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December 2015

December 24, 2015

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: L’Osservatore Romano Decries the Depiction of Evil

While the secular world has been heaping praise on "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," Disney's...

December 23, 2015

Erasing the Separation of Church and … Skate

Through the work of local activists and an artist, a long-abandoned Spanish church has a...

December 19, 2015

A Child With Cancer Says She Was Born to be ‘God’s Helper’

Suffering is inevitable and often inexplicable, but Catholics know there is always redemption and grace....

December 15, 2015

Happy Festivus to All: ‘Seinfeld’ Comes to Los Angeles

I have to confess up front that I'm not a "Seinfeld" fan, but I know...

December 14, 2015

‘Fargo’ Season 2 Finale: Love Among the Ruins

In Robert Browning's 1855 poem, "Love Among the Ruins," a young man looks upon the...

December 08, 2015

Scott Weiland’s Ex-Wife and Children Lost the ‘Sweet Catholic Boy’ Long Before His Death

On Dec. 3, news broke that 48-year-old Stone Temple Pilots lead singer Scott Weiland was...

December 08, 2015

Former OSU and NFL Player Who Lost Wife to Cancer Learns to Accept God’s Will

It's easy to accept blessings from God when good things happen in our lives, but...

December 03, 2015

Twitter Makes Pope Francis the Centerpiece of a New Ad (VIDEO)

In October, Twitter launched Moments, a new feature to help users to locate Tweets on...

November 2015

November 30, 2015

Jordan Smith of ‘The Voice’ Says ‘Hallelujah’

Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" has a beautiful, plaintive melody paired with vaguely Old Testament-ty lyrics that,...

November 30, 2015

Oh, the Feels You’ll Feel When a Young Cancer Patient Gets His First Communion in Brazil (VIDEO)

This video (CLICK the word video to watch) of a six-year-old cancer patient receiving the Eucharist...

November 29, 2015

‘Spotlight’ May Have Defamed an Innocent Man

Over at CatholicVote today, I address the story of Jack Dunn, a spokesman for Boston...

November 25, 2015

Thanksgiving Shopping: Slate Finally Finds Something It Considers Indecent

A correspondent for the very progressive Website Slate has a problem with shopping on Thanksgiving, and...

November 17, 2015

‘The Voice’: Jordan Smith Honors God With ‘Great Is Thy Faithfulness’

Singer Jordan Smith has been wowing the judges on the NBC singing-competition show "The Voice,"...

November 16, 2015

ISIS Terror in Paris, II: Let’s Take the Terrorists at Their Word

Pity the poor Islamic radical Nobody will believe a word he says. If it wasn't...

November 13, 2015

Bread for the Breadbasket on Thanksgiving

When Thanksgiving and Christmas come, we want to know that all families who desire to...

November 09, 2015

PBS & Ric Burns Want Americans to Understand our ‘Debt of Honor’ to Vets

From my latest for The Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, via...

November 09, 2015

Ex-Scientologist Leah Remini: Catholicism Is ‘What Religion Is Supposed to Be’

In a new cover story in People, actress and TLC reality star Leah Remini -- a...

November 07, 2015

Jags, Bills, Mum & Dad: James Corden’s Parents Do the NFL

The host of CBS' "The Late, Late Show With James Corden" sent his very British...

November 04, 2015

‘The 33′: Chilean Miners’ Faith Kept Them Alive — To Meet Pope Francis

On Nov. 13, Warner Bros. releases Alcon Entertainment's "The 33," a fast-based story about the...

November 03, 2015

Pew Survey: Religious Folks Are as Religious As Ever

But, the percentage of folks who aren't religious at all is steadily growing. Two words,...

October 2015

October 31, 2015

The Parting Glass: Marriage as a Death of Self (in a Whiskey Ad)

This isn't new, but it's new to me. Was just watching New Zealand trounce Australia...

October 29, 2015

St. Louis Archdiocese Objects to Destination America’s NON-Catholic ‘Exorcism Live!’

Batten down the hatches, St. Louis, cablenet Destination America is playing with fire, offering a...

October 28, 2015

Married … With Dachshund: Epic Canine Photobomb of Engaged Couple

I've owned a dachshund, and one thing they like -- along with food, digging and...

October 24, 2015

How Sean Connery Helped Me Keep My Head During the Synod

Director Brian DePalma's 1987 version of "The Untouchables" is one of my all-time favorite movies,...

October 19, 2015

Love, Truth and God, With Rocker/Philosopher Andrew W.K.

One great thing about being Catholic is we have loads of stuff written by really...

October 16, 2015

A Chaldean Bishop on a Spec Ops Mission to Save Iraq’s Christians

Here's my latest for The Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, focusing...

October 14, 2015

‘Daredevil’ Season 2 Teaser Trailer Released — Catholic Guilt and All

This past weekend, attendees at New York Comic Con saw a teaser trailer for the...

October 13, 2015

Playboy Covers Up — What Does It Mean?

Playboy magazine, which led the charge to turn sex -- and the female body in...

October 09, 2015

‘Gosnell’ Director Nick Searcy Has Words of Film Wisdom

Today on Facebook, actor/director Nick Searcy ("Justified"), who's currently at the helm of the "Gosnell"...

October 08, 2015

Baby Goats in Pajamas — Just Because

The Bible isn't all that kind to goats, always leaving them on the short end...

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