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October 2015

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 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 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 05, 2015

Three ‘Friday Night Lights’ Men — And a Baby

In January 2012, I spent a blustery day on the set of The CW's "Hart...

October 04, 2015

‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream’: Eric Mabius on Serving a Soldier’s Story

Some cultural elites dismissed writer/producer Martha Williamson's "Touched by an Angel" as lightweight fluff, because...

October 04, 2015

‘Pan’ Star Hugh Jackman Finds Peace in Faith

Today, fellow Patheos Catholic blogger Tony Rossi spotlights a new interview with Hugh Jackman, soon to...

October 02, 2015

Ravens’ Catholic Kicker Justin Tucker Saves the Day

It took watching a repeat airing on NFL Network on Friday morning, but I finally...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

2 Times Kind Women — and Social Media — Made All the Difference for a Child (Video)

Mary always teaches us about patience, kindness and love. Like her, all women have the innate...

September 29, 2015

Michael Gerson on the NFL, Pope Francis, Taylor Swift and the Evangelical Dilemma

As Catholics deal with all the issues we have in the Church, we don't have...

September 28, 2015

‘My Brother’s Bomber’: A ‘Frontline’ Filmmaker Pursues a Personal Quest for Lockerbie Justice

Finding the truth won't bring a loved one back, but sometimes, it's the last gift...

September 25, 2015

James Bond and Pope Francis at the U.N.

Well, look who showed up to hear Pope Francis' talk today at the United Nations...

September 24, 2015

‘Hotel Transylvania 2’: Sweet, But With a Little Fang

This week, I headed over to Sony Studios in Culver City, California, for a screening...

September 24, 2015

PBS Looks at the Lives of ‘Chaplains’

The lives of chaplains have become increasingly complicated, as, especially in the military, they're often...

September 24, 2015

TV Loves Pope Francis, So Why Are We Losing the Culture Wars?

Over at CatholicVote, I look at the way that Pope Francis' visit to the U.S....

September 23, 2015

Seahawks RB Marshawn Lynch Teaches Football to Women in Turkey

In a world full of appointed ambassadors and official representatives, sometimes the most interesting international...

September 21, 2015

‘Little Boy’ Co-Writer/Director Alejandro Monteverde Loses Father, Brother to Murder in Mexico

Reports are coming out of Mexico that the father and brother of Alejandro Monteverde --...

September 18, 2015

Ex-NFLer Matt Birk: ‘The game will bring you to your knees’

Says Catholic former NFL player Matt Birk. “The game will bring you to your knees,...

September 17, 2015

GOP Debate for Life: Gov. Bobby Jindal and Carly Fiorina Attack Planned Parenthood

If anyone worried that the issue of Planned Parenthood and the sale of aborted-baby body...

September 14, 2015

Mark Wahlberg, Aretha Franklin, The Fray & Jim Gaffigan Turn Out for Pope Francis in Philly

The Queen of Soul is going to sing for the Vicar of Christ. Today (Sept....

September 13, 2015

Thinking About ‘Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine’

Over at CatholicVote, I offer some thoughts on Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and on the...

September 12, 2015

Meet LA’s Bishop Robert Barron — Stranger in a Strange Land

In the latest issue of The Tidings, the newspaper of the Los Angeles Archdiocese, I...

September 08, 2015

Time Warner Cable Creates New Channel for U.S. Papal Visit

EWTN is going to get some serious competition in the papal-news business when Pope Francis...

September 06, 2015

Leah Remini Has Come Home to Rome, Baptizes Daughter

Baptized Catholic actress Leah Remini spent quite a while deeply involved with Scientology, but because...

September 05, 2015

Amazon’s ‘Hand of God’: What You Can’t See in This Picture …

... is that the man behind Ron Perlman's arm may be wearing a clerical collar...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Pope Francis to Answer Americans’ Questions Friday on ABC

In a special edition of ABC News' "20/20," airing Friday, Sept. 4, anchor David Muir...

August 31, 2015

‘The Martian’: Matt Damon’s Stranded Astronaut Seeks Divine Intervention

Over at Angelus News, the online version of The Tidings, the newspaper of the Archdiocese...

August 28, 2015

‘Scandal’ Creator Shonda Rhimes Takes on Catholic Nuns

ABC sure seems to love Catholics these days, but not in a good way. The...

August 23, 2015

HBO’s ‘Ballers’: The Secret Broken Heart of The Rock

On the surface, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson appears to have it all -- the former...

August 21, 2015

NFL’s Benjamin Watson Pens Book to Get ‘Under Our Skin’

Veteran NFL player Benjamin Watson has made a name for himself off the field as...

August 19, 2015

Blessed Are the Peacemakers — Tim Tebow Calms a Scuffle

Just one more little stop along the strange and winding road of former and perhaps future NFL...

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