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January 2013

January 25, 2013

More about excommunicating Catholic politicians

I posted on this issue some days back. Now, canon lawyer Ed Peters adds more: ...

January 21, 2013

In the E-mail: “The priest had his finger up his nose…”

A reader writes: Holy hands are not always CLEAN hands. As I have observed men in...

January 21, 2013

Blanco’s poem: a whiff of Whitman at the inauguration

I detected a little of Walt Whitman in Richard Blanco's poem this afternoon. He hears...

January 21, 2013

I’ll drink to that: new pubs pledge profits to charity

A very cool trend worth noting, from the New York Times: Ask a bartender exactly...

January 15, 2013

“It’s not a sin to be beautiful”

That's evidently the translation of the headline above, trumpeting Vanity Fair's story on the pope's...

January 14, 2013

The end of dating

They've pulled the plug on courtship, and the New York Times is there to write...

January 13, 2013

Happy Feast of the Ass

I kid you not. I'm actually early with this; today is technically the vigil of...

January 09, 2013

Someone alert George Jetson: amazing device projects a computer keyboard onto any flat surface

Wow. Just wow: Smartphone and tablet users who want a full-sized keyboard without carrying one...

January 05, 2013

“Every age, we think we’re having the last laugh, and at every age we’re wrong…”

If you have some things you'd like to change in the new year, you might...

January 04, 2013

Meet the man who plays “Taps” for his neighbors every night

From my former colleague Steve Hartman at CBS News, a lovely slice of American life:...

January 04, 2013

What will religion in America look like in 2060?

The conservative American Family Association offers its prediction: A conservative religious group is warning that...

January 03, 2013

Superman was Jewish? Who knew?

An intriguing little item from today's New York Times: Years before Superman could be easily spotted in...

January 02, 2013

Ping-pong prodigy withdraws because final match fell on Sabbath

How many kids do you know who have this kind of devotion? Details: She doesn’t...

January 02, 2013

Mother gives 13-year-old son an iPhone—and some rules—UPDATED

Blogger and mother Janell Burley Hoffman gave her teenage son an iPhone for Christmas —and...

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 30, 2012

Wholly family: celebrating wonder on this feast day

Two of my Patheos neighbors have reminded me today about the meaning of family, and...

December 27, 2012

Abbey restoration: “an epic moment of history”

History buffs, take note: Restoration work on a monastery dating back to 1196 is expected...

December 24, 2012

RIP, Jack Klugman

The unstoppable actor died today at the ripe age of 90: Emmy-winning actorJack Klugman, a versatile,...

December 24, 2012

“I regret to inform you that my wedding to Captain Von Trapp has been cancelled…”

Another side of the story, for those who caught the movie, again, last night, or...

December 23, 2012

The best advice I ever got about serving Mass at Christmas…

...It was actually something I overheard. As I've noted before, we have a remarkable cadre...

December 23, 2012

America’s crumbling Christian consensus

Historian Molly Worthen takes a look at religion's role throughout American history in today's New...

December 22, 2012

Is Sunday shopping a sin? —UPDATED

Some in Italy are saying so, and there is a move afoot in parts of...

December 21, 2012

Is Santa missing from your mall?

Turns out, he isn't quite as ubiquitous as he used to be. Details, from TIME:...

December 19, 2012

A novel idea for Christmas

How kids at one Catholic high school in Bloomington, Illinois are learning—and giving: Connor Sheehan,...

December 17, 2012

Some logo ideas for the New Orleans Pelicans…

You may remember that I posted on the unusual new name being proposed for New...

December 11, 2012

Rhode Island church recasts the Nativity with Jose, Maura…and a girl named Hope?

Photo by Bob Plain Kathy Schiffer found this curiosity: The babe in the manger is...

December 10, 2012

A creche course: the Nativity as seen around the world

Over at HuffPo, Jesuit Mark Bosco looks at the lively and often creative tradition of...

December 09, 2012

“Landfill Harmonic”: making music from what others throw away

This video is beginning to make the rounds: a glimpse at how some are making...

December 09, 2012

End of an era: Sony ceases production of cassette recorders

A moment of silence, please, for the plastic box that redefined recorded sound: In early...