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June 10, 2015

“Love Itself is Knowledge”: Melinda Selmys Comes to Patheos!

We'll be rolling out several new bloggers over the course of the summer, and we're...

March 2015

March 02, 2015

Acts of the Apostasy and Jane the Actuary Come to Patheos!

You may have noticed a disturbance in the atmosphere. Or the appearance of arguments backed...

February 2015

February 10, 2015

Launching a Lenten Rescue of my Brain

The other day a friend asked me what I was doing for Lent, and I...

February 09, 2015

Patheos Blogger Gives Countercultural Witness to Marriage Vocation

In celebration of the Year of Consecrated Life, today is a particular sort of "open...

January 2015

January 28, 2015

Andrew Sullivan is Done With the Dishes…

...he's looking for another way to live and work: Why? Two reasons. The first is...

January 26, 2015

The Bishop Who Knows His Way Around New Media

That would be Bishop Christopher Coyne, lately of Indianapolis, and now the Bishop-Designate of Burlington,...

January 13, 2015

Patheos Catholic Welcomes Michael Novak!

While introducing readers to a new Patheos Catholic blogger, particularly one who has great writing...

January 06, 2015

The Spirit Moves Through the ‘Net in Mysterious Ways

Got a wonderful email from a reader who is being received into the Catholic Church...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

6* Questions for Jennifer Fulwiler

Jennifer Fulwiler is one of those people I can't keep up with. I blink and...

August 2014

August 19, 2014

Patheos Adds Artur Sebastian Rosman & Lisa Mladinich!

Yesterday, we welcomed Kyle Cupp and Rebecca Lane Frech to the Catholic channel, and today,...

August 18, 2014

Patheos Welcomes Kyle Cupp and Rebecca Frech!

It is a rare thing for the Patheos Catholic Channel to announce the launch of...

July 2014

July 31, 2014

Sometimes you just have to say, “okay, fly away…”

So, Max Lindenman, one of our earliest bloggers here at the Catholic channel, has folded...

May 2014

May 31, 2014

Not Firing Anyone: Kiss Hands Before Round 2

Sadly, while I did indeed bring everyone's intentions with me to the Holy Land, I...

May 08, 2014

Heard About Brouhaha at Harvard? Thank the Blogs UPDATED

Does Catholic blogging matter? Does it make a difference? That's more or less the question...

December 2013

December 12, 2013

“Gain a world of followers and lose your own soul…”

Pope Benedict XVI famously urged Catholic clergy, religious and laity to get on to the...

November 2013

November 27, 2013

The Catholic Book Blogger comes to Patheos!

Back when Strange Gods was first released, I got an email from a friendly fellow...

November 27, 2013

Margaret Rose Realy Nominated for a Frankie!

This happened while I was on vacation, so I'm a little late to it, but...

November 27, 2013

Evangelii Gaudium and My Joyful Grouse Rome-ward

Well, the little I've managed to read of it today, I've loved, and you will...

November 14, 2013

Patheos Welcomes Billy Kangas and The Orant

Up until now, Leah Libresco -- who was baptized and received into the faith just...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Cry Woof! Welcoming Will Duquette to Patheos

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October 26, 2013

Talking “Strange Gods” with Brandon Vogt

One of my favorite people on the planet is Brandon Vogt, a young man of...

July 2013

July 17, 2013

Prayers for Critically Injured Thomas Peters – Lungs seem better

Friends, please whisper up a prayer for Thomas Peters of Catholic Vote: Thomas was involved...

June 2013

June 17, 2013

Welcome Simcha Fisher, Pants and All!

This is one of those announcements I have been waiting to make for a good...

May 2013

May 30, 2013

Wrestling Big Questions With Civility, Smarts, Grace

Brandon Vogt -- tireless, energetic, passionately Catholic, creative Brandon Vogt -- has created something new,...

February 2013

February 19, 2013

Dr. Greg Popcak at Patheos, “Faith on the Couch”!

If you listen to Ave Maria radio, you already know Dr. Greg Popcak from the...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Confronting the Voris issue with Spot-on Charity

Because time doesn't permit, and because my interests don't really ride there, I rarely write...

January 03, 2013

Cravings: New Personal Perspectives for a New Year

I have been waiting for a long time for the release of Mary DeTurris Poust's...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Benedict: @Pontifex Does Real Theology in 140 Characters – UPDATE

(Image shamelessly cribbed from Lisa Hendey's post) Pope Benedict XVI launched his first tweet today,...

December 05, 2012

Twitter Advice for the Pope and What to Ask Him?

So, two days ago the Vatican announced the Pope's new Twitter handle and relative hashtags....

August 2012

August 28, 2012

“I do my little part, and God did the rest.”

For those who have been wondering why Rocco Palmo's Whispers in the Loggia has been...