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September 2012

September 05, 2012

Benedict’s Warning and Consolation: Changing Demographics Mean Closing Churches

Catholics in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee are reeling at the news that 103 of its...

September 04, 2012

PURGATORY AND PRESUMPTION: Please Don’t Forget to Pray For Me!

The news this week has been full of celebrity passings: Rev. Sun Myun Moon, founder...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

Catholic Marketing Network Showcases the Best in Religious Art, Reading, and More

Books and Bibles, rosaries and rock carvings, window clings and children’s things. This week, it’s...

August 26, 2012

A Scriptural Trifecta in Ordinary Time

Wow, so let me ask you: Were you at Mass this morning? (Say yes, say...

August 22, 2012

Al Kresta’s Analysis of This Whole “Al Smith Dinner” Thing

I invited Al Kresta, CEO of Ave Maria Radio and host of the nationally-syndicated "Kresta...

August 22, 2012

Nailing Jello to a Tree: The Wit and Wisdom of Al Kresta

It was the fall of 1987. I was heading southward on I-75, driving home from...

August 21, 2012

Bartholomew: Any Friend of Jesus Is a Friend of Mine

Any Friend of Jesus’ is a Friend of Mine. And this week, we remember one...

August 17, 2012

What Does It Mean to Be Catholic? Saudi Government Weighs In

Catholic: of, relating to, or forming the ancient undivided Christian church or a church claiming...

August 14, 2012

MARY, THE MOTHER OF GOD – Honored in World’s Largest Stained Glass Window

The largest stained glass church window in the world is in [choose one]: (1) Cologne, Germany; ...

August 09, 2012

Breaking Bread With the Enemy: The Al Smith Dinner

“So he’s given us a year to figure out how to violate our consciences…” “You’ve...

August 07, 2012

Summer Snowfall Interrupted: Vandals Spoil the Fun at Rome Basilica

At the beginning of each of the ten videos in Fr. Robert Barron’s “Catholicism” series,...

July 2012

July 31, 2012

A Tribute to the Jesuits on Their Feast Day

On July 31, the Society of Jesus marks the 456th anniversary of the death of...

July 27, 2012

Bloggers Have a Friend in Titus Brandsma

You know how it is in the blogosphere: Writers there are fearless, standing alone against...

July 14, 2012

LIKING BIKERS: Catholic Cross-Bearers Take the Gospel to the Streets

June 9-17 was Bike Week in Laconia, New Hampshire. Thousands of motorcycle enthusiasts from around...

July 13, 2012

Kateri Tekakwitha: Lily of the Mohawks

When I was in elementary school, my parents splurged on a membership to the Catholic...

July 09, 2012

Pope Benedict’s “To-Do” List to Keep Catholics in Church

What is the largest Christian denomination in America? If you guessed “Catholics”, you’re right! According...

July 07, 2012

To Rise From Ashes: The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls

One hundred eighty-nine years ago next week—on July 15, 1832—a careless workman started a fire...

July 06, 2012

HELLO, I’M WITH STUPID! Rude, Crude Children’s Clothing – UPDATED

Isn't it abusive to use one’s baby as a billboard? The question may seem flip,...

July 06, 2012

The Saint and the Scapular: Simon Stock and Our Lady of Mount Carmel

Our Lady of Mount Carmel, pray for us. We were motoring through the French countryside,...

July 01, 2012

Medjugorje: An Alternate Perspective

In recent days there have been many harsh words written about the alleged Marian apparitions...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Tax Away, Big Government! ACA Moves Forward

Well, that just put a lid on everything I had been planning to tell you...

June 18, 2012

My First Ardent Prayer to Blessed John Paul II – UPDATED

UPDATE Dear Friends: I first posted about my sister-in-law Maureen last May. She has had...

June 09, 2012

It’s CHRIST CATHEDRAL! May America’s Newest Cathedral Shine with the Light of the Gospel

And so it’s official: The grand glass edifice formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral has...

June 08, 2012

On Corpus Christi–A Eucharistic Flash Mob

You've seen them before: dancers, musicians, actors, jugglers, lovers with elaborate marriage proposals, all taking...

June 07, 2012

Stand Up for Religious Freedom—One More Time!

Our work isn’t done, folks. Apparently, some in the White House and the media think...

June 05, 2012

The Walker Recall, Labor Unions and Catholic Social Teaching

So the labor unions lost tonight. Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker will remain in office, and...

May 2012

May 21, 2012

Poor Mr. President—There’s Just Too. Much. News.

Well, I’ll bet Mr. Obama is sputtering into his beer. Just as it seemed things...

May 09, 2012

BREAKING: Michigan Appeals Court Protects Pastoral Communications

The Michigan Appeals Court has ruled this morning in favor of confidentiality, in a landmark...

May 03, 2012

SWIMMING THE TIBER: To Quote Flannery O’Connor, “Here Comes Everybody!”

WHAT DO THESE PEOPLE HAVE IN COMMON? Actors John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Jim Nabors, Faye...

April 2012

April 28, 2012

Laughing and Crying with Cardinal Dolan

Lately I have been seen chuckling in airports, making a spectacle of myself as I...