are not really pro-life but merely anti-abortion”

Remarkable to read words like this coming from a Catholic bishop in the United States....