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December 2015

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...

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 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 11, 2015

Latin Mass Society President Photographs Nude Women; Archdiocese of Detroit Issues Warning

It looks like the jig may be up for self-proclaimed “Catholic serial entrepreneur” Anthony Raphael...

November 05, 2015

Statue of Blessed Virgin, Lost Following Battle of Lepanto, Has Been Found

On October 7, 1571, a patchwork fleet of Catholic ships primarily from Spain, Venice and...

September 2015

September 30, 2015

Would St. Jerome Go to the Library?

September 30 is the feast of St. Jerome, Doctor of the Church, patron of libraries. ...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

FAITH MEETS SCIENCE: Vatican Enlists Tattoo Removal Lasers to Clean Priceless Artwork

An intriguing report out of England: The Vatican has hired Lynton Lasers, a tattoo removal...

June 24, 2015

His Name Is John: Happy Birthday, John the Baptist!

When the time arrived for Elizabeth to have her child she gave birth to a...

May 2015

May 30, 2015

The Amazing Catholic Art at Anti-Catholic Bob Jones University

Bob Jones University, a fundamentalist Protestant university in Greenville, South Carolina, is downright unfriendly toward...

May 19, 2015

Five Years in Heaven: A Young Man’s Unlikely Friendship with an Elderly Nun

When I first saw the title of John Schlimm's new book, Five Years in Heaven, I...

April 2015

April 02, 2015

HOLY THURSDAY: Remembering Jesus’ Gift of Himself in the Eucharist

Brothers and sisters:I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the...

March 2015

March 25, 2015

And She Conceived by the Holy Spirit: A Reflection on the Annunciation

Wherever you live, chances are you hear the church bells from time to time. Perhaps...

February 2015

February 24, 2015

Brentwood Cathedral’s Stations of the Cross: What Were They Thinking?!

This year in anticipation of the season of Lent, England's historic Brentwood Cathedral has unveiled...

January 2015

January 02, 2015

The Bible’s Inspiring Stories – In the Rose Bowl Parade

On New Year's Day, chances are you were among the 450 million television viewers watching the...

November 2014

November 14, 2014

The Madonna of the Candelabra

Back in 2011, the U.S. Postal Service issued a Christmas stamp titled "Madonna of the...

September 2014

September 18, 2014

Beauty Meets Grace in Detroit’s Historic Churches

My fingers tugged at the wrapper, and I held my breath as I rushed to...

September 11, 2014

Neilson Carlin: Creator of the Icon for the World Meeting of Families

"The scales began to fall." Neilson Carlin is talking about his conversion to the Catholic...

August 2014

August 03, 2014

Should the Catholic Church Sell St. Peter’s Basilica to Help the Poor?

"I looked up at the great basilica, and I had two reactions: First, I appreciated...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Better Baby Bumps to Celebrate New Life and Impending Motherhood

This is amazing. I happened upon an article today about the website My Little Sweet...

June 2014

June 19, 2014

Iconoclasm Alive and Well: Man Lops Head Off Jesus Statue in Charleston

A man has destroyed a statue of Jesus in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, decapitating the...

May 2014

May 12, 2014

IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER: Sculpture Depicts Reliance; Citizens See Porn

LOOK CLOSELY AT THIS STATUE. What do you see? To some citizens in the...

May 10, 2014

Graphic Statue of Virgin Mary Upsets Neighbors in Old Westbury

She stands 33 feet tall, her body bronze and red in the winter sun, slashed...

April 2014

April 24, 2014

OH NO! Crucifix Honoring JPII Breaks and Falls in Italy, Killing 21-Year-Old Man

A sad story out of northern Italy: The corpus of Christ has fallen from a...

April 01, 2014

Christ With a Toothache, and the Sad, Sad Vandalism of Viennese Churches

News broke this week that over the weekend of March 29-30, a vandal destroyed...

March 2014

March 13, 2014

The Trapdoor on Christ’s Right Shoulder

I have just soaked up all the beauty and the mystery of "Arms Wide Open", a...

February 2014

February 17, 2014

Chagall’s Self-Portrait With a Clock: A Meditation on the Crucifixion

In 1947, modernist painter Marc Chagall painted a picture called Self-Portrait with a Clock. In...

February 06, 2014

Pope Francis Says Hello to Chocolate Selfie

All right, no Pope-sickle jokes, you hear? At an audience on Wednesday, February 5, Pope...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

Well, That Was Quick! Rome’s “Decorum Squad” Scrapes Off the Super Pope

The Super Pope is gone! Apparently, the Vatican liked it (since the Pontifical Council for...

January 29, 2014

It’s a Bird…. It’s a Plane…. It’s SUPER POPE!

His fisted hand stretching toward the sky, his white cape blowing in the Roman winds,...

January 20, 2014

Drone Swoops Through Monreale Cathedral for a Birds-Eye View

William the Good may have stood in the great cathedral which he commissioned, staring up...