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June 2015

June 10, 2015

Climb Down from a Catholic Ledge: For every Koch, there is a Sarah

Participants in New York City's June 1-4 "Sacra Liturgia 2015" gathering received a letter from...

January 2015

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

Lisa Hendey, the Accidental Innovator

You might call her an "accidental innovator". When Lisa Hendey tried to digitally explore better...

July 2014

July 01, 2014

Social Justice and Mercy: “Two Threads of the Same Helix”

All it takes to sustain a culture war is a few select voices shouting in...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

“It is Consummated”: the “Mad Eros of the Cross”

On the Cross, God’s eros for us is made manifest. Eros is indeed – as...

January 2014

January 30, 2014

The Post Takes a Page at Patheos

That would be The Jesuit Post, the rambunctious, thoughtful, fun and enlightening site staffed by...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Papa and Pop-Pop, Side-by-Side as Christians

What a day it is! With the release of Lumen Fidei and the announcement of...

March 2013

March 22, 2013

Pope Francis Affirms there is “Dictatorship of Relativism”

We are still getting to know Pope Francis, studying his actions and his words as...

March 22, 2013

Lying about Francis to Spite Benedict – UPDATED

"Dear Lord, how come nobody ever gets offended by Anglican and Orthodox trappings?" Several days...

March 18, 2013

“the usual efforts at Church reform are useless…”

The English writer and mystic Caryll Houselander is one of those people whose work I...

March 18, 2013

Between Fusty and Freaky: Can Francis find the Liturgical Balance? UPDATED

So, really, what is your feeling about lace peeking out from under the chausible? Are...

March 16, 2013

All In: the Deep Evangelization of Pope Francis -UPDATED

Sadly, my phone is not letting me have the picture I took today, for this...

March 15, 2013

The Jesuit in the Dominican Robes, with the Franciscan Name

Well, I've been quiet through some exciting time, and I apologize for that. I was...

March 01, 2013

Benedict’s Action is an Unexpected American Consolation

Earlier today the Guardian UK asked me if I could rustle up a quick piece...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

Benedict’s hope lies in the reach of a monk’s prayers…UPDATES

(Subiaco Cave, where St. Benedict of Nursia lived) My piece at First Things this week...

February 14, 2013

“The Pope’s Jews: Pius XII Not “Hitler’s Pope” Afterall?

Martin Luther King said "a lie can't live." It can travel around for a while,...

February 14, 2013

Media Uses Assault Weapons of Ignorance on Benedict

(image courtesy of Shutterstock.com) Kathryn Lopez gives us a bit of George Weigel on MSNBC....

February 11, 2013

Talking Benedict with Kathryn Lopez and Ed Morrissey – UPDATES

If you're free from about 4PM Eastern you might want to turn your online radio...

February 07, 2013

Benedict’s Profound Talk on Creation, Freedom, Sin, Love

Yesterday, I posted some thoughts on how the book of Genesis seems, so frequently to...

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 24, 2013

Newly App’d (but Always Apt) Pope Talks Up Social Media UPDATES

Yesterday saw the release of the Vatican's new "Pope App", which is so well-done that...

January 17, 2013

Of He-Men, Fathers and Popes who Do Not Swagger

If you are not subscribing to The Catholic Answer, you're missing a lot of good...

January 09, 2013

A Papal Validation from @Pontifex on Twitter

Those who think that Pope Benedict XVI is engaged in mere schtick by making an...

December 2012

December 20, 2012

A couple of last-minute gift ideas!

This landed in my mailbox yesterday: James Hitchcock's History of the Catholic Church Looks delicious,...

December 18, 2012

Newtown and New Media: must we “do better” on big questions? UPDATED

That's the question I'm asking in my column at First Things, this week. More correctly,...

September 2012

September 14, 2012

Benedict in Lebanon; A Shepherd Led

A friend of mine, after considering this staggering map of today's widespread unrest, asked me...

June 2012

June 25, 2012

Leah Libresco, Media’s Favorite Puzzle

When Leah Libresco informed me that she was entering an RCIA program and wanted to...

June 15, 2012

“No one hates men! But…damn these men!” – UPDATED

On Facebook, Diane of Te-Deum blog embedded this interview between Christiane Amanpour and Sister Joan...

June 13, 2012

A Papal-Ordered Penance – UPDATED

Joanne writes on the pope-ordered penance that accompanied the opening of the International Eucharistic Congress...

May 2012

May 11, 2012

Pelosi Tries to Give Talking Points to Catholics – UPDATED

Right on schedule, Nancy Pelosi tries to do what Ted Kennedy and Mario Cuomo have...