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December 2011

December 07, 2011

A Catholic wedding performed without a net

Remember the good old days before Vatican II, when people took sacraments seriously and priests...

December 05, 2011

Red Bull to stage extreme ice event on cathedral steps

This may be a first: A Red Bull Crashed Ice extreme sports event is going...

December 05, 2011

Have an ice Christmas

Once again, they've erected a stunning nativity scene in Graz, Austria, sculpted from ice: The...

December 04, 2011

Acts of contrition: why some are more prone to apologize

It seems some of us are just hard-wired to be more contrite, according to one...

December 04, 2011

And now, a nativity scene for the Jetsons

It will be on display at the cathedral in Los Angeles this week, according to...

December 02, 2011

Fr. Ken

A deacon friend sent this my way. It belongs to a priest, who explains: A...

November 2011

November 30, 2011

World’s worst nativity sets

Or, in this case, perhaps it's "wurst nativity set." Check out this site for more...

November 28, 2011

E-mail of the day

Sent to me on FB, from a former boss at CBS News (now retired) who...

November 25, 2011

Great Scott: a visit to Fitzgerald’s grave

With some time to kill this weekend, my wife and I decided to pay a...

November 21, 2011

Who is the most influential Christian? You might be surprised

The findings of a new poll show a split, with several prominent people in the...

November 21, 2011

Me and my Kindle Fire

A couple weeks ago, after much hemming and hawing, I took the plunge and pre-ordered...

November 20, 2011

Was the first Thanksgiving a religious celebration?

Scholars are starting to pick over that question with a large fork and carving knife....

November 20, 2011

“Life’s a happy song”

I just got back from a diaconal retreat in scenic East Flatbush, Brooklyn -- the...

November 18, 2011

Wearing your faith on your back: the Tim Tebow “Jesus” shirt

It's the latest sensation for some devoted -- and devout -- football fans: Tim Tebow delivered...

November 17, 2011

Could you eat on less than $5 a day?

Recently, a lot of people did -- and some of them didn't even have to....

November 16, 2011

The woman behind one of the most familiar voices in the world

Now it can be revealed: the woman heard by millions around the world at airports,...

November 13, 2011

Let the fire fall: a new iPhone app may help

How about a little digital evangelization that can -- almost literally -- spark your spirit?...

November 09, 2011

Further proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy

He has given us lip balm flavored like Girl Scout Cookies: The Girl Scout Cookie lip...

November 08, 2011

From wearing a veil, to wearing a crown: new Miss World once studied to be a nun

Details: A woman who spent five years training to be a nun has been crowned...

November 08, 2011

Marriage is a marathon

And this couple decided to get married during one. They tied the knot while running...

November 04, 2011

“Everyone is creative”

From a friend's FB page, via The Naked Pastor, who writes: Do something. Draw something....

November 03, 2011

Santa, I want these

Just in time for Christmas: two toys connected to the Disney movie "Cars 2." It's...

November 02, 2011

A peek inside the "Harvard of Santa schools"

I wonder what they do for gym class. Chimney climbing? Details: The Charles W. Howard...

November 01, 2011

How to excommunicate someone

This Protestant pastor seems to have a flair for it: "Jesus himself tells the church...

November 01, 2011

"Redemption is an open possibility to everyone"

That's the beautiful truth that artist John Nava expresses while talking about his exquisite tapestries...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Happy JesusWeen?

Really? REALLY? Yep. Check out the website.

October 30, 2011

Boo: on the commercialization of Halloween

For years, people have decried the commercialization of Christmas. Now, it's Halloween's turn. A priest...

October 24, 2011

What if the Bible were written for Twitter?

That's the audaciously clever premise behind one of the plays commissioned in London to mark...

October 23, 2011

Student with Down Syndrome crowned Homecoming King

This seems a fitting followup to the image I posted yesterday. From the Washington Post:...

October 22, 2011

How Steve Jobs met his biological father and didn't know it

I touched on this earlier this month, when I mentioned in a homily the circumstances...