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August 2013

August 05, 2013

Want to listen to the Bible? There’s an app for that.

CNS throws a spotlight on an intriguing (and free) audio app: The gentle lilt of...

August 05, 2013

Want to listen to the Bible? There’s an app for that.

CNS throws a spotlight on an intriguing (and free) audio app: The gentle lilt of...

July 2013

July 28, 2013

From the UK on WYD: “Pilgrims from Brooklyn Can Be Proud of Their Bishop!”

That's the excited headline on a blog post sent to me from a reader, who...

July 28, 2013

John Allen on “What We Learned About the Pope in Brazil”

He filed this for the CNN Beliefs blog: Francis was elected at 76, so he...

July 23, 2013

“Mend a Quarrel:” A Message of Mercy We Need to Hear

Over at the CNEWA blog, (where I toil as part of my day job) there's...

July 19, 2013

New Website Offers Updates on Thomas Peters

I knew this was in the works, and my blog neighbor Lisa Hendey got the...

July 17, 2013

Vatican Grants Indulgences for Following the Pope on Twitter—UPDATED

Details: In an effort to lure the shrinking flock of young Roman Catholics to a...

July 17, 2013

Prayers for Thomas Peters—UPDATED

The young blogger (and son of longtime Bench friend, canon lawyer Ed Peters) was seriously...

June 2013

June 25, 2013

Stuff I Did in Denver

As you may recall, I spent most of last week at the 2013 Catholic Media...

June 25, 2013

A Deacon Writes of His Own Conversion: “What a Difference a Habit Can Make”

Fr. Dwight Longenecker has invited Deacon Richard Ballard as a guest blogger this week over...

June 04, 2013

“I think I owe some apologies…”

Mark Shea strikes a poignant tone of contrition and humility in this morning's post. Listen...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

My American Idol

It’s a weird thing to do, but I have to start this post on the...

May 31, 2013

Meet a Pro-Life Democrat: Patheos’ Rebecca Hamilton Profiled by CNS

Behold: Oklahoma State Rep. Rebecca Hamilton sees no conflict between her pro-life views as a Catholic...

May 29, 2013

“A Light That Is Well Placed Does Not Repel Others…”

There's been a lot of buzz lately about Strange Gods, the first book by our...

May 29, 2013

“My Heroes Were Visiting Missionaries…”

That's how Msgr. John E. Kozar, president of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA)...

May 04, 2013

One reason why Heather King is my hero

For thoughts like this: I don't read most Catholic blogs for the same reason I...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

A teachable moment from Cardinal Dolan: “All are welcome!”

The cardinal, on his blog, explains: It was a lesson I began to learn when...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Archbishop Celli on the media and the new pope

From the Vatican: The President of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria...

March 18, 2013

Pope Francis sends out first tweet: “Pray for me”

It isn't every day that you encounter these kinds of stats on Twitter: 1 TWEET....

March 15, 2013

“Pope Francis’ style will make work harder for journalists…”

From Sister Mary Ann Walsh with the USCCB in Rome: Pope Francis’ style will make...

March 14, 2013

Memo to priests: there’s a new guy to mention at Mass

My blog neighbor and brother in Holy Orders, Fr. Mike Duffy, takes note (and uses...

March 12, 2013

From Cardinal Dolan: “Arrivederci!”

His final blog post before the conclave: I hope the conclave will not go on...

March 11, 2013

How the media transformed the papacy

Courtesy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, blogging from Rome for the USCCB: Jesuit Father Norman Tanner...

March 08, 2013

What have the cardinals been doing? One of them explains.

From New York's blogging cardinal archbishop, Timothy Dolan: Every day we each begin with the...

March 06, 2013

Gag order imposed on cardinals

From the indispensable John Thavis: U.S. cardinals abruptly canceled their planned briefing today, and no...

March 04, 2013

Rocco balks: “Whispers” writer scraps plans to go to Rome

The latest on the uber-blogger, from Poynter: During an interview this weekend with Philadelphia Inquirer...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Cardinal Roger Mahony, Suffering Servant

Seriously? Mark Shea drew my attention to the cardinal's blog post yesterday, in which the archbishop...

February 19, 2013

A hearty “Welcome” to another piece of furniture!

The Bench is pleased to welcome The Couch—and Greg the Deacon welcomes Greg the Doctor,...

February 15, 2013

The Vatican confronts the digital age

Is the changing media landscape becoming a growing problem for the church? One writer thinks...

February 08, 2013

Leo Burnett ad agency travels to Spain to have new website blessed

This may be a first. The Brussels office of one of the largest and most...