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2015-06-22T11:20:44-08:00

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Brian Williams Said a Lot — But Not the One Word That Mattered

Last updated on: June 22, 2015 at 11:20 am By Kate O'Hare

Over at my other home, CatholicVote, I had my say about “NBC Nightly News” anchor and managing editor Brian Williams, who survived revelations of his long history of public lies and exaggerations, only to fall very, very far … into a news-reporting chair on MSNBC. How many aspiring or out-of-work journalists — who haven’t told self-aggrandizing falsehoods about themselves and news events on latenight TV and the lecture circuit– would have liked that spot? Well, sorry guys, you don’t have whatever pixie dust Williams —... Read more

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2015-06-21T17:30:01-08:00

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Charleston’s Mother Emanuel Opens Her Arms — Say Amen

Last updated on: June 21, 2015 at 5:30 pm By Kate O'Hare

I just caught the ending of the Washington Post‘s livestream of the first Sunday service at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina — known in the area as “Mother Emanuel” — since the horrific shooting on Wednesday night that claimed the lives of nine innocent people, including the pastor, Rev. Clementa Pinckney, who was also a state senator. The building is lovely, with dark-wood pews and a wraparound balcony, stained-glass windows and an elaborate raised pulpit (the... Read more

2015-06-20T04:40:04-08:00

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‘Deadliest Catch’: Crab Captain (And Dad) Phil Harris Tops Reality-TV Poll

Last updated on: June 20, 2015 at 4:40 am By Kate O'Hare

Voters in Yahoo! TV’s poll for have picked the late Phil Harris of Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch” as the “Greatest Reality TV Personality of All Time,” and I happen to agree. The captain of the F/V Cornelia Marie was a larger-than-life legend of the Bering Sea crab fleet, with a swashbuckling style and a soft spot for his boys, Jake (at left above) and Josh (right). An absent father for most of their lives, he bonded with them at sea, becoming... Read more

2015-06-19T19:04:14-08:00

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Rob Lowe: He’s an Actor Playing an Actor Playing a Lawyer … and a Priest

Last updated on: June 19, 2015 at 7:04 pm By Kate O'Hare

Rob Lowe is hot — a hot TV property, that is. He’s got two shows coming up, a Fox comedy and an NBC drama, playing an actor playing a lawyer, who tries to actually be a lawyer, and a possibly-Catholic priest. This fall, Lowe (“The West Wing,” “Parks and Rec”) stars in “The Grinder,” a comedy (the title for which is uncomfortably close to a gay dating app) set to air on Tuesdays on Fox (no premiere date yet). Lowe showed off... Read more

2015-06-19T11:54:02-08:00

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Benjamin Watson on Charleston: What Do We Tell the Children?

Last updated on: June 19, 2015 at 11:54 am By Kate O'Hare

There are few voices of sanity in the world, and even fewer who are public figures willing to speak from their hearts the truth of Christ. One of them is New Orleans Saints player Benjamin Watson, a husband and father of nearly-five whose Facebook posts are remarkable testimonies on dealing with the toughest problems we currently face. Here’s his latest, inspired by the tragic mass shooting at an historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina (born in Virginia, Watson went... Read more

2015-06-18T11:36:49-08:00

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Laudato Si: Reading Francis Through Francis

Last updated on: June 18, 2015 at 11:36 am By Kate O'Hare

I haven’t yet read through all of Pope Francis’ new encyclical Laudato Si (and I may wait until my partner in unmasking bad Vatican English translations, Joe Garcia, gets a gander at it), but since a lot of people will undoubtedly lose their collective minds over this … again … here are a few things to remember. First, this has happened before, and it will happen again. The Left will say he’s the patron saint of climate change (whatever that nebulous... Read more

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2015-06-16T12:54:45-08:00

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Are Enyclicals (on the Environment or Otherwise) Infallible Documents?

Last updated on: June 16, 2015 at 12:54 pm By Kate O'Hare

My normal beat is pop culture, but I have covered more general Church topics, including the papacy. Back when I was writing about the Church (and other things), for Breitbart.com, Pope Francis released his first encyclical, Lumen Fidei. Told that the Breitbart readership leaned heavily in the direction of non-religious Libertarians and Southern Evangelicals, I set out to explain the basics of encyclicals to them — by first explaining it to myself. Here’s the story from July 2013, called “Is... Read more

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2015-06-16T10:12:18-08:00

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‘Deadliest Catch’ Marks Father’s Day Early With New Dad Jake Anderson

Last updated on: June 16, 2015 at 10:12 am By Kate O'Hare

In the episode of Discovery’s “Deadliest Catch” airing Tuesday, June 16, a 9 p.m. ET/PT, deckhand Jake Anderson of the F/V Northwestern, part of the Bering Sea crab fleet, marks two milestones — he becomes a new dad, and he finally gets a wheelhouse of his own. It’s the culmination of a maturation process for Anderson, who began his adult life mired in drugs and alcohol. Then he had to maintain his cool and his sobriety through the early death of one... Read more

2015-06-15T06:09:33-08:00

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Pope Goes Full-Metal Francis in Trailer for ‘The Encyclical’

Last updated on: June 15, 2015 at 6:09 am By Kate O'Hare

There’s no way the real encyclical on the environment, due out June 18, will be this much fun. Holy Ground, indeed. Created by Observatório do Clima, a nonprofit based in Brazil, that advocates for action on climate change. I suspect they’ll ultimately be disappointed when Pope Francis turns out to be, once again, Catholic. But thanks for the chuckle, guys. Image: YouTube screenshot Don’t miss a thing: head over to my other home at CatholicVote and like my Facebook page. Read more

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2015-06-15T06:09:15-08:00

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L.A.’s Evangelizing Priest on ‘A.D.,’ the Jewish People & the Way of Francis

Last updated on: June 15, 2015 at 6:09 am By Kate O'Hare

After a long parade of only Protestant and Evangelical pastors as guests, the 10th episode of “Beyond A.D.” — the Web companion talk show to NBC’s New Testament drama “A.D.: The Bible Continues” — available online at NBC.com on Sunday, June 14, finally features a Catholic priest (about time, since we all know what Church is being founded before our eyes). Father Edward Benioff has an unusual background. The son of a Jewish father and a Latina Catholic mother, Benioff, 44,... Read more

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