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April 2015

April 06, 2015

Three observations from Easter 2015

Well, as I sit here at home in my pajamas at 10 a.m. on Monday...

April 06, 2015

Oh boy, do I know the feeling…

This is for all the priests, deacons, altar servers, choir members, musicians, organists, music directors,...

April 06, 2015

Three observations from Easter 2015

Well, as I sit here at home in my pajamas at 10 a.m. on Monday...

March 2015

March 31, 2015

Before Holy Thursday, there is Spy Wednesday

The day before Holy Thursday is traditionally known as “Spy Wednesday” — when Judas “spied”...

March 31, 2015

Before Holy Thursday, there is Spy Wednesday

The day before Holy Thursday is traditionally known as “Spy Wednesday” — when Judas “spied”...

March 28, 2015

Cheers: Catholic Church opens a bar

Details: A bar being run by the Catholic Church might sound like the setting for...

March 28, 2015

Cheers: Catholic Church opens a bar

Details: A bar being run by the Catholic Church might sound like the setting for...

March 24, 2015

What does the priest see during Mass?

A couple of photographers decided to find out: Have you ever wondered what the priest...

March 24, 2015

Catholic high school requires girls to submit photos of their prom dresses for approval

View image | gettyimages.com From Huffington Post: A controversy over prom dresses has erupted at...

March 21, 2015

When was the last time you saw a priest do THIS?

From The Brainerd Dispatch in Minnesota Zoe the pot-bellied pig, Bilbo the gecko and Lilly...

March 16, 2015

Religion on the menu: how some restaurants make adjustments for Lent

An interesting insight from the pages of The Economist: Drop into the McDonald's branch in Syntagma, the...

March 14, 2015

Ladies and gentlemen, “clergy on the catwalk”

View image | gettyimages.com From a fashion show a couple years back. Seriously? Yes. Read...

March 09, 2015

“What is your real value?”: what happened when inmates were assigned to write their own obits

View image | gettyimages.com A remarkable undertaking, as reported in The Los Angeles Times: In...

March 04, 2015

Just in time for Lent: Bacon Soda

Actually, this has been around for a few years but it's suddenly become The Rage,...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Habitat for Humanity to build a Pope Francis House

From The St. Louis Review: Habitat for Humanity St. Louis will begin building The Pope...

February 25, 2015

Coming soon: Museum of the Bible in D.C.

Some intriguing details from NPR: In Washington, D.C., construction is underway on the Museum of...

February 21, 2015

Restaurant chain invites the pope to try its Lent menu

How's this for an unusual marketing gimmick: Red Robin is hoping to lure Catholics who...

February 19, 2015

What happened when an NFL coach showed up for a press conference with ashes on his forehead

The Baltimore Sun notes: Baltimore Ravens head Coach John Harbaugh spoke at the NFL Combine...

February 18, 2015

Elevator evangelization

So this happened tonight, after I came home from the last Mass at the parish......

February 18, 2015

Manila’s Cardinal Tagle grants dispensation for fasting, abstinence on Ash Wednesday

Details: As the eve of the Lunar New Year coincides with Ash Wednesday, the Archdiocese...

February 17, 2015

PETA discovers Lent: 7 reasons to go vegan this season

The organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a few thoughts about...

February 13, 2015

Signs of the times: best street signs ever?

The City of Hayward, California is trying something different. This, from The New York Daily...

February 07, 2015

Further proof that it’s a big Church

Details: For some their perception of the world is based on what surrounds them, such...

February 03, 2015

Alice Cooper: “I teach Bible study”

From Christianity Today: Veteran rock musician Alice Cooper shared recently that he volunteers as a...

January 2015

January 31, 2015

A “theology of housework”: it’s not just women’s work

Image: Good Housekeeping Magazine cover, 1908 / via Wikipedia Over at Pray Tell, they've posted...

January 22, 2015

Doesn’t God have more important things to do?

View image | gettyimages.com Not if you believe this headline: 1 in 4 Americans Believe...

January 20, 2015

Frozen: how the Russian Orthodox mark Epiphany

The YouTube description from last year here notes: Muscovites braved minus 19 degree Celsius weather...

January 19, 2015

Salon: Inside the “catastrophic collapse” of the Catholic right

Cardinal Raymond Burke by CanonLawJunkie via Wikipedia From author Patricia Miller: For years they struck...

January 18, 2015

What we have come to: teenager announces plans to marry her father

Details: A teenager has revealed in an interview that she plans to marry her father...

January 17, 2015

Is your pet in paradise? The fascination over pets and the afterlife

Photo: from Harstdale Pet Cemetery website From The New York Times: In December, Pope Francis...