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August 2014

August 17, 2014

Awesome: “Riverdance” wedding celebration

Forget dancing to "Thriller" at a wedding. This instantly blows that idea out of the...

August 14, 2014

What’s wrong with the ALS bucket challenge?—UPDATED

Catholics who are endorsing this should know where the money is going. Fr. Michael Duffy...

August 14, 2014

Christian film critic says Robin Williams accepted Christ in rehab, but “he was always searching”

Details: Christian Film and Television Commission Chairman Dr. Ted Baehr recently revealed that late comedian...

August 13, 2014

Lauren Bacall’s religion

An interesting detail from The New York Times obit on Lauren Bacall: During her romance...

August 12, 2014

Robin Williams on fear, addiction, grief and “trying to keep hope alive”

A revealing interview from four years ago, in The Guardian: The film [World's Greatest Dad] is...

August 11, 2014

An elephant in Galilee?

Details: There are many amazing characters and creatures described in the Hebrew Bible, but elephants...

August 09, 2014

Billionaire pastor unveils replica of Temple of Solomon in Brazil

And it's a doozy. Details: A Brazilian billionaire preacher inaugurated a massive church building in...

August 08, 2014

“We live out our awareness that we are called to be the Body of Christ”

A friend sent this my way, from an Anglo-Catholic parish, St. Paul's, in the Episcopal...

August 04, 2014

It’s Monday. I’m sure a lot of us feel this way.

Oh, yeah...

July 2014

July 28, 2014

What’s up with the Jesuits?

Blogger and teacher Matt Emerson poses the question over at the CNN Belief blog: ...

July 26, 2014

A new Catholic Bible? Check out “The Message”

Those of us who grew up with the "Good News for Modern Man" in the...

July 18, 2014

The world’s most successful coach of endurance runners is…a Catholic missionary?!

Yep. Great story about a remarkable man, whose legacy has been dubbed "the stuff of...

July 17, 2014

Standing ovation: Thomas Peters’ recovery continues

One year after his horrific, life-changing accident, he's just posted this video: Read all about...

July 10, 2014

After compromise with Catholic Church, New York street to be named for George Carlin

From The Daily News: Legendary comedian George Carlin now has a Manhattan street named in...

July 09, 2014

Pierce Brosnan: “Being Catholic, it’s ingrained in my DNA”

Details: The 61-year-old actor was left devastated when his first wife Cassandra Harris died from...

July 05, 2014

Must-see video: one man receives the gift of life

The man happens to be my former CBS News colleague Phil Jones. His story is...

July 04, 2014

For the 4th: Faith of Our Fathers

Last week in his blog, Cardinal Donal Wuerl marked the 75th anniversary of the Archdiocese...

July 04, 2014

God bless America

Happy 4th, one and all. "I believe that this spiritual and intellectual freedom which we...

July 02, 2014

If you love baseball—or even if you don’t—this is something to see

Major League Baseball is marking the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's famous farewell speech (coming up...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Wanted: Catholic hermit who likes people

Maybe a job for The Anchoress? From The Wall Street Journal: Switzerland's "Katholisches Kirchenblatt," a...

June 12, 2014

Jesus Christ, World Cup star

First there was the Italian TV ad showing Rio's famous statue of Christ wearing a...

June 12, 2014

“Behind every successful ministry, there is private pain”

Preach it, Rick: Sharing how he has coped after his son’s suicide last year, megachurch...

June 11, 2014

The myth of Catholic “decline”—UPDATED

It can be tempting, when ingesting a daily diet of internet chatter, to think the...

June 11, 2014

Men in shorts, women in sleeves…what’s going on?

After reporting on this fashion phenomenon for summer—men wearing suits with shorts—I stumbled across this...

June 10, 2014

What we have come to: bulletproof blankets for kids to wear during school shootings

This is not a joke: We've now had so many mass shootings that entrepreneurs see...

June 10, 2014

Picture perfect: more people hire professional photographers to capture ordinary moments

You can already do it at Disney World; why not in your own backyard for...

June 10, 2014

CATO: Catholics Addicted to Outrage

Know anybody like this? Diane at Te Deum laudamus! clearly does: Each of us puts...

June 09, 2014

Getting a leg up on summer: here comes the short suit

The horror, the horror: Retailers are starting to push a new trend in menswear: the...

June 09, 2014

I think Pope Francis would like this guy

Anyone who caught the Tony Awards last night saw the wonderful acceptance speech of James...

June 09, 2014

Welcome to New York

From a friend's Facebook page. Spotted in midtown Manhattan this weekend.