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December 2015

December 21, 2015

Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow…. My Farewell Tribute to Patheos

Patheos, I have loved you. When Elizabeth Scalia first invited me to sit in her...

December 20, 2015

THE O ANTIPHONS and the Beatles: Great Secrets Revealed?

First, I mean no disrespect—but if you are a theologian or a historian or a...

December 19, 2015

LOOKING BACK: Eight Really Big Stories from “Seasons of Grace”

What do readers want in a good Catholic blog? As the year draws to a...

December 16, 2015

He’s Coming! The Great O Antiphons

He’s coming! And as the Church anticipates the coming of the Messiah at Christmas, we...

December 14, 2015

Serena Williams Just Took Feminism Back a Generation

Serena Williams, named Sports Illustrated's 2015 "Sportsperson of the Year," dressed for her cover photo...

December 14, 2015

Common Core Architect: Faithful Catholic Schools Shouldn’t Fear New SAT

For years now, Catholic schools have felt pressured to conform to the Common Core because...

December 13, 2015

I LOVE THE ROSE CANDLE! The Significance of Gaudete Sunday

How often a good idea finds expression in the rich liturgy and tradition of the...

December 12, 2015

Michigan AG Sues Abortion Doc Who Had “Products of Conception” in His Trunk

Dr. Michael Roth, the Michigan abortionist who was busted by police last October with drugs...

December 09, 2015

DEAR MR. DEAR: Pro-Lifers Don’t Kill People. You Don’t Speak for Us.

Robert L. Dear Jr., the shooter who burst into a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic...

December 08, 2015

Wear the Veil Day: Catholic Young Women Veil in Devotion to the Real Presence

On December 8, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, many young Catholic women across America...

December 07, 2015

The Christmas Plains: A Sentimental Classic from Joseph Bottum

Joseph Bottum is the kind of storyteller who captures your attention with a straightforward phrase, a wordsmith who tickles...

December 04, 2015

Under the Christmas Tree: Books for Children of All Ages

Each year during Advent, I've tried to offer a list of great books for children:...

December 02, 2015

Disgraced Priest Fr. Edward Belczak Sentenced to Prison

It's a story of sin and deception, forgiveness and remorse. On December 1, Father Edward Belczak,...

November 2015

November 29, 2015

The Miraculous Myrrh-Streaming Icon of St. Anna

We've had an interesting visitor in my hometown of Detroit this week. An icon of...

November 25, 2015

New Book Tells the Story of Mike Huckabee: A Man of the People

When I heard that the Patheos Book Club was featuring Scott Lamb's new authorized biography...

November 24, 2015

SHOCKING: Consecrated Hosts Desecrated in Spanish Art Exhibit

A new low for performance art: In the city of Pamplona, Spain, artist Abel Azcona used consecrated...

November 24, 2015

Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter Just Got Its First Bishop

Just announced: Pope Francis has appointed Monsignor Steven J. Lopes to be the first bishop...

November 23, 2015

Football Family’s Faith Inspires, As 5-Year-Old Chad Carr Loses Battle With Cancer

Chad Carr, the five-year-old son of former University of Michigan quarterback Jason Carr and the...

November 22, 2015

A Pencil in God’s Hand: Mother Teresa’s Story Comes to the Big Screen

Anjezë (Agnes) Gonxhe Bojaxhiu was only twelve years old when she first felt the call...

November 21, 2015

HuffPo’s Latest Anti-Catholic Screed Ignores the View of Faithful Catholics

The Huffington Post has sunk to a new low in inviting the director of Dignity,...

November 21, 2015

“A Brotherhood of Crime”: Five Charged in Leaks of Vatican Documents

Three former Vatican officials are among the five people formally charged by the Vatican on November...

November 19, 2015

Cardinal Sarah: Even Pope Can’t Dispense With Laws re. Communion

"The entire Church has always firmly held that one may not receive communion with the...

November 19, 2015

Ben Carson Explains His “Much Ado About Nothing” Comment; Opposes Euthanasia

Pro-life Americans have been concerned this week about a statement by presidential candidate Ben Carson,...

November 18, 2015

A New Welcome Mat for the Year of Mercy

Pope Francis just gave me an idea: I need a new Welcome Mat to kick...

November 17, 2015

Why Catholics (And Everyone Else) Should Stay Away From Horoscopes

“I would like to ask you," said Pope Francis in his Sunday Angelus address, "...but...

November 15, 2015

Devastating Fall Brings Miracle Healing for Annabel Beam

When Annabel Beam was only five years old, she was diagnosed with two painful, life-threatening digestive disorders....

November 15, 2015

Live Now on the BBC: Memorial Service at Notre Dame

If you hurry, you can watch this: Beautiful Notre Dame Cathedral, filled to capacity with...

November 15, 2015

“Much Ado About Nothing”? Ben Carson Just Lost Me Over the Terri Schiavo Case

Perhaps you've noticed: While I haven't endorsed a candidate for the presidency, waiting to give...

November 13, 2015

Just In: Statement from the Holy See on Paris Terrorism

This just out from Salt + Light TV: The Holy See Press Office has released...

November 13, 2015

BREAKING: Supreme Court to Hear New Abortion Case

On Friday, November 13, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the first new abortion...

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