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Jeannie Gaffigan Pens Book About Her Brain Tumor: ‘Jim’s Learning to Read Just for Me’

From People: The writing partner and wife of bestselling author/comedian Jim Gaffigan, and mother of their...

November 2018

November 17, 2018

Every newly ordained priest and deacon needs to see this

I'm sure this would never happen in real life. No. Not at all. No, no....

August 2018

August 12, 2018

Pachelbel’s Chicken?

And now for a little palate-cleanser. You hear Pachelbel's Canon endlessly at weddings —...

December 2013

December 23, 2013

Best Christmas meme

This popped up on my Facebook feed this morning.

September 2013

September 13, 2013

“Car talk” about the pope’s Renault

Earlier this week, the pope got a new set of wheels. And now CNS...

August 2013

August 07, 2013

Quote of the day

From Catholic comedian Jim Gaffigan: “I watch the faces of single people in their twenties...

April 2013

April 15, 2013

Pope Francis: Patheos shill?!

Elizabeth Scalia notes the pope tweeted a little something yesterday that sounds uncannily like the...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

Instant classic: bad lip reading of the inauguration

They don't get much better than this. Enjoy.

December 2012

December 30, 2012

Here it is: Dave Barry’s Year in Review for 2012

The wait is over. Barry is back. He begins: It was a cruel, cruel year...

December 24, 2012

“I regret to inform you that my wedding to Captain Von Trapp has been cancelled…”

Another side of the story, for those who caught the movie, again, last night, or...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

Ice skating priests—and, maybe, a deacon?

A deacon reader sent this my way. Just in time for ice skating season! He...

October 2012

October 14, 2012

Must see TV: SNL’s version of the Biden/Ryan debate

As expected, the wizards at SNL didn't disappoint. Herewith, their take on the Biden/Ryan debate.

August 2012

August 17, 2012

The write stuff: Bulwer-Lytton winners announced!

And here's a good one, winner in the category of Vile Puns: Though they were...

May 2012

May 09, 2012

Jesuit college invites Satan to speak at commencement

Details: In a move already denounced by Catholic bishops & other leading religious conservatives, St....

May 07, 2012

Worth a thousand words

From a friend's Facebook page.

April 2012

April 20, 2012

Next time someone offers you a breath mint, take it

An inspired, downright EPIC ad from France for -- of all things -- Tic Tacs....

April 03, 2012

It’s a good week to go to confession…

...and update your status with God.

March 2012

March 15, 2012

From Darth Vader: “Why I am leaving the Empire”

Goldman Sach's Greg Smith caused a sensation with this Op-Ed piece in yesterday's New York...

January 2012

January 19, 2012

The Bark Side: Volkswagen’s inspired new Super Bowl ad

Clearly, designed to go viral -- so allow me to give it a little nudge....

January 08, 2012

The three little pigs, by Shakespeare

This popped up before Christmas, and I'm just catching up with it now. But I...

December 2011

December 16, 2011

What’s so funny? Here’s proof that laughter is contagious

From a train in Germany, a fit of laughter spreads like a virus -- or...

October 2011

October 18, 2011

"A is for Arnold…"

I featured this guy some months back, and here he is again, brilliant as ever. ...

October 17, 2011

Never try to hide from the deacons…

...they'll find you every time. Saw this on a friend's FB page.

October 09, 2011

Worth a thousand words

Spotted on a friend's Facebook page:

October 04, 2011

For the feast of St. Francis: a "forest of Junipers"

From Fr. James Martin's new book, "Between Heaven and Mirth," comes this delightful anecdote about...

September 2011

September 16, 2011

A Christmas card for our times

From a friend's FB page:

August 2011

August 26, 2011

Funniest joke?

The winner of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival's Best Joke award, by Nick Helm: "I needed...

August 02, 2011

If God had a blog …

This has to make you smile. From the New Yorker, a funny glimpse at what...

April 2011

April 01, 2011

What church geeks do on April 1st

Stuff like this.