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March 2015

March 31, 2015

Just published: the pope’s daily homilies

A perfect Easter gift: Each morning when Pope Francis celebrates Mass he offers a short...

March 18, 2015

After bookstore pulls “Fifty Shades of Grey,” Catholic college has it returned to the shelves

It happened last week at Boston College. The explanation, via The Boston Globe: BC spokesman Jack...

March 06, 2015

Octavia Spencer from “The Help” to star as God in “The Shack”

Yes, they're making a movie from the best-selling book. Variety has the scoop: Octavia Spencer...

March 06, 2015

John Allen: “Mercy is the spiritual bedrock of this papacy”

Crux has just published the introduction to a new book by John Allen, "The Francis...

February 2015

February 03, 2015

This is huge: another novel by Harper Lee to be published

Readers rejoice! From AP: "To Kill a Mockingbird" will not be Harper Lee's only...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Pat McNamara talks about “New York Catholics”

NCR has interviewed author (and Patheos blogger) Pat McNamara about his new book "New York...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

Flannery O’Connor added to American Poet’s Corner at Episcopal cathedral

Details: The writer Flannery O'Connor was inducted into The American Poet's Corner at the Cathedral of St....

September 2014

September 16, 2014

Together at last: Jimmy Fallon, Thomas Merton and me

I'm pleased to report that my blog neighbor (and fellow Queens resident) Pat McNamara has...

September 08, 2014

Was Jesus more like Jon Stewart? Those parables may not be what you thought

From The Boston Globe comes this intriguing interview with Amy-Jill Levine, a New Testament scholar...

September 01, 2014

For church geeks: Liturgy of the Hours for Kindle Paperwhite

If you've been itching for an edition of these prayers for your e-reader, the wait...

August 2014

August 25, 2014

All about Eve: Eve Tushnet talks about being “Gay and Catholic”

Recently, my blog neighbor Eve Tushnet got the Salai Treatment (being interviewed by Sean Salai, S.J.) in America...

July 2014

July 26, 2014

A new Catholic Bible? Check out “The Message”

Those of us who grew up with the "Good News for Modern Man" in the...

May 2014

May 13, 2014

Vatican responds to “Exorcist” author on Georgetown: “Your communications constitute a well-founded complaint”

From The Washington Post: The author of the thriller “The Exorcist” says he has new...

March 2014

March 23, 2014

“There is an old guard at the Vatican, and they’ve lost control of the papacy”

Longtime Vatican observer John Thavis, author of the best-selling memoir "The Vatican Diaries," talks with...

December 2013

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....

November 2013

November 21, 2013

Tim Conway, Catholic

The comedy legend has a new book out, and Tony Rossi has a preview: During his high...

November 16, 2013

“What To Do on a Date?”: a fascinating glimpse at the way we were

From The Irish Times: Vintage Values – this is the title given to the just-published collection...

November 06, 2013

Woo hoo! “Hoo-er” is here!

The indefatigable and inexhaustible and relentlessly prolific Elizabeth Scalia has done it again. Dammit. The...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Amazon re-invented the bookstore and how we read; now it’s changing our language

A priest friend on Facebook notes: I was in the 2nd grade teaching them the...

October 16, 2013

Announcing “Naked and You Clothed Me,” a second collection from “Homilists for the Homeless”

Some may remember that last year, Deacon Jim Knipper edited and published a collection of...

October 09, 2013

Whatever happened to the real child in “The Exorcist” case?

Well, this explains a lot: evidently someone once possessed by the devil grew up to...

September 2013

September 27, 2013

Bill O’Reilly, humble servant of God

On "60 Minutes," the FOX News host talks about his new book—published just in time...

September 26, 2013

A former atheist gets it

It's our own Leah Libresco, writing about priests and vestments: When an actor puts on...

September 16, 2013

Roma Downey producing mini series of “The Dovekeepers,” the story of Masada

From the press release: Roma Downey, executive producer and star of the Emmy® nominated, THE...

September 12, 2013

“Bergoglio’s List”: new book details future pope’s secret effort to protect suspected dissidents

From Catholic News Service: While a military-backed dictatorship in Argentina was conducting a clandestine war...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

How life in the slums changed the Pope

A friend passed along a recent issue of The Tablet, the weekly magazine from the...

August 07, 2013

Quote of the day

From Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties...

August 07, 2013

Quote of the day

From Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties...

July 2013

July 07, 2013

Here’s a Different Protagonist for a Thriller: a Deacon

Details: He has worked all over the world, from foreign relations assignments to speech pathology...

June 2013

June 12, 2013

What Are Kids Reading in School?

You might be surprised. From NPR: "Last year, we had more than 8.6 million students...