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March 2012

March 15, 2012

Odor of sanctity: celebrity perfume-maker designs fragrance for Pope Benedict

Details: Italian celebrity perfume-maker Silvana Casoli, has created her most heavenly scent yet for a...

March 15, 2012

On this date in 44 B.C.

Soothsayer Caesar! CAESAR Ha! who calls? CASCA Bid every noise be still: peace yet again!...

March 10, 2012

Splitsville: bowling alleys and churches part company

For the life of me, I can't remember ever attending a church that had a...

March 09, 2012

Catholic radio spreading

And no place is it more prominent than in California: Thanks largely to the fundraising...

March 08, 2012

Why do you want that new iPad so badly?

There's evidently a good reason for it: For a certain breed of consumers, the arrival of...

March 07, 2012

Going for brogue: renewed interest in Irish language at CUA

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day comes this story about growing interest in the...

March 06, 2012

“The dominant Catholic narrative of our time is not decline, but astronomic growth”

John Allen is offering this week "three myths about the Church to give up for...

March 06, 2012

RIP, Robert Sherman

You may not know his name, but you know his music. It's inescapable. "It's A...

March 06, 2012

Ethiopians seek cure for AIDS in holy water and drugs

A poignant story of faith, hope and medicine from the Wall Street Journal: Cast out...

March 02, 2012

I’m speechless

What so many of us have been waiting for -- and in an election year,...

March 02, 2012

56 years later, priest survivors of Andrea Doria tell their story

An ambitious undertaking by a seminarian is throwing new light on a dramatic moment of...

March 01, 2012

Davy Jones, and his neighbors the nuns

Turns out the recently deceased Monkee was chummy with the sisters who were his neighbors...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

RIP, Davy Jones

The teen heartthrob from the 1960s, and lead vocalist for "The Monkees," died of a...

February 28, 2012

And now for something really important: world’s longest paper airplane toss

We all need to dream, don't we? Joe Ayoob has long dreamed of setting a...

February 28, 2012

The “alternate universe” of Wisconsin’s Holy Wisdom Monastery

This group of disaffected Catholics got a big spread in the Wisconsin State Journal last...

February 26, 2012

How’s this for a Lenten fast: nothing but beer and water

Yep. J. Wilson did exactly that last year, and reflects on what the experience taught...

February 25, 2012

Seeing red

In tribute to New York's new Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the city's other new landmark --...

February 24, 2012

Now playing: holy medals at the movies

From the In My Backyard Desk -- and this really is in my backyard, just...

February 23, 2012

“Pizzas de Cuaresma”: Texas chain offers special pizzas for Lent

Hot on the heels of yesterday's post about Wendy's suddenly ubiquitous fish sandwich comes this...

February 23, 2012

Ohio church offers drive-thru ashes

And now for something completely different: An Ohio church is offering a drive-thru Ash Wednesday...

February 19, 2012

“The Love of Christ urges us on”

During our trip last week, we visited the Basilica Shrine of Mary Queen of the...

February 17, 2012

Marrying at 100: love is forever young

This should do your heart good: Turning 100 is a significant milestone on its own,...

February 14, 2012

For Valentine’s Day: one guy really takes the plunge

Olympic swimmer Matt Grevers proposes to his girlfriend Annie Chandler after winning the Missouri Grand...

February 12, 2012

Greetings from sunny Florida

...where, this morning,it was 35 degrees. The Deacon's Wife and I are taking a winter...

February 10, 2012

End of an era: Kodak to stop making cameras

For those of us who grew up having our childhoods captured on these wildly popular,...

February 08, 2012

Nevermore: did you know you can actually see the raven that inspired Poe?

I sure didn't. Details: When it comes to literary greats, inspiration can come from anywhere....

February 08, 2012

Tweet of the day

February 04, 2012

Just what you need for the Super Bowl: Buffalo Chicken Cupcakes

I kid you not: After hearing that I was going to bake buffalo chicken cupcakes...

February 02, 2012

What’s the matter with kids today? Not that much, actually

A new study may surprise you: By several noteworthy measures, today’s teenagers are growing increasingly...

February 02, 2012

Skirting the issue: parents protest Catholic school replacing skirts with pants

At one Catholic school in Connecticut, those plaid skirts we remember are becoming a thing...