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June 2013

June 17, 2013

Obama Calls for End to Catholic Education in Northern Ireland

Just two days after Archbishop Gerhard Müller, Vatican Prefect, speaking in Glasgow, Scotland, touted Catholic...

June 04, 2013

Bishops’ Doctrinal Office Has a New Leader

And he’s a Jesuit! Father Peter Ryan, S.J., has been named executive director of the...

June 03, 2013

Corpus Christi—Beautiful Imagery From Around the World

This week the Catholic Church celebrated the Feast of Corpus Christi, the feast instituted in...

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 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 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 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 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 01, 2013

Archdiocese of Detroit Sells Its Chancery Building, Plans Move to Detroit’s Capitol Park

In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, April 30, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron told staff...

April 2013

April 21, 2013

HOPE FOUNDED IN FAITH: The World Day of Prayer for Vocations

Ask a tourist what is the most familiar statue in St. Peter’s Basilica, and he’s...

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...

April 12, 2013

Faith Comes by Hearing…. And Catholic Radio Can Help With That

Today, bloggers and others are flooding Facebook, Twitter and other social media with articles about...

April 06, 2013

U.S. Military Counts Catholics Among Dangerous Extremists?

QUESTION: Al Qaeda, Hamas, Catholics and the KKK. What do these groups have in common?...

April 02, 2013

I Think, Therefore I Am…. Catholic.

The feisty writers over at Patheos’ Catholic Portal are a diverse lot: a rough and...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

The Chrism Mass: In Rome, in Detroit, and Around the World

This morning in Rome, Pope Francis presided over the Chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. ...

March 24, 2013

What Is Holy Week?

Holy Week—the week from Palm Sunday through Holy Saturday—falls this year on March 24-30. Holy...

March 19, 2013

“Don’t Flay or Skin Anyone Alive”: The Pope’s Surprise Phone Call to Buenos Aires

The faithful were not sleeping last night in Buenos Aires! In fact, thousands of them...

March 18, 2013

La Verna: St. Francis’ Hilltop Home-Away-From-Home

St. Francis, after whom our new pope is named, is most often associated with the...

March 16, 2013

Do Not Forget the Poor: Pope Francis Explains His Name

The surprises continue. Today Pope Francis, the former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., archbishop of...

March 13, 2013

Pope Francis—a Happy Surprise

Well, tell me: You weren’t expecting this, were you?! Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was not...

March 13, 2013

Making Smoke: Vatican Releases Its Secret Recipe

It’s white! No, it’s grey! No, it’s black! We are a world of smoke-watchers today,...

March 12, 2013

History in the Making: Cardinals Take the Oath in Sistine Chapel

After enjoying lunch in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the Cardinals returned to the Apostolic Palace....

March 11, 2013

So…. Who’s Getting Up VERY EARLY to Watch the Mass?

Tomorrow’s the big day: At 10:00 a.m. Rome time (yep, that’s 5:00 a.m. Eastern Time!),...