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September 2014

September 01, 2014

Vatican Announces “Ninety Minutes for Peace” Charity Soccer Match – UPDATED

UPDATE: It's over! Victors in the "Ninety Minutes for Peace" charity soccer match September 1 in...

August 2014

August 30, 2014

145 Unclaimed Bodies Laid to Rest in Archdiocese of Detroit

The seventh corporal work of mercy is to bury the dead. Usually, we fulfill that...

August 30, 2014

How Would You Like to Be Married by Pope Francis?

The Vatican has announced that next month, Pope Francis will officiate at his first wedding...

August 30, 2014

Little Flowers from Pope Francis: 50 Inspiring Anecdotes, Gathered by Andrea Tornielli

Since he first stepped out onto the balcony at the Apostolic Palace and waved a...

August 27, 2014

If Augustine Could Sing, He Might Sound Like This….

Sam Rocha is a talented guy: a professor of philosophy of education, and a darned...

August 26, 2014

….And Jesus Wept

Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at...

August 23, 2014

Joseph Bottum’s “AN ANXIOUS AGE”: He Had Me at ‘Hello’

Joseph Bottum's important new book An Anxious Age: The Post-Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of...

August 22, 2014

The Queenship of Mary Is Deeply Rooted in Scripture

Today Catholics celebrate the Memorial of the Queenship of the Virgin Mary. Pope Pius XII...

August 21, 2014

R.I.P. Cardinal Edmund Szoka. Detroit and the World Have Lost a Great Leader.

Sad news today from the Archdiocese of Detroit, where former Detroit archbishop and former President...

August 21, 2014

Dean Koontz’ “THE CITY” May Be His Best Novel Yet

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you may know that I am...

August 20, 2014

James Wright Foley: A Strong Faith in a Strange Land

The news that American front-line journalist James Wright Foley has been beheaded by ISIS has...

August 19, 2014

Commitment and Character Make “WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL” a Great Family Film

Opening in theaters across America this weekend is a new sports film from Sony Pictures...

August 19, 2014

In Argentina, Pope Francis’ Family Members Die in Crash

Sad news today from Buenos Aires, where three relatives of Pope Francis died in a...

August 19, 2014

Chaldean Catholic Eparchy of the U.S.A. Offers Help to Displaced Iraqi Christians

"We wish to scream, but there are no ears that wish to hear." Those are...

August 18, 2014

Frankenstein Science: Head Transplants Are Now Possible?

"Potentially unethical." That's how one expert described an Italian scientist's plan to perform...

August 16, 2014

Recalcitrant LCWR Digs in Its Heels at Nashville Meeting

Fireworks this week, as the Leadership Conference of Women Religious met in Nashville for their...

August 16, 2014

Anne Thompson Gets the Scoop: Pope’s Coming to Philly!

Pope Francis is coming to America! We thought that it would happen: We believed that...

August 15, 2014

Poland’s Dr. Bogdan Chasan: Humble Hero Is Unambiguously Pro-Life

A physician has become a popular hero in Poland, after he was fired from his position...

August 13, 2014

“My Parents Open Carry”: A New Teaching Tool in the Gun Control Debate

"A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of...

August 13, 2014

Fr. Hubert Schiffer and the Jesuit Priests Who Survived Hiroshima

I wish I could tell you that I'm related to Jesuit Father Hubert Schiffer. I've...

August 12, 2014

Why Be Catholic? Patrick Madrid Has All the Answers

Have you ever read a book by Patrick Madrid? If you have, I'll bet you haven't...

August 11, 2014

History Repeats Itself: Lepanto and the Current ISIS Crisis

The Muslims had a distinct advantage. They greatly outnumbered the Christians whom they oppressed. Their...

August 11, 2014

In Cuba, Faith Comes Out of the Closet As Catholic Church Is Erected

For the first time since the Marxist revolution, a new Roman Catholic church is being...

August 09, 2014

As LCWR Plans Its Big Meeting, the Number of Nuns Continues to Decline

The Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) will hold its annual meeting this week (August 12-16)...

August 09, 2014

Mamma Mia! Nun Scores a Hit on Italy’s “The Voice” – UPDATED

Go into all the world, said Jesus. Sister Cristina Scuccia, a 25-year-old Ursuline Sister of...

August 08, 2014

Summer Reading: Alice McDermott’s “Someone”

I'm not sure why I've never before read anything by Alice McDermott. She's a Catholic...

August 07, 2014

IMAGE AND REALITY: God’s Vision for Womanhood

What makes a woman beautiful? If the magazines in the checkout aisle are to be...

August 07, 2014

St. Cajetan, Patron of the Unemployed and of Job-Seekers

Well, today's saint is someone to admire (and to emulate!) on many counts. Cajetan dei Conti di...

August 07, 2014

Bishop Strums the Guitar at Medjugorje

Swiss Bishop Marian Eleganti delighted the crowd by picking up his guitar and joining the...

August 06, 2014

Internet and Cell Phones Are “Futile”, According to Pope Francis

"Maybe many young people waste too many hours on futile things, chatting on the internet...

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