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July 2013

July 17, 2013

Got Any Spare Change?

Watch what happens when people ask this guy for money.

July 12, 2013

Malala Yousufzai: “Here I Stand, One Girl Among Many…”

The U.N. designated today as "Malala Day," the 16th birthday of the Pakistani girl shot...

July 06, 2013

Virginia Priest Donates Kidney to Save Life of Parishioner

Wow: Bruce McComb says he owes his life to his pastor, Father Jonathan Goertz...

June 2013

June 16, 2013

Inspired by Pope, Boy Donates First Communion Money to Charity

Details from Allentown, PA: A young boy from Lehigh County is practicing what he preaches....

June 13, 2013

Bucket List with a Difference: Dying Wife Leaves Behind Goals for Her Husband After She’s Gone

And it included a trip to Lourdes. Details: When Nicola Murray was told she had...

June 10, 2013

Home Run: Arizona Diamondbacks Draft Paralyzed Outfielder

Over the weekend, news broke that the Arizona Diamondbacks have done something extraordinary: drafting paralyzed Arizona...

June 06, 2013

Joe Marotta on the Sacred Heart

On this day when so many of our hearts are breaking, I thought this reflection...

June 05, 2013

On Choosing a Vocation: “Making Yourself is Different Than Producing a Product…”

A little profundity —and a challenge to the world—from David Brooks, in the New York...

May 2013

May 13, 2013

“Phenomenal”: Officer reunited with suicidal man whose life he saved eight years ago

How's this for a pro-life story? Details: A San Francisco man who almost took his...

May 11, 2013

Must-see video: what is love?

Take three minutes out of your day and be moved beyond words. This beautiful video...

May 08, 2013

Dodgers center fielder Matt Kemp hits a home run without even picking up a bat

From the Los Angeles Times: He had just made the final out in a city...

May 04, 2013

Gratitude: homeless man collects money for Catholic charity that fed him

What a story: An elderly homeless man who has relied on the kindness of strangers...

April 2013

April 25, 2013

The distressing disguise of the poor: “I’m not a bum. I’m a human being”

Meet Ronald Davis, a homeless man from Chicago whose story has suddenly become a...

April 17, 2013

Pat Summerall’s redemption: “Someone had to die for me to live”

Pat Summerall, the sportscasting legend who died yesterday, struggled with alcoholism for much of his...

April 16, 2013

“God knows, too, what it is to lose a loved one in an unjust attack…”

I quoted from this sermon after Sandy Hook, and it's worth reprinting here today. This...

April 15, 2013

The good people of Boston

They were everywhere Monday: the good guys. EMS workers, rescuers, cops, volunteers, runners who completed...

April 03, 2013

Historic: First U.S. teen with Down syndrome reaches Mt. Everest base camp

Awesome: A courageous young man from Oregon made history with the first recorded account of...

April 01, 2013

After Ezra: a must-read story about how a Hindu and Baptist joined the Church at Easter

Honestly, my headline doesn't do justice to this piece. Just drop everything and take the...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Take a deep breath and watch something wonderful

With all the papal craziness—who's up, who's down, who's electable, who's not—here's a welcome palate-cleanser...

January 2013

January 30, 2013

In rare operation, Iraq war vet receives double arm transplant

Brendan Marrocco lost all four limbs in the war, but as he explains in the...

January 29, 2013

The inspiring life of “Super Antonio”: “We are all children, like him”

This is pretty terrific, and deeply moving: a short video about a boy named Antonio...

January 18, 2013

“Sing all the time”

That's the advice given to Lazaro Arbos on "American Idol" the other night -- and...

January 16, 2013

The deeply moving story behind a unique father-daughter dance…in prison

I stumbled on this over at the Patheos Evangelical Channel. Take a few minutes and...

January 08, 2013

“Les Mis”: it’s all about the bishop

There's a lovely remembrance of first encountering "Les Miserables" -- the musical and the book...

January 08, 2013

A “bucket list” for the Year of Faith

A reader in Cincinnati brought this to my attention. It comes from St. Cecilia's Church...

January 07, 2013

Now the work of Christmas begins

Lest we forget: When the song of the angels is stilled, when the star in...

January 06, 2013

One of YouTube’s most famous babies turns 5

A lot of you may remember this video, which has been making the rounds for...

January 01, 2013

The astonishing grace of Dustin Rhodes

Photo: by Paul Kuehnel, York Daily Record/Sunday News Read his story by Teresa McMinn for the...

January 01, 2013

Best Christmas letter. Ever.

This arrived in my e-mail last week, from a former colleague, now retired. It moved...

December 2012

December 31, 2012

New Year’s resolutions for the New Evangelization

Some great ideas from the blogging bishop, Christopher Coyne: As the new year begins, we...