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June 2013

June 01, 2013

AussieMite Apologizes for Irreverent Ad—But Did They Really Mean It?

Well, that was fast! Now you see it, now you don’t. This morning I wrote...

June 01, 2013

Exorcist Author William Blatty Challenges Georgetown’s Catholic Status

William Peter Blatty, Academy Award-winning author of The Exorcist, has joined with other alumni of...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

In Australia, Sacrilege Sells – UPDATED

In the ersatz world of Big Advertising, sex sells. Apparently, so does outrageous blasphemy. I...

May 31, 2013

THE FRUIT OF HER WOMB: John Meets His Cousin for the First Time

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Visitation, that day when the pregnant Mary travels...

May 30, 2013

El Colacho: Corpus Christi and the Devil’s Leap

If you are a baby in the town of Castrillo de Murcia, near Burgos, Spain,...

May 30, 2013

A Good Lie: Green Is Golfers’ Final Resting Place

Call it the ultimate hole-in-one. Golfers in Washington State who dream of spending all their...

May 29, 2013

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Forced to Provide Contraceptive Coverage, Sins Not

Negligence. Ignorance. Inertia. These are some of the reasons why Catholic dioceses might offer employees’...

May 28, 2013

Fast Cars, Long Beards: “Duck Dynasty” Comes to NASCAR

In its third season on A&E, the reality show “Duck Dynasty” has vaulted to the...

May 27, 2013

Two Atheists Who Changed Their Minds—And Why

ATHEIST NUMBER ONE Last night, my imagination was sparked by an entry I read over...

May 27, 2013

Atheists and the Culture of Encounter

Pope Francis caused quite a stir with the atheists last week, didn’t he? The pontiff,...

May 26, 2013

The Bells of St. Mary’s: A Michigan Adventure With a Happy Ending

This is the story of a big brass bell. The bell, which stood three feet...

May 25, 2013

Hesburgh and Hyperbole

Father Theodore Hesburgh is one of “four great Americans”—along with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,...

May 25, 2013

And I Thought I Knew How to Pray…

I have known Vinny Flynn for years. I’ve seen him at the Catholic Marketing Network...

May 24, 2013

And Now It Begins: Catholic Groups Rise Up to Replace the Boy Scouts

Within twenty-four hours of the Boy Scouts’ big announcement that they will open the membership...

May 24, 2013

In Michigan, Pro-Lifers Surge Forward to Resist the HHS Abortion Mandate

“People don’t want to pay for other people’s abortions.” That’s Barbara Listing, president of Right...

May 23, 2013

Boy Scouts Go Off the Deep End

Would you send your 12-year-old son on a camping trip with a gay troop leader?...

May 22, 2013

Human Cloning Has Arrived–Like It Or Not

Human cloning is finally here—but the scientific community and the popular media are reluctant to...

May 22, 2013

Can’t Get By Without Your Morning Cup o’ Joe? Skip Starbucks, Go to St. James Coffee

UPDATE: Your help is needed to keep this great Ministry of Coffee open! St....

May 18, 2013

Tongues of Fire: Pentecost and Its Golden Sequence

Then there appeared to them tongues as of fire, which parted and came to rest...

May 18, 2013

Saturday Special: A Garden of Roses for Our Mother

In this Marian month, I continue my weekly focus on Mary, the Mother of God. ...

May 16, 2013

A Life Story, a Love Story in 85 Seconds

Getty Images, the world’s leading stock photo agency, offers more than 80 million still images...

May 16, 2013

Vatican Announcement Re. Embroiled Cardinal O’Brien

I had heard this unofficially. Yesterday, though, the Holy See Press Office issued a press...

May 16, 2013

Other Shoe Dropping: Another Gosnell Emerges in Texas

Whew! Our nation is relieved that the horrible newborn killer, Kermit Gosnell, is finally safely...

May 14, 2013

Don’t Worry, Be Happy, Sing the Ave Maria

He is a gentle, happy man. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, a virtuoso vocalist and...

May 13, 2013

New European Initiative Insists: The Human Embryo Is “ONE OF US”

A million signatures. That’s the ambitious goal of the non-denominational European campaign “One of Us”. ...

May 13, 2013

Gosnell Is Guilty! Should He Be Executed?

On May 13, after seven days of deliberations, a federal jury has found abortionist Kermit...

May 12, 2013

Father Corapi–Back in View?

Is Father John Corapi still trying to restore his reputation and return to active ministry?...

May 11, 2013

Saturday Special: Mary, Untier of Knots

Last week I told you that on Saturdays during the month of May, I would...

May 09, 2013

WHY DO YOU STAND THERE, LOOKING AT THE SKY?

May 08, 2013

THIS IS WATER: How to Think About Life

David Foster Wallace was an award-winning American novelist, short story writer and essayist. Time magazine...

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