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November 2013

November 20, 2013

“Heaven Is For Real” Movie Is Coming to Theatres at Easter

Three-year-old Colton Burpo underwent emergency surgery in 2003, following a burst appendix. On the operating...

November 18, 2013

Storm Deals A Serious Blow to Historic St. Josaphat Church

Detroit’s historic St. Josaphat Church, which dates back to 1901, suffered serious damage in the...

November 18, 2013

The Thorny Grace of It: Essays for Imperfect Catholics

I’ve gotten completely lost in this book. Picked it up, read three pages. Put it...

November 15, 2013

Sarah Palin Apologizes for Remarks About Pope Francis

Sarah Palin has taken to social media to issue an apology for her recent criticism...

October 2013

October 28, 2013

The Leadership Style of Pope Francis

This week I’ve been slowly, deliberately reading Chris Lowney’s most excellent new book, Pope Francis: Why...

September 2013

September 29, 2013

Through a Glass Darkly: An Alzheimer’s Love Story

We are, all of us, dying. Even you. It may be a traffic accident, a...

September 26, 2013

Unthinkable Hubris: O’Reilly Hears the Holy Spirit

“All of the ideas come to me in the middle of the night; and one...

September 18, 2013

Vatican Releases Free eBook with Benedict XVI’s Messages – New Links

Great news this morning from the Pontifical Council for Social Communications! The Pontifical Council has...

August 2013

August 30, 2013

Death by Living: Life Lessons from the Pen of N.D. Wilson

Sometimes ordinary words and grandios ideas put on their Sunday best and go dancing, a...

June 2013

June 26, 2013

Pearl S. Buck and the Importance of a Father’s Love

Happy Birthday, Pearl Buck! Pearl Sydenstricker Buck was an American writer born of missionary parents....

June 25, 2013

Vatican Calls for More Books for the Blind

Day after day, Pope Francis reaches out to first one, then another group: religious sisters,...

June 21, 2013

Patheos Bloggers Conspire to Change the World: My Day with My Friend, Fr. Dwight Longenecker

I am so proud to call this guy my friend. Yesterday in Greenville, South Carolina,...

June 12, 2013

All Wrong, All the Time: The Tawdry Literature of Nicolas Restif

Dirty books, quickly and carelessly written—almost 200 of them. That’s the legacy of Nicolas-Edme Restif...

May 2013

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...

April 2013

April 17, 2013

The Catholic Mom’s Lament: “There’s No Time to Pray!”

My story is every mother’s story: My children are grown, but oh, how I remember...

March 2013

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...

February 2013

February 02, 2013

Discouraging News About Priests? Here’s How to REALLY Help

Prayer Warriors, you are needed. This week has brought stark reminders of the vulnerability and...

January 2013

January 29, 2013

C.S. Lewis Goes to War

One imaginative moment seems now to matter more than the realities that followed. It was...

January 28, 2013

Angels in Paris: A Love Song

In Angels of Paris, author Rosemary Flannery reveals a cityscape filled with angels: angels peeking...

January 11, 2013

THE POETRY OF FAITH: Once Upon a Time, Belief Was Normative

Doesn't it sometimes seem that you were meant to live in a different age? That...

January 05, 2013

T.S. Eliot Reads "Journey of the Magi"

On January 6, we remember the Magi-- those wise kings from the East who visited...

December 2012

December 09, 2012

“Catholic Spiritual Practices” Is a Tool Kit for Prayer

"The fruit of silence is prayer; the fruit of prayer is faith; the fruit of...

December 08, 2012

Rooted in Love: Tools and Inspiration for Catholic Women

Sometimes for a woman, the Urgent is the enemy of the Important. Amid the cacophony...

December 04, 2012

From Willow Creek to Sacred Heart: A Former Evangelical Learns to Love the Catholic Church

Chris Haw’s journey—from lukewarm Catholicism, into earnest Evangelicalism, and finally to a renewed and vigorous...

November 2012

November 20, 2012

Men Must Endure Their Going Hence: Remembering C.S. Lewis

Men Must Endure Their Going Hence. So warns Edgar in Shakespeare’s classic King Lear. And...

October 2012

October 21, 2012

The Essential Pregnancy Companion for Catholic Moms

Elizabeth Scalia called her a “tiny, dynamic ball of energy smarts”; and so she is. ...

October 18, 2012

Pope’s New Book to Hit Shelves in Time for Christmas

The final installment of Pope Benedict XVI’s trilogy on Jesus of Nazareth will hit the...

October 11, 2012

Teresa of Avila: Patron of Catholic Writers and Headache Sufferers!

A Saint I Can Relate To! St. Teresa of Avila was born 500 years ago...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

CAN AN AGNOSTIC BE DIVINELY INSPIRED? “Babette’s Feast” Is a Eucharistic Allegory From an Unlikely Author

You probably know at least a little about Danish baroness and plantation owner Karen von...

June 2012

June 06, 2012

Stuff Your Eyes Full of Wonder. Ray Bradbury, R.I.P.

"Lord, how they've changed things in our 'parlors' these days. Christ is one of the...