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June 2016

June 19, 2016

McDonald’s, Marketing and Mass Appeal — The Church and the Media

Over at CatholicVote, I've written a musing on the ways in which the sacred world...

May 2016

May 05, 2016

Calling All Parishes: Can You Host Tebow’s ‘Night to Shine’ Special-Needs Prom?

Issuing a challenge to Catholic parishes to be among those offering a beautiful prom experience...

April 2016

April 27, 2016

‘The Story of God’ and the Problem of Evil

Did the Devil make us do it, or do we do it by ourselves? Yes...

April 23, 2016

On Mercy: Pope Francis vs. ‘Game of Thrones’

A faithful Catholic and "Game of Thrones" fan contrasts how Church teaching and the TV...

April 20, 2016

‘The Story of God’ With Morgan Freeman: Prose vs. Poetry in ‘Creation’

In trying to link the scientific story of the Big Bang to stories of creation,...

April 17, 2016

EWTN’s Father Mitch Pacwa Survives a Heart Attack

The Jesuit priest and mainstay of EWTN survives a heart attack and asks for prayers.

April 12, 2016

Who Is God? Depends How You (or Morgan Freeman) Ask the Question

The nature of God gets a cursory examination in an episode that gives short shrift...

April 06, 2016

‘The Story of God: Apocalypse’: Everything Ends, Everything Begins

The documentary series with host Morgan Freeman looks at how faiths view the end of...

March 2016

March 25, 2016

‘The Passion of the Christ’ and the Crucifixion: The Brute Force of Reality

With so much real violence in the world, why sanitize the agony of Christ?

February 2016

February 14, 2016

Dear Tim Tebow Haters: This Is What Love Looks Like … on a Night to Shine

He may be a polarizing figure, but former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow is dedicated to...

January 2016

January 11, 2016

‘That Dragon, Cancer,’ the Golden Globes and David Bowie — Death and Video

We all know that, sooner or later, something will kill you. But there are deaths...

January 04, 2016

The Complicated Catholicism of Megyn Kelly

The Fox News Channel anchor is racking up ratings and praise, but her life in...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

At Christmas, the Vatican’s Beauty Captures an Unbeliever’s Heart … and Soul

A non-religious Connecticut lawyer visits Rome and the Vatican at Christmas, and finds his heart...

December 22, 2015

Surviving Christmas Travel: A Modest Proposal

Even if you're lucky enough to live in an intact Catholic family -- and especially...

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...

November 2015

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 27, 2015

Shooting Rampage at Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood Clinic (UPDATED)

What we know: On Friday, Nov. 27, at about 11:38 a.m. local time a lone...

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 19, 2015

History and Chant With the Norbertines of St. Michael’s Abbey

One of the great Catholic treasures of Southern California is St. Michael's Abbey in Orange...

November 17, 2015

ISIS Terror in Paris, III: Is the Eldest Daughter Coming Home?

Beginning with the French Revolution, France, the Eldest Daughter of the Church -- with a Catholic...

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

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

Overheard at Whole Foods — ‘Body of Christ’ Options

I know it's a real problem for a certain percentage of the population (and if...

November 05, 2015

The ‘Spotlight’ That Should Have Killed the Church — But Didn’t

The other night, I went to a screening of the new movie “Spotlight,” which details...

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,...

November 02, 2015

All Souls: A Personal Prayer for the Faithful Departed

Prayer for the Faithful Departed By Kate O’Hare “My God, my God, Why have You...

October 2015

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 27, 2015

Pope Francis, the Synod & the Circular Firing Squad

The other day, I was listening to a radio talk-show host discussing Rep. Paul Ryan's...

October 10, 2015

Is Kirsten Powers Pope Francis’ Latest Convert?

Christianity Today thinks so, in reacting to the announcement on Friday, Oct. 9, on Fox...

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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