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May 2012

May 14, 2012

Judging a bookstore by its covers

My blog neighbor Nancy French visited a bookstore in Tennessee the other day and got...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

On Medjugorje

Now that Mark Shea has weighed in on this peculiar screed -- wherein, it seems,...

April 12, 2012

Another priest’s thoughts on blessing kids in the communion line

"Every now and then, some hand-wringing liberal sob sister will try to argue that Jesus...

April 03, 2012

“Behold the man”

From Elizabeth Scalia at First Things: My intention with this column was to share some...

March 2012

March 14, 2012

Boom: the astonishing growth of the Catholic Church in Texas

Who else but Rocco could put it all together? Take a look: Catholics -- their...

March 13, 2012

March Madness, Presidential edition

Over at her elegantly-named blog "Egregious Twaddle," plucky Joanne McPortland pens a letter to the...

March 06, 2012

“The dominant Catholic narrative of our time is not decline, but astronomic growth”

John Allen is offering this week "three myths about the Church to give up for...

February 2012

February 27, 2012

“How can we deacons best serve the common good of all peoples?”

"I have the sense that we Catholics, this Lent, have some serious soul-searching to do...

February 20, 2012

A must-read for this President’s Day

A huge h/t to The Anchoress for bringing this to my attention. It drives home,...

February 20, 2012

Cardinal Dolan: “I’ll return home a cardinal, but I’m still a sinner”

New York's new cardinal shared some thoughts on his new title in an exclusive column...

February 16, 2012

Introducing “Conciliaria”

This is truly something remarkable -- and well worth a visit. My brother deacon Eric...

February 06, 2012

OMG! J-Lo is here and blogging!

Sorry. My mistake. It's K-Lo. I really should have my eyes checked. Anyway: she's better...

February 04, 2012

Counterpunch: the USCCB answers the White House defense of HHS ruling

Over at the USCCB website, they've posted the following statement, in response to a White...

February 02, 2012

Sin, in a nutshell

Makes sense to me. From Black, White and Gray:

January 2012

January 31, 2012

“Now is the time for all good Catholics to come to the aid of providers…”

"Now is the time for all good Catholics to come to the aid of providers—the...

January 30, 2012

News from the boiler room

Think it's easy shoveling out all this blog stuff every day? Ha! My Boss, Elizabeth...

January 26, 2012

Memories of Sister Mercedes in Manhattan

From the Nostalgia File: writer and storyteller Thomas R. Pryor in today's New York Times...

January 25, 2012

The Bark Side: how’d they do that?

That ad of dogs barking the "Star Wars" Imperial March has caused a sensation on...

January 21, 2012

On Mass with a deacon

Over at Catholic Sensibility, blogger Todd Flowerday is walking through the GIRM and has come...

January 19, 2012

More on Michael Voris and “safeguarding ‘Catholicity'”

From canon lawyer Ed Peters, one month into the Michael Voris/RealCatholicTV/Archdiocese of Detroit standoff: Canon...

January 17, 2012

What are you praying for next year?

This year is only a few days old, but Pope Benedict has already posted his...

January 16, 2012

Martin Luther King Jr.: “Love your enemies…love has redemptive power”

"Now there is a final reason I think that Jesus says, "Love your enemies." It...

January 12, 2012

Dismissing — and dissing — bishops

Wherein Msgr. Charles Pope, from the Archdiocese of Washington, vents: I am well aware of...

January 08, 2012

“Christ is bathed in light…”

"Christ is bathed in light; let us also be bathed in light. Christ is baptized;...

January 06, 2012

A former Anglican’s journey: “We look forward in faith”

A priest from the Archdiocese of Washington and FOB (Friend of the Bench), Fr. R....

January 05, 2012

I’d like to thank the Academy…

Actually, I'd like to just thank Marcel LeJeune, the wizard who runs the Aggie Catholics...

January 04, 2012

Michael Voris, RealCatholic TV, and canon law

Canon lawyer Ed Peters has weighed in on the problems between Michael Voris' Real Catholic...

January 02, 2012

“Work more and better”: Woody Guthrie’s new year’s resolutions

From 70 years ago: 1942. Via Lists of Note. See a larger version here.

December 2011

December 29, 2011

“The joy of quiet”

Who doesn't crave that, especially this time of year? It turns out, we not only...

December 21, 2011

The Christian connection to Hanukkah

Tony Spence over at the CNS blog draws our attention to this intriguing piece in...