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August 2013

August 09, 2013

71 Years Ago Today, She Was Killed at Auschwitz

Today is the feast day of Edith Stein, who died as a Carmelite, Sr. Teresa...

July 2013

July 30, 2013

St. Peter Would Have Tweeted about the #DamnedDevil

At the 12:10 Mass at St. Peter’s Church on Capitol Hill, the pastor suggested that...

July 25, 2013

The Flesh of Christ

The Holy Father so beautifully and with such a tone of urgent mission spoke of...

July 24, 2013

This Day in Rio: The Love that Transforms Us

There is so much to say, with an eye on Pope Francis and all the...

July 22, 2013

It’s Easter in Rio

I was struck today by the feast day as the pope arrived in Rio. We...

July 18, 2013

‘So What If We Suffer Here?’

"This is not our home. I know where home is." This is worth watching. Particularly...

July 18, 2013

‘Misinformed … Totally Incredible’

In response to Nancy Pelosi today, a flashback to Cardinal Edward Egan’s response to a...

July 18, 2013

Today Nancy Pelosi Is Explaining the ‘Birds and the Bees’

Unfortunately, she’s not making much sense. And she’s fumbling with war on women talking points...

July 15, 2013

What Brings You Peace?

Sacrament. Prayer. The knowledge that in the Hollywood Hills, cloistered Dominican nuns pray for the...

July 15, 2013

Sharing Truth in Love

A beautiful reflection from a young man who has been answering a call to try...

July 11, 2013

Want Something More?

In the new encyclical, Lumen Fidei, or "The Light of Faith," Pope Francis, with considerable...

July 10, 2013

How Can We Be the Apostles We Are Called to Be?

Via Magnificat today, Servant of God Elisabeth Leseur explains: "I know well what this word...

July 05, 2013

Two Popes, One Encyclical, All Eyes on Jesus — with His Eyes, in His Heart

The conversation I imagine may have happened (roughly translated): "Brother, you should really co-sign Lumen...

July 01, 2013

What’s Independence Day Today?

“I want to live in a society where strong relationships are plentiful and filled with...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Carrie Bradshaw’s Younger Sister Takes a Different Approach

Elise Italiano is a schoolteacher in Washington, D.C., who contributed a chapter to the book...

June 26, 2013

The Cabbie’s Pulpit

Earlier this week, I jumped into a cab to make Mass on the Solemnity of...

June 26, 2013

Marriage and the Supremes: What to Read

Some links around the web today: First, National Review Online's editorial: The real argument for...

June 26, 2013

On Being Fruitful — No Excuses!

Today’s the feast day of St. Josemaria Escriva. Go figure. On a day today that...

June 25, 2013

What’s Religious Freedom to the White House?

The above is a good and honest question, if you’ve been watching the Obama administration....

June 11, 2013

Why Daily Mass?

Over at Catholic Voices USA (which I am a director of), Elise Italiano mentions Servant...

June 01, 2013

Do We Live Constantly with God?

From Cardinal George's deacon ordination homily in May: The goal of every Christian is to...

June 01, 2013

Your love willed this, O Eternal Trinity.

We have been known to make a cult of youth and our own supposed genius....

June 01, 2013

Don’t Be Trapped by the Spirit of the World

Last night, a man at a checkout counter started telling me some alarming stories. About...

June 01, 2013

Settle for Cosmo No More

The June issue of Elle features Kerry Washington, from the sex-and-sex-scandal-drenched ABC series Scandal, in...

May 2013

May 29, 2013

Why Church?

How much do I love the Church? Do I pray for her? Do I feel...

May 29, 2013

A Culture of Piercing Wounds

I wish people listened to Cardinal Dolan’s Catholic Channel Sirius XM radio show like they...

May 25, 2013

The Playground on the Top of the Mountain

Peter Kreeft has a practical reflection on the rules the Gospel proposes and what they're...

May 25, 2013

Reality Check

Philadelphia's Archbishop Chaput writes: Anyone who thinks that our country’s neuralgic sexuality issues can somehow...

May 25, 2013

People Need to Be Touched By the Lord

We must open doors, Pope Francis implored at Mass this morning. He said that "the...

May 24, 2013

Still Running the Race

Yesterday on The Catholic Channel on SiriusXM, Oklahoma City Archbishop Paul Coakley talked about remarkable...