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The religious vote

Here's how it went, according to CNN's exit polls:

October 2012

October 19, 2012

Hollywood developing movie about Catholic Church sex abuse scandal

Details: Variety reports that Win Win director Tom McCarthy is directing an untitled drama about the reporters at the Boston...

October 12, 2012

“The homilist should strive to live a life of holiness…

A topic of which there is no shortage of opinions -- preaching -- will be...

October 08, 2012

Scientists win Nobel Prize for adult stem cell research

This is a pretty big deal—and a shot in the arm for the pro-life cause:...

October 08, 2012

What does the Catholic Church teach about end of life care?

New York Times columnist Bill Keller might want to take a refresher course. In today's...

September 2012

September 27, 2012

NJ lawmaker introduces “Death With Dignity Act,” allowing patients to kill themselves

Hot on the heels of this news from the Netherlands comes another item from much...

September 22, 2012

Life is good

They're back: And not only that, there's this: It's like having pumpkin pie for breakfast....

September 18, 2012

Hooray for Hollywood: how two stars reacted to paparazzi

A great idea, nicely executed by Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield. Details: In one slick,...

September 16, 2012

Here they go again: atheists want Maryland cross removed

Details, from Gazette.net: A complaint filed by an atheist group asking for the removal of...

September 10, 2012

Ordination update: 11 new deacons in Milwaukee

I suspect there will be a complete write up soon in the archdiocesan paper, but...

September 02, 2012

“This does not seem right to me”: when a priest uses someone else’s homily

I received the following e-mail this morning: Dear Deacon Greg: Today during Mass our pastor...

September 02, 2012

One deacon’s story: “Really, what I do is listen…”

Writer Tom Loewy from the Galesburg Register-Mail in Illinois spent some time recently chatting with...

August 2012

August 28, 2012

BREAKING: Dolan to pray at Democratic convention

His office's statement, via First Things: Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York, has accepted...

August 14, 2012

Episcopal priest will convert, but without his wife

Details: A longtime North Shore clergyman is in line to become one of the first...

August 13, 2012

Can Syria’s Christians survive?

It's a question being examined in this morning's Wall Street Journal: Near the Syrian city...

August 09, 2012

A modest proposal: using blurred glasses to avoid sin

A visionary idea? Perhaps: It’s the latest prescription for extreme ultra-Orthodox Jewish men who shun...

August 06, 2012

Great moments in journalism: “Sikhism originated in Italy” and other stupid things TV says about religion

This eye-roll-inducing item comes from my blog neighbor Joanne McPortland, who is much more charitable...

August 04, 2012

From the archives: “My brother, the priest”

Originally posted in August 2010 From Denver comes this lovely tribute to one newly ordained man in...

July 2012

July 28, 2012

Homily for July 29, 2012: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Note: The Deacon's Wife and I are headed out on vacation Saturday morning, to someplace...

July 25, 2012

First look: Jeff Foxworthy’s new bible game show

I wonder how Catholics would do on this?? Read about it here. Watch the preview...

July 24, 2012

SSPX demands “freedom to correct promoters of the errors of modernism, liberalism, and Vatican II”

Details: The Lefebvrian General Chapter concluded a few days ago following the Holy See’s request...

July 23, 2012

Meet Larry Blake, married priest

Below is a very good report looking at the life of Fr. Larry Blake, a...

July 18, 2012

Renewed debate over “proselytizing” at Air Force Academy

Details: The long-smoldering debate at the U.S. Air Force Academy over the role of religion...

July 03, 2012

Will Romney pick a Catholic?

Washington's favorite guessing game -- who will be Mitt Romney's running mate? -- is heating...

June 2012

June 26, 2012

Ordination update: 12 new deacons in Omaha

This happened in May, but I just got the first pictures today. Details: A deacon...

June 25, 2012

Rare father and son priest ordination set for this Saturday

I got the following e-mail press release today from the Anglican Ordinariate's Susan Gibbs, and...

June 25, 2012

“That’s awesome”

Those two words may just win the award for Most Understated Comment of the Year,...

June 22, 2012

Worth a thousand words, Indy edition

Below, a couple shots of the beautiful St. John the Evangelist Church in Indianapolis --...

June 21, 2012

Chaput: “We need to look at the arc of Catholic history in our country”

Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles Chaput delivered a challenging and potent address last night to the Catholic Media Convention...

June 17, 2012

Happy Father’s Day!

The way we were. Mom and Dad and my older sister, Karen. My parents...