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April 2012

April 26, 2012

What’s Darth Vader doing on the National Cathedral?

Late today, I stumbled on this story, about a tour of the damaged cathedral...

April 22, 2012

Working on faith at work

Is there a way to express your faith on the job? An author has some...

April 21, 2012

I’m sure this seemed like a good idea at the time

The Diocese of Brooklyn (yes, that's my diocese) decided to advertise Catholic schools with a...

April 20, 2012

“The flat, brute, highly sexualized thing we call our culture”

A solid, sobering read by Peggy Noonan this Friday -- and one that should make a...

April 17, 2012

Does he ever have a two-for-one sale on couplets?

Here's a great slice of American ingenuity for you, the one-man Poem Store: Zach Houston...

April 17, 2012

What we have come to: brides choose radical ways to lose weight for The Dress

This is eye-opening, and disturbing, from the Wedding/ Celebrations pages of the New York Times:...

April 16, 2012

A million expected to see the “Holy Robe” of Jesus in Germany

It's just gone on display, for the first time in decades: Over the next four...

April 15, 2012

The downside of cohabitation before marriage

A clinical psychologist writes in the New York Times: At 32, one of my clients...

April 15, 2012

Artist modifies clothing iron to show Our Lady of Guadalupe

Well this is...different. From artist Robert Weschler: The steam holes of a working iron were...

April 13, 2012

Anti-Catholicism and the Titanic

An interesting observation on the centennial of the great ship's sinking, from a paper in...

April 10, 2012

“Hate speech”: controversy over play about Pius XII and the Holocaust

The play in question is often blamed for popularizing the notion that Pius XII was...

April 09, 2012

Everybody needs a hobby: check out the world’s largest Rube Goldberg machine

Behold, the world record has been broken for the most complicated Rube Goldberg contraption. It...

April 09, 2012

Happy birthday, Joe

Catholic neighbors send warm wishes to a beloved Jewish institution in the Bronx: This Bronx...

April 08, 2012

What can you do to get wax off your vestments?

Most deacons know all too well that the Easter candle is "fed by melting wax,...

April 04, 2012

Catholic couple takes “interfaith pilgrimage” on “Faithbook”

A great story about spiritual discovery, and how a couple is learning more about the...

April 04, 2012

Building a monastery the medieval way

It's an ambitious undertaking that will be launched in Germany next year -- and will...

April 04, 2012

“How much I criticize you, my Church, yet how much I love you…”

This is getting wide circulation, thanks to Fr. James Martin, who posted it on his...

April 02, 2012

Baby’s first April Fools Day

Years from now, he'll have lots of material to discuss with his therapist.

April 02, 2012

Where have we heard this before?

I friend at work passed along to me this morning the most recent issue of...

March 2012

March 31, 2012

Catholic school to name center after Bill and Camille Cosby

Details: A historic Baltimore Catholic school will name its community center in honor of Bill...

March 26, 2012

“Love is the best school, but the tuition is high and the homework is painful…”

Science is showing that the head and the heart may share a closer connection than...

March 25, 2012

Tebow in Babylon

From Ross Douthat in this morning's New York Times: Why is Tim Tebow such a...

March 23, 2012

Memo to Tim Tebow: No, New York isn’t Sodom and Gomorrah

A writer for the New York Post asked a few observers -- including Your Humble...

March 22, 2012

This is why researchers spent years perfecting the portable camcorder

So you could strap it to the back of a Corgi and see what he...

March 22, 2012

People, look East: “The shape of the church worldwide now depends more on India than on Ireland”

From Fr. Raymond de Souza: On Monday night, I was honoured to host the senior...

March 21, 2012

Lighting a candle, instead of cursing the darkness

Over at his little corner of the blogosphere, Tony Rossi has announced the winners of...

March 18, 2012

Lent isn’t just for Catholics anymore

A Florida newspaper looks at how some Protestants are observing the season: At almost 7...

March 17, 2012

Ireland’s champion step-dancer: black son of a Baptist father and Jewish mother

Who knew? A remarkable and surprising story: For those feeling down about the United States...

March 16, 2012

Now for sale on eBay: a gold ring from Vatican II — UPDATED

Current bid: $1,440. It's unclear just where this comes from, or who wore it --...

March 15, 2012

Sign of the times: fish markets report lower sales during Lent

The story from New Jersey: Leigh Finley was acting like a kid in a candy...