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St. Frances of Rome, Patroness of Rome and Heavy Traffic!

O God, who have given to us in Saint Frances of Rome a singular model...

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On Being Distracted While at Prayer

Tom McDonald came across some very unhelpful advice on how to deal with distraction while...

November 06, 2014

Absorbing the Mind and Music of Sam Rocha

One of the great charms of Sam Rocha is that he hasn't much interest in...

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The Beautiful Doubled-Edged Sword of Hospice – UPDATED

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Fulton Sheen Might Counsel Patience, Today

At the news, late yesterday, that the cause for sainthood for Venerable Bishop Fulton J....

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Minutes ago, Joseph Zwilling, Director of Communications for the Archdiocese of New York, released the...

August 2014

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Kolbe Would Have Worn the Nun (ن)

I meant to write this earlier but the day got away from me. Now, it's...

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Changing Hearts, Minds, and ‘Senses’

In the last post, we talked about ‘senses’, the gut feelings, unquestioned assumptions, and ‘unknown...

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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...

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June 24, 2014

Scary John the Baptist – UPDATED

A favorite priest calls him "Scary John the Baptist", and there are my notes on...

June 13, 2014

“Why be singular when you can participate in heaven?”

My latest column at The Catholic Answer is called "Our Professors, Who Art in Heaven"...

June 11, 2014

Hearing Pope Francis With the Ear of the Heart

Over at The Crescat, Katrina Fernandez is puzzling out Pope Francis and the way people...

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May 08, 2014

St. Catherine of Siena would “get” Sister Cristina Scuccia

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Should “New Homophiles” Be Allowed their Stories?

I love this about Saint Thomas Aquinas, the great teacher, whose story reminds us that...

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All Saints Day: A Day of Great Hope and Hope we Need!

"There is no saint without a past. There is no sinner without a future." St...

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October 18, 2013

A Female Cardinal? Not a New Idea, Really

It's always struck me as interesting that when Tiepolo painted Saint Thecla, here portrayed at...

August 2013

August 29, 2013

Miley Cyrus, Syria and the Head of Saint John the Baptist

A great deal has been written this week about 20 year-old Miley Cyrus and her...

August 14, 2013

Maximilian Kolbe: Catholic Subversive!

That night, I asked the Mother of God what was to become of me, a...

July 2013

July 12, 2013

A good day for this book: Voices of the Saints

I happened to be talking to Julie Davis -- who is the primo go-to person...

July 11, 2013

Acedia and the Help of Saint Benedict

So, you may have noticed that for the week, I have written nothing. At all....

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Obama says Church Consciences will Be Respected? – UPDATE

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Girls and Guillotines: Glorifying God

If you're not subscribing to The Catholic Answer Magazine (which you should because it's a...

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If Atheists want a creed, they ought to have one

In Florida, some atheists, peeved that a monument to the Ten Commandments could not be...

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So, Katrina is in one of her hissing moods, tonight, and I have decided that...

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While the SCOTUS ruling was breaking, this story came over the wires, too: Servant of...

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June 18, 2012

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