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August 2011

August 20, 2011

"These news media don't provide trustworthy information about religious faith…"

“In the United States, our battles over abortion, family life, same-sex ‘marriage,’ and other sensitive...

August 17, 2011

New problems surface for Michael Voris and RealCatholicTV — UPDATE

Weeks after making headlines over his appearance at World Youth Day, Michael Voris of RealCatholic...

August 13, 2011

Just what summer needs: more hot air

My appearance today on "Word to Life" has now been preserved for posterity. God help...

August 12, 2011

The Dominican and the deacon

I survived my hour on the Catholic Channel this afternoon, and here's the photographic evidence:...

August 12, 2011

Bus ad of the day

From my old colleagues here. Click to enlarge. Spotted last night in Forest Hills, Queens.

August 12, 2011

This just in …

I'll be dropping by the studios of Sirius Radio later today to appear on The...

August 11, 2011

Why is St. Clare the patron saint of television?

People ask me that question all the time, and Taylor Marshall offers the answer on...

August 10, 2011

Justin and Jesus, or "Leave It To Bieber"

I confess: I missed the Teen Choice Awards Sunday. But an author working on a...

August 09, 2011

Meet iPadre, the priest behind the iBreviary

He's Father Paolo Padrini, and he's got a few other ideas up his clerical shirt...

August 06, 2011

A Catholic sitcom? Seriously?

Seriously. Those wily folks at Catholic TV in Boston have just taped one. The Georgia...

August 02, 2011

Time capsule from 1981: imagine reading your newspaper on your computer!

Could you imagine such a thing? Check out this report from KRON 30 years ago.

July 2011

July 30, 2011

World Youth Day? There's an app for that

And the Vatican announced it yesterday. Details: Pilgrims at next month's Catholic World Youth Day...

July 27, 2011

RIP John Chervokas, "squeezable" Catholic

The man who came up with the idea to tell the world "Please don't squeeze...

July 27, 2011

Voris on WYD: "We prefer to rely on the higher authority of Our Lord…" — UPDATED

After the organizers of World Youth Day put out a statement Monday disavowing any connection with...

July 24, 2011

Tweeting at funerals?

Last week, Bishop Christopher Coyne of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis had a few things to...

July 21, 2011

Happy Birthday, Marshall McLuhan

Today would have been the trailblazing media analyst's 100th birthday. Fr. Raymond de Souza takes...

July 19, 2011

Laura Ingraham: baptismal cross stolen at airport

The conservative talk show host converted to Catholicism nearly a decade ago -- and a...

July 12, 2011

RIP, Sherwood Schwartz

The man who cast a long shadow over 1960s television -- creating "Gilligan's Island" and...

July 08, 2011

The reality TV that wasn't: how CBS faked the Fourth

What you see below never happened. Read all about it: Those who watched Boston’s revered...

July 08, 2011

How is the New York Times like the Catholic Church?

Departing Executive Editor of the paper Bill Keller -- who was raised Catholic -- has...

July 02, 2011

Pics from Pittsburgh

I know you all have been breathlessly awaiting pictures from the Catholic Media Convention last...

July 01, 2011

How to make TV a source of happiness

For some unapologetic couch potatoes, that's a little like saying "How to make beer a...

June 2011

June 28, 2011

"Papa's got an iPad and Twitter account — he's not gonna get any work done now!"

That's how Elizabeth Scalia celebrated the historic moment, captured in the photograph below. The pope...

June 28, 2011

A miracle for Fr. Peyton?

Maybe. With so much bad news flowing out of Catholic Albany, New York these days,...

June 27, 2011

The John Jay Report: what critics and the press got wrong

And there was evidently a lot they got wrong, according to the lead researcher of...

June 26, 2011

RIP, Nick Charles

The trailblazing CNN sports anchor died yesterday after a long bout with cancer -- just...

June 25, 2011

Kudos! — UPDATED

"These are untold stories, rich with the sort of confluence of religion, history, culture and...

June 24, 2011

Conventional wisdom

Well, actually, I have no wisdom. But I have pens. Every booth here is giving...

June 22, 2011

Hittin' the trail

I'm headed to Pittsburgh this morning for this little event. Blogging may be spotty, but...

June 21, 2011

Want to elect a pro-abortion pope?

Now you can, via the weird new Facebook game, "Vatican Wars." It's "Farmville" for the...