Say hello to Elizabeth Duffy!

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A couple of weeks ago, Elizabeth Duffy, the proprietess of BettyDuffy.com, shared her Examination of Conscience in Real Time with us, here at Patheos, and her voice was so fresh and singular, we asked her if she’d like to join our ever-growing gang of columnists and bloggers in the Catholic portal. And were we ever [...]

Helping You Get Enthused…

…because that’s what I do! I know you know October is dedicated to the Rosary, and that is why I have directed you here and here over the past weeks. So, today, let Pat Gohn dispel any idea you might have that the rosary is the prayer of blue-haired old ladies: I have an aversion [...]

Catholic Portal: WTC, Hooters, Mother Teresa, Dominionism

Never let it be said that the Catholic portal at Patheos is a predictable place. Currently featured in its columns and blogs: We’ve been anticipating the 9/11 Anniversary for a couple of weeks, by taking the Testimony of Two Towers, pondering the water and ash, remembering her secret heroes both priestly and canine, and we’re [...]

Muldoon and Coffey Honored by CPA

Well, bust my buttons! It seems that while passing out awards recently, the Catholic Press Association singled out two of our Catholic Portal columnists for distinction: Congrats to Boston College’s Tim Muldoon, who runs his own page, here and also toils weekly at Culture in the Crossroads, where his recent series on Sex and Christianity [...]

Great Reads in No Particular Order

I feel like I’ve been remiss in directing your attention Catholic-Portal-page-wide — bad of me, as there’s some good stuff up! Julie Davis is writing about how she was dragged kicking and screaming into John Steinbeck’s East of Eden, and how glad she is to have read it. Now I’m itching to read it, and [...]

The Deep Waters and Gay Marriage

I rarely recommend subscribing to RSS feeds, because I know what it’s like to get enough email, but I am going to urge you to subscribe to Theologian (and Patheos columnist) Tim Muldoon — at least over the summer — as he continues to plumb the theological depths in consideration of gay marriage. He started [...]

Fr. Corapi and the Limits of Tragedy – UPDATED

In an earlier piece, Max Lindenman admitted to spending more time reading internet comboxes than is probably healthy for any human being. In this week’s column, he clearly has spent a good deal of time reading the various postings and musings, here at Patheos, and elsewhere, about the ongoing (although not actually progressing) story of [...]