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April 2013

April 15, 2013

Churches reject sculpture depicting Jesus as homeless

Details: Jesus has been depicted in art as triumphant, gentle or suffering. Now, in a...

April 11, 2013

Making a big stink: man sues his bishop for failing to exorcise flatulent demons

Details: A Romanian lawyer is suing his local Orthodox bishop and four priests claiming they...

April 08, 2013

Chicago’s Fr. Michael Pfleger gives final blessing at Roger Ebert’s funeral

Details: As a standing ovation finally quieted inside Holy Name Cathedral, Chaz Ebert paid the...

April 08, 2013

RIP: Annette Funicello, Catholic

Sad news, with word that the most famous Mouseketeer of all died today after a...

April 07, 2013

Divine Mercy: trust in the original iron man

April 02, 2013

Leap of faith: Russia’s parachuting priests!

Now for something completely different, from CNEWA's blog One-to-One: The Russian military unveiled an unlikely...

April 01, 2013

Jimmy Kimmel, Catholic

And he's planning a wedding for this summer: Jimmy Kimmel will marry his fiancée, Molly McNearney, in...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Why am I Catholic?

Patheos posed the question and asked for a 200-word answer. Okay. I'll keep it simple....

March 27, 2013

What we have come to: “Mourners for hire”

A snapshot of our fractured world in 2013, from the Telegraph: British mourners are renting...

March 22, 2013

Creepy: “Exceptional egg donor needed”

From Melinda Henneberger in the Washington Post: “Exceptional egg donor needed,” said a recent ad...

March 15, 2013

Archbishop Chaput to let girls play CYO football

Details: Archbishop Charles J. Chaput has decided to allow girls to play football in Philadelphia's...

March 10, 2013

Notre Dame announces winner of Laetare Medal

Details: Sr. Susanne Gallagher, Sr. Mary Therese Harrington and Rev. James H. McCarthy, founders of...

March 05, 2013

What did the Joe Flacco do after becoming the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback?

Why, he went to McDonald's, of course: When you’re the Super Bowl Most Valuable Player...

March 02, 2013

The peculiar Catholicism of Roger Ebert

The Pulitzer Prize-winning film critic takes note of recent papal news, waxes nostalgically about his...

February 2013

February 27, 2013

An evangelical confesses: “I’m a wanna-be Catholic”

Charles Redfern spills the beans over at HuffPo: It's time I come clean. I'm an...

February 19, 2013

Historic: photographer Steve McCurry shoots the last roll of Kodachrome film ever produced

I suspect there's a good homily buried in here somewhere. But check this out: photographer...

February 17, 2013

Would you give this man bread?

Periodically, I've posted images here by the great French water color artist, James Tissot. His epic...

February 16, 2013

“Ashes to Go”: Episcopalians take to the streets for Ash Wednesday

An interesting glimpse at how our Episcopalian siblings marked the beginning of Lent—and their foreheads—in...

February 10, 2013

Next time you tap out a phone number, thank John Karlin

He's the wizard who came up with all-number dialing and was the pioneer of the...

February 08, 2013

Firefighters sworn in on an iPad

Check this out: Four Atlantic City, N.J., firemen were promoted to the rank of battalion...

February 08, 2013

Blizzard reminder: if the weather is bad, you can miss Mass—UPDATED

Boston is taking the lead, as the blizzard nears: The Boston Archdiocese is urging parishioners to "use...

February 07, 2013

Watch what this guy paints in 90 seconds

This fellow, D. Westry, is just amazing. Check out this bewildering performance on Anderson...

February 07, 2013

Meeting Paul Harvey

Those who loved the Dodge RAM/Paul Harvey Super Bowl ad — "So God made a...

February 07, 2013

Benedictine artist Father Maur van Doorslaer dies

You have probably seen his work in gift shops or churches and not even realized...

February 07, 2013

Wow: the world’s best “virtuoso” napkin folder

Here's a palate-cleanser for you: a remarkable display of a rarely-appreciated talent, napkin-folding. After seeing...

February 06, 2013

What’s it like going to an atheist church?

The BBC went so we don't have to. Details: An "atheist church" in North London...

February 05, 2013

“Butterfly Kisses” and a father-daughter dance like no other

This is really something. (H/T to my classmate and diaconal brother, Mike Brainerd). From YouTube,...

February 03, 2013

Shop pulls “Virgin Mary crisps” after complaints

From London: Coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger has withdrawn its 'Virgin Mary' brand...

February 01, 2013

Two buds: check out Budweiser’s sweet Super Bowl ad

And just keep repeating: "Men don't cry. Men don't cry. Men don't cry."

January 2013

January 26, 2013

A growing trend: home funerals

Here's an interesting glimpse into this phenomenon from Jaweed Kaleem at Huffington Post. I suspect...