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March 2013

March 11, 2013

The Oath of Secrecy: Because You Can’t Be Too Careful

The media has been abuzz with news about the phone-jamming equipment being installed on the...

March 08, 2013

In Other News: Mimosas From the Vatican

Well, not this kind of Mimosa: I’m talking about this kind: There’s really big news...

March 08, 2013

New Book Reveals the Promise of Adult Stem Cells

“…the potential benefits of adult stem cell research are very considerable, since it opens up...

March 03, 2013

Philatelist Alert: Vatican Issues Stamps for the Interregnum

Stamp collectors will need to act quickly if they want to get their hands on...

March 03, 2013

TV Worth Watching: “The Bible” Premieres March 3

Tonight at 8:00 p.m. EST, something new is coming to your television set: A Lenten...

March 02, 2013

I’m a Racist? Yeah, Well, Shove Off

Yesterday over on Facebook, there was a big dust-up because some woman told me I...

March 01, 2013

BANKING HEIRESS FORSAKES WEALTH, Devotes Her Life to Helping Underprivileged Minorities

Twenty million dollars. That’s how much St. Katharine Drexel donated to the education and care...

March 01, 2013

Hungry? Offer It Up for Marriage

The U.S. Bishops have an idea: With the Supreme Court about to hear an important...

March 01, 2013

LIFE WITHOUT DO-SI-DOS: It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Girl Scouts

Who can turn away a sweet little girl, boxes of cookies in her wagon, smiling...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

Dear Holy Father: Goodbye, and God Bless!

February 28, 2013

Pope Benedict’s New Digs

By now you’ve probably seen this picture: It’s the Mater Ecclesiae—the former convent inside the...

February 27, 2013

Pope Benedict’s Final General Audience Draws 150,000

“I’m moved. When I see you, I see the Church is alive.” These were the...

February 26, 2013

C. Everett Koop: The Padre Pio Connection

You probably heard that C. Everett Koop, who served as Surgeon General under President Ronald...

February 25, 2013

Vatican Announces World Meeting of Families—In Philadelphia!

Philadelphia. September 22-27, 2015. Be There. You’re part of a family, right? I mean, you’re...

February 25, 2013

All Creatures Great and Small….

...the Lord God loves them all. --James Herriott

February 25, 2013

A Coat of Arms for the Interregnum

Have you ever seen this? Probably not—This is the coat of arms of the Holy...

February 24, 2013

LAST DAYS IN THE OFFICE: What I Do, What Pope Benedict Does

On my last days on the job, I have my hands full: I try to...

February 24, 2013

Moloch Has an “Off” Switch

CARDINAL GIANFRANCO RAVASI WARNS AGAINST CHILD SACRIFICE? Cardinal Ravasi, who is leading the Lenten retreat...

February 23, 2013

The Poet Named for a Building

Yesterday was the birthday of Edna St. Vincent Millay, American lyrical poet, playwright and feminist. ...

February 22, 2013

Music to Inspire the Conclave of Cardinals

I imagine Pope Urban VIII offering the liturgy at St. Peter’s Basilica on a summer...

February 21, 2013

How a Pope Is Elected

As Pope Benedict prepares to step down from the papacy on February 28, we look...

February 21, 2013

THE CHAIR OF KATHY: From Which I Ponder the Chair of Peter, and Its Significance in the History of the Church

Here is my chair. It is where I sit, watching the soup pot and watching...

February 20, 2013

Defiant St. Louis Church Wins… What?

They get to keep the building—but at what price? In exchange for the property rights,...

February 20, 2013

A Little Lent Within Lent: The Tradition of Ember Days

Do you remember Ember Days? If you’re a baby boomer or older, you may remember...

February 19, 2013

The Sudarium of Oviedo: The “Other Shroud” of Jesus

And so Simon Peter also came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he saw...

February 18, 2013

God and Old People

Belief in God increases with age. That is the finding of a longitudinal study by...

February 17, 2013

Reader Feedback Time: Is Tim Tebow a Religious Bigot?

NFL superstar Tim Tebow may just possibly be a religious bigot. That was the concern...

February 16, 2013

Treasure on the Detroit-Chicago Road: Historic Stations of the Cross

If you travel about 75 miles west from Detroit along old Highway 12, the road...

February 15, 2013

Sheep and Goats and Lots of Noise

“When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he...

February 15, 2013

Praying for the Papal Conclave

And so life goes on. Shocked and saddened as we are by the news of...

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