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March 2011

March 08, 2011

Teamwork

Now here's a picture that's really worth a thousand words ... or more. Caption: Charles...

March 07, 2011

Living together, falling apart

Why don't more couples who live together stay together? Marcel over at Aggie Catholics offers...

March 07, 2011

"The Keyser Soze" of evangelists

Pardon the absence of an umlaut. I'm not sure how to add one. But I...

March 07, 2011

“The Keyser Soze” of evangelists

Pardon the absence of an umlaut. I’m not sure how to add one. But I...

March 03, 2011

Battling Satan with…joy?

The joyful Fr. Dwight Longenecker takes a look at doing battle with evil in a...

March 03, 2011

Battling Satan with…joy?

The joyful Fr. Dwight Longenecker takes a look at doing battle with evil in a...

March 02, 2011

Have you prayed for the souls in purgatory lately?

Good question. We have a tendency, I think, to forget -- and to worry, instead,...

March 02, 2011

My week without TV

What happens when the cable box goes? I talk about that in this week's "All...

March 01, 2011

A modest proposal. But don't hold your breath.

How about greater involvement from lay people in the Church? The editors at America explain:...

February 2011

February 28, 2011

Required reading: this should hit you like a splash of cold water

The wondrously gifted Heather King writes about why she avoids both the Catholic Left, and...

February 26, 2011

How's the Latin mass being received these days?

Nearly four years after the motu proprio that made possible greater access to the Latin...

February 25, 2011

I'm surprised that the meeting lasted that long

Glenn Beck recently sat down with Billy Graham for three hours. The result? “I spoke...

February 25, 2011

This video will just knock you out. Really.

A friend posted this on his Facebook page, and I'm so glad I was able...

February 25, 2011

"The Church more than ever needs saints and prophets"

"Faith is not about establishment. It is about taking the risk of abandoning one’s own...

February 24, 2011

Best opening paragraph of the week

Maybe, the month. Check it out: In his concise, elegant book, Jesus and the Jewish...

February 24, 2011

Quote of the day: on suffering

"Where would I be today without my crosses? What knowledge and wisdom would I lack...

February 23, 2011

What Catholics don’t know

That’s the notion I’m chewing on this week over in my column, “All Things New.”...

February 23, 2011

What Catholics don't know

That's the notion I'm chewing on this week over in my column, "All Things New."...

February 22, 2011

What's the big deal about shared communion?

Elizabeth Scalia, with an eye on what just happened in California, offers a perfect answer:...

February 20, 2011

Report: priest "concelebrated" mass with Protestant minister

It reportedly happened last weekend, in California. Details: Some parishioners at St. Norbert’s Church in...

February 16, 2011

Behold: "All Things New"

I was away most of the day -- down in Trenton for a funeral --...

February 16, 2011

"Personally, I'm appalled"

That's one blogger's response to this post about a priest who used one of my...

February 14, 2011

Shoot: county mandates no cursing for Valentine's Day

Well, dang. Can something like that actually work? The New York Times investigates: It’s shaping...

February 11, 2011

Coincidence?

This, of course, is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes. And it is also...

February 11, 2011

Deacons in NCR

The National Catholic Reporter has just published a special section devoted to deacons, and Your...

February 10, 2011

That iPhone confession app: it's not just for Catholics

Protestants can benefit from it, too, according to an author and philosophy professor: Like most...

February 10, 2011

A Catholic priest, 1890

The Brooklyn Eagle offered a glimpse into the life of a Catholic priest in its...

February 08, 2011

Will the new missal really make the mass more reverent?

Probably not, according to Fr. Dwight Longenecker -- and he makes some good points: Mass...

February 06, 2011

Holy enrollers: boomers causing a boom at divinity schools

More of those over 50 are embarking on a second career — in religion. Details,...

February 06, 2011

Holy enrollers: boomers causing a boom at divinity schools

More of those over 50 are embarking on a second career -- in religion. Details,...