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April 2013

April 08, 2013

Why Go to a Priest for Confession?

You know how Pope Francis keeps repeating himself? How he keeps talking about the mercy...

April 08, 2013

An Annunciation Prayer

This first annual “Leave the Abortion Industry Day" sure is around some powerful feasts --...

April 08, 2013

Why We Celebrate Mary

She devoted herself totally to God, by the grace of almighty God, for our redemption....

April 07, 2013

When I Hear ‘Peace’

I think silence. I think Silent Night. I think of the continuity between Christmas and...

April 07, 2013

Peace

comes from experiencing God's mercy. Once again, Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, on the...

April 07, 2013

Renewing Beauty

I'm not always a Christian video kinda gal, but can you watch this and not...

April 07, 2013

Is This the Sunday When Easter Comes Down to Earth?

I love Divine Mercy Sunday. I love everything about it. In a sense, it is...

April 06, 2013

This Is Christianity

I love these words from Archbishop DiNoia's Easter Vigil homily last week: "We see that...

April 05, 2013

This Is the Priesthood

I wrote over on my mothership, National Review Online, today about the ridiculous but important...

April 03, 2013

‘He loved the Red Sox and he didn’t hate the Yankees.’

A story of decency, good will, brotherhood, manhood. Yes, brought to you in Pinstripes! But...

April 01, 2013

Take a Risk with Your Best Friend Forever … and Ever

Celebrating Easter, as we continue to, Pope Francis talks about Christ as a friend. This...

April 01, 2013

Pope Francis on Grace & Mercy

This coming Sunday we celebrate Divine Mercy Sunday. This Holy Father’s pontificate thus far has...

March 2013

March 30, 2013

Don’t Be Afraid, Just Say: Into Your Hands Lord

From St. Josemaria Escriva: Let us say again, in word and in action: “Lord, I...

March 30, 2013

Is Today Just Another Day? Or Is It a Day of the Living Passion?

Holy Saturday. Would that every Saturday be! Every day. Today, these last few days, these...

March 29, 2013

Need a Good Friday Gateway Drug?

The Order of Preachers -- the Dominicans -- help here. If you are looking for...

March 28, 2013

Can You Read This Without Crying?

"Let us feel Jesus' healing tonight."

March 28, 2013

Pope Francis and the Good Priest

This piece is almost prophetic in the sense that the tea leaves were being read...

March 28, 2013

The Pope and the Girls in Rome

Troubled girls at a detention center for juvenile delinquents. In a world where men and...

March 28, 2013

Avoiding the Mistakes of Judas

When we speak ill of others, we are imitating Judas. We commodify people like Judas...

March 27, 2013

The Catholic Church & a World of Good

I'm just catching up on reading and appreciated Kathleen Parker's recent column on the media...

March 20, 2013

The Pope Checks His Watch

Rome -- People have fairly widely noticed the new pope kissing babies, stopping for the...

March 19, 2013

We Are All in St. Peter’s Square Today

One mom's practical -- and mystical -- observation: From St. Peter, our first pope and...

March 18, 2013

Can I Pray for You at the Pope’s Installation Mass?

I will be at the pope's installation mass Tuesday. Please let me know if you...

March 14, 2013

Habemus Papa!

Rome -- To be in St. Peter’s Square Wednesday night was to be at a...

March 08, 2013

Women of the World, Know You Are Loved by Love Himself!

I was on FoxNews.com’s live show with Lauren Green earlier today, marking International Women’s Day...

March 08, 2013

The Church & the World

After his election, Pope Benedict XVI said: The Church today must revive within herself an...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Pope Has Left the Vatican. What Do We Do?

This interregnum period in the Church -- and happening, as it is, during Lent --...

February 27, 2013

A Father’s Farewell, Shepherding Us Forward

Cardinals have gathered in Rome to say goodbye to Pope Benedict, to thank him, and...

February 27, 2013

Saying Thank You

When I had the chance to speak with the Holy Father briefly this fall, I...

February 26, 2013

Preventing Death!

A caution from Blessed John Paul II: "Modern man experiences the threat of spiritual indifference...