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April 2015

April 11, 2015

We pause here for a word about food during our trip

The word is: incredible. You have to read Max's account of loaves and fishes from...

April 11, 2015

We pause here for a word about food during our trip

The word is: incredible. You have to read Max’s account of loaves and fishes from...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Reconciliation, from the priest’s point of view

Yesterday, I posted about my visit to a church in midtown Manhattan to receive the Sacrament...

March 31, 2015

Reconciliation, from the priest’s point of view

Yesterday, I posted about my visit to a church in midtown Manhattan to receive the...

March 20, 2015

Sidestepping orders from the Vatican, Medjugorje “visionary” hosts “apparition” in private home in Missouri

View image | gettyimages.com Seriously? What part of "No" didn't they understand? From Te Deum...

March 19, 2015

Message for today: Stop whining

“The enemy has taken most of the Church and turned them from prophets into a...

March 04, 2015

Curt Schilling stands up for his daughter—and wins

Tony Rossi has the scoop: Former baseball great Curt Schilling ... tweeted a congratulatory message...

March 04, 2015

“The Anchoress” speaks!

Look who turned up in a Q & A over at America, our own Elizabeth Scalia: ...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

Working wonders together

Of all the remarkable things that take place in this gospel passage, the most significant...

February 04, 2015

How not to preach

That's the provocative—and very accurate—title of an essay in the current issue of America magazine...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Scalia the prophet: “See how these Christians complain to one another”

This essay by Fr. Paul Scalia (son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin) popped up on...

January 27, 2015

Remembering the priests of Dachau—and the roots of the restored diaconate

Dachau entrance, 1945, from National Archives / Wikipedia Lest we forget: Seventy years ago today,...

January 07, 2015

Africa’s “Catholic moment”

From George Weigel via The Pilot: According to an old Vatican aphorism, "We think in...

December 2014

December 30, 2014

When non-Catholics go up for communion

Image: "Communion of the Apostles" by Fra Angelico (1440) via Wikipedia. This is a...

December 11, 2014

“We became the thing we hate”

A stirring and challenging cry of the heart from Mark Shea: Now that the Torture...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

The more things change …

This is remarkable, via The Anchoress, quoting one of my heroes, Thomas Merton: "It has...

October 2014

October 30, 2014

“There are three kinds of Christians that outsiders to the faith respect…”

The Christian writer Philip Yancey has a very good rumination on "preaching without words" over...

October 20, 2014

If you’ve read “Rebuilt,” you’ll want to read this

The book "Rebuilt" has become something of a phenomenon of modern American Catholicism: the story...

October 14, 2014

“Those who love the barque of Peter ought to stay out of the engine room!”

That's Fr. Robert Barron, quoting Cardinal Newman. Fr. Barron today brings to all the hand-wringing...

October 10, 2014

Finding light in darkness: love and endurance in an Iraqi refugee camp

A sister helps Ghanaem Yadago, who is blind, find his way to his room at...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

“The pope’s most important step on sex abuse may come in Kansas City”

From John Allen in Crux: News yesterday that the Vatican is investigating Bishop Robert Finn...

September 19, 2014

“We are called to be a missional church…”

Elizabeth Scalia this morning offers some words of wisdom that strike me as very diaconal...

September 18, 2014

Ladies and gentlemen, Mark Shea sums it all up

The best thing I've read all day: We need to become more fully Catholic, but...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

James Foley reminds us of what we knew all along: prayer matters

Elizabeth Scalia, as usual, nails it: What I have been arguing for in these past...

August 15, 2014

Did you remember to go to Mass today?

A new blogger at Patheos, Tom Zampino, did. (It's a holy day of obligation! Go!)...

August 12, 2014

Anne Lamott on Robin Williams: “Live stories worth telling!”

Here is what writer Anne Lamott posted on her Facebook page today about Robin Williams: Here is...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

What’s up with the Jesuits?

Blogger and teacher Matt Emerson poses the question over at the CNN Belief blog: ...

June 2014

June 25, 2014

Raising Cain: “Why do so many religious people feel they have to attack their brothers in the faith?”

Fr. Dwight Longenecker looks at the phenomenon: One of the most discouraging things about religious...

June 13, 2014

Tony? Is that you?

Fascinating stuff for today, the feast of St. Anthony of Padua: The University of St....

June 10, 2014

CATO: Catholics Addicted to Outrage

Know anybody like this? Diane at Te Deum laudamus! clearly does: Each of us puts...