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February 2014

February 12, 2014

One of Italy’s hottest bridal salons? A monastery in Cascia

Photo: Nadia Shira Cohen for The New York Times Once again, tough economic times have people...

February 06, 2014

Sold: Pope’s Harley sets record at auction

From the CNS blog: A Harley-Davidson Dyna Super Glide that Pope Francis put up for auction went...

February 05, 2014

Getting ready for Lent? There’s an app for that

Believe it or not, Lent starts just a month from now, on March 5. And...

February 05, 2014

Catholic funeral for Philip Seymour Hoffman

Details: Stars of stage and screen will gather in New York on Friday morning for Philip...

February 04, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman: “My image of Jesus is someone who is exciting…”

A few years ago, when the movie "Doubt" was released, one of the film's technical...

February 03, 2014

Pete Seeger on a park bench, chatting with a Catholic reporter

Hearing about Pete Seeger's death, those shrewd detectives over at CNS went ferreting through their...

February 03, 2014

The schuss of the fisherman: bringing Mass to skiers in upstate New York

Photo: Robert Kirkham / Buffalo News From The Buffalo News: It’s Sunday morning and, beneath...

February 02, 2014

The greatness of Phillip Seymour Hoffman

R.I.P. The 46-year-old actor, arguably one of the finest of his generation, was found dead...

January 2014

January 31, 2014

More terrible news about the Church: record turnout for California Theology on Tap

From Bill Ditewig's blog: Last night, I saw first-hand the “Francis Effect” in action, right...

January 31, 2014

Super Bowl fever: just another day in New York

I found myself this morning in Times Square, which was teeming with pre-Super Bowl festivities....

January 23, 2014

Everybody knows: you don’t eat until you say grace

And that includes our friends in the animal kingdom. Watch.

January 23, 2014

The Golden Year: Retirement community publishes calendar recreating famous movie scenes

Awesome: The Contilia Retirement Group in Essen, Germany has made perhaps the cutest calendar ever...

January 22, 2014

The most amazing paper airplane in the world

Seriously. A Boeing 777 made entirely of manila folders. It's the brainstorm of 22-year-old Luca Iaconi-Stewart,...

January 20, 2014

Delightful. Brilliant. Bizarre. Pick an adjective.

Zach King is creating a whole new art form from six-second Vine videos. This stuff...

January 19, 2014

Flying south

I'll be in scenic Seneca, South Carolina next week, at the kind invitation of Fr....

January 19, 2014

“That all may be one”

Deacon Bill Ditewig reminds us that we are beginning the International Week of Prayer for...

January 16, 2014

Thomas Peters, six months on

For those who have been following his story, and remembering him in prayer, an update:...

January 15, 2014

Turns out, “The Flintstones” got it right

Well, sort of. Details: An ancestor of humans -- albeit one that is at the...

January 14, 2014

No, this is not a headline from The Onion

Oh, Canada: Halifax considers doorknob ban on new homes

January 13, 2014

What can you do when your church service starts the same time as the kickoff for the big game?

Well, now here's something different. (H/T to the great photog Greg Shemitz, who sent this...

January 11, 2014

Great moments in government: tax dollars funding research into custom-fitted condoms

Your tax dollars at work. Details: The federal government is stretching your tax dollars —...

January 09, 2014

There goes my diet: ladies and gentlemen, the Crogel

A freak of nature: this is a blending of a croissant and a bagel. Paris...

January 09, 2014

Seven years ago today, everything changed

Do you remember where you were? Neither do I. But what happened then has dramatically...

January 06, 2014

Atheist “church” reports split

Seems the world's hottest atheist "church" is now in schism. Details: The Sunday Assembly was...

January 02, 2014

Snow

Went downstairs tonight to look out the front window of our building. Here is what...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Meet a Muslim living with Mormons and attending a Catholic high school

Photo: Bob Brawdy/Tri-City Herald Details from the Tri-City Herald in Washington state: A Muslim exchange...

December 29, 2013

Priest gets a shock when he takes painting on “Antiques Roadshow”

Check the pictures hanging in your rectory, guys. You never know. Details: A portrait bought...

December 25, 2013

“The people who challenged my atheism most were drug addicts and prostitutes…”

A man who made a nice living on Wall Street, and prided himself on his...

December 25, 2013

A home of their own: a mini McMansion for the masses?

Visiting Maryland for a few days, I stumbled on this unusual story in a local...

December 24, 2013

CDF: SSPX in schism

From Catholic Culture: The leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) are...