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June 2014

June 09, 2014

How to be a “Pentecost Church”

Some good advice here, from Rev. Emily Heath of the United Church of Christ: This...

June 03, 2014

A special gift for the priest who has everything

Clerical jammies! This popped up on someone's Facebook feed Tuesday night. On sale for $36.99....

June 01, 2014

What does it mean to kiss a hand?

I won't go into all the plate-shattering and foot-stomping that's been going on over the...

June 01, 2014

Catholic school teacher is also a tattoo artist

From The New York Daily News: She’s good with chalk and ink. This Bensonhurst preschool...

May 2014

May 29, 2014

Dolly Parton’s priest: “Father Jim is the best opening act I’ve ever had”

Now for something completely different. From Richmond, Kentucky: In the three years since it opened,...

May 28, 2014

What we have come to: the drive-thru church

From The Philadelphia Inquirer: Have it your way. No, not your fast-food burger. Your prayer....

May 28, 2014

RIP, Massimo Vignelli—who had a great idea for the pope

The New York Times notes the passing of a legend: Massimo Vignelli, an acclaimed graphic...

May 27, 2014

Christianity resurgent?

One atheist professor's interesting take: The world could see a resurgence of Christianity driven by...

May 27, 2014

Teen birth control? There’s an app for that

An ad spotted on the New York subway this morning:

May 23, 2014

Jackie Kennedy letters to priest withdrawn from auction

An update on a story from last week, via CNS: A Catholic college will no...

May 22, 2014

Tasteless. And, yes, cheesy.

What kinds of souvenirs can you buy at the new September 11 Memorial Museum—built, if...

May 20, 2014

“Nothing is a failure”: Sandra Bullock’s terrific commencement speech

This is an instant classic, delivered last weekend to the kids at Warren Easton charter...

May 15, 2014

Family, church feud over portrait of priest

From The New York Times: The family of Msgr. Patrick J. Garvey, a Catholic priest...

May 13, 2014

Jackie Kennedy’s revealing correspondence with an Irish priest

With the 20th anniversary of her death approaching, suddenly, Jackie O is popping up everywhere....

May 13, 2014

Was Jackie Onassis excommunicated?

Someone is raising that question, and Ed Peters answers it: Any talk of Jackie’s excommunication...

May 12, 2014

Great moments in advertising placement

From a newspaper in Alaska.It doesn't get much worse than this. Read all about it...

May 10, 2014

Satanist petitions to open city meetings with a prayer: “I just want equal billing”

I can't imagine this getting very far, but you never know. Details: On Monday, the U.S....

May 10, 2014

No, this picture isn’t scandalous

Over the past few days, some readers have asked me what I thought of this...

May 09, 2014

April 2014

April 30, 2014

Rent-a-Gent: for the woman who has almost everything

Well, this is different: Now you can have your beefcake and have someone feed it...

April 25, 2014

Cross purposes: an explanation of the Russian Orthodox cross

With events in Ukraine continuing to dominate the headlines, and crosses like the one above...

April 24, 2014

Are chapel veils coming back?

CNS has a very good video looking at the phenomenon of chapel veils coming back...

April 22, 2014

Andrea Bocelli drops by Miami church for Easter Mass

This seems to a regular stop for him. Details: The Zaldivar family got a tip...

April 21, 2014

From death to life: joining a parish gives meaning to men on death row

From CNS: Some of the newest members of Holy Family Parish will never attend Mass...

April 14, 2014

They celebrate Easter…HOW?

In Prague, it seems, everybody wants to wish you a Hoppy Easter. They got an...