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January 2015

January 12, 2015

What happened when a priest invited 500 young people in his parish to talk about the church?

Read on, via National Catholic Reporter: Less than 10 percent of the 500 invited showed...

January 12, 2015

Paying tribute to an artist inspired by Andy Warhol—and who happened to be a nun

Image: from NPR, courtesy the Corita Art Center And you've probably seen her work...

January 07, 2015

Report: Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to meet the pope

From that venerable news source, Us Weekly: Hollywood meets the Holy See! Tinseltown royalty Brad Pitt and Angelina...

January 06, 2015

Cardinal Burke: “The radical feminist movement strongly influenced the Church”

From an interview with a website called New Emangelization: I think there has been...

January 06, 2015

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s solution to save Christianity in the UK: WiFi

Andrew Lloyd Webber in 2007 (photo by Tracey Nolan from Toronto, Canada via Wikipedia) From The Daily...

January 05, 2015

Ricki Lake producing documentary on the dangers of birth control pills

From The Papist: Earlier this year she announced plans to produce an investigatory documentary on hormonal...

January 03, 2015

The transformation of Boston’s “Little Rome”

Cardinal's residence (photo: Boston College) From The New York Times: The house on the rise...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Is your Christmas tree still up?

"Happy Christmas" by Johansen Viggo, via Wikipedia Someone posted this tidbit on Facebook this morning,...

December 31, 2014

In Santa Fe, “native spirituality and Catholic faith walk hand in hand”

Details from CNS: The Archdiocese of Santa Fe has placed new emphasis on reaching out...

December 29, 2014

Fr. Rutler on the Episcopal Church: “A tragic example of what happens when you abandon a serious commitment to the teachings of Christ”

From an extensive interview in the Catholic World Report: CWR: You’ve spent half your life as...

December 27, 2014

Let there be Christmas lights!

While visiting family in Maryland for the holidays, we decided to stop by a place...

December 26, 2014

Waves of destruction: remembering the tsunami, 10 years later

Photo: Peter Lemieux / CNEWA Hard to believe it, but today marks the 10-year anniversary...

December 25, 2014

Pittsburgh hospital sends Christmas babies home in stockings

Photo: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Adorable. From The Daily Mail: Babies born at a...

December 24, 2014

The benefits of believing in Santa Claus

The headline in The Washington Post: Believing in Santa Claus could help your kids develop...

December 20, 2014

A Christmas Rhapsody: “Give me the vulgarity of inflated reindeer…”

A delicious piece of prose from Joseph Bottum: I love the elegant Christmas-dining pictures in Bon...

December 19, 2014

The story behind the world’s most bizarre Christmas tradition

That would be this fellow, who is perched on my desk at work — a...

December 11, 2014

Spending an evening with Our Lady of Kibeho—and witnessing a miracle

They had me at The Angelus. When the lights go up on the stunning production of...

December 10, 2014

Hallmark pulls wrapping paper over complaint about “swastika pattern”

The Kansas City Star reports: A Walgreen’s customer in California saw a blue and silver...

December 10, 2014

The ups and downs of real estate: using a roller coaster to sell a house

I want one. Now. Details: Buying a new home can often be a roller coaster...

December 05, 2014

Dear NBC…THIS should be your next musical

You can count me among those who were underwhelmed by last year's "The Sound of Music" and...

December 04, 2014

Wife kept man’s corpse for months while praying for his resurrection

Bizarre: A Canadian family lived with a corpse in their upstairs bedroom for six months...

December 03, 2014

Utah group sets record for world’s largest living Nativity scene

Details: As the sun was getting ready to set Monday in northeast Provo, hundreds of...

December 03, 2014

Britain’s vanishing nativity play: “It reflects a nation too embarrassed to face up to its Christian heritage”

In Great Britain, a longstanding tradition is becoming utterly unrecognizable. From The BBC: The traditional school...

November 2014

November 30, 2014

Homeless and the wealthy break bread together

It happened at one of Manhattan's most celebrated Episcopal churches, according to The New York Daily News:...

November 29, 2014

Let there be lights: Australian breaks record for Christmas lights

Wow: A dad in Australia has claimed the Guinness World Record title for the largest...

November 27, 2014

Where did the phrase “Black Friday” originate? You might be surprised

Incredibly, you can spend hours watching TV or reading online, hearing endlessly about "Black Friday"...

November 27, 2014

Behold, one store’s secret weapon for Black Friday: the $5 toaster

This caught my eye this morning in The Wall Street Journal, an intriguing glimpse at...

November 26, 2014

Rick Warren on Catholics: “If you love Jesus, we’re on the same team”

The popular Protestant preacher talks with CNS about faith, Mary, the saints and more in...

November 25, 2014

A Catholic mother and autism: “What families seek from the church is security and support”

A friend of mine, Shana Buck, offers a personal perspective on this important issue over at...

November 24, 2014

The value of giving thanks

It's all about grace. This essay is not particularly religious—the author admits she was raised...