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December 27, 2013
For sale: NYC’s oldest Catholic school
One of its former students: Martin Scorsese. Details from The New York Daily News: The...
December 26, 2013
On the second day of Christmas…
More from my new Lumix LX7, with an amazing Leica lens that just drinks up...
December 26, 2013
A pastor’s investment: give each parishioner $50—and a challenge
Photo: Dan Gross/The Gazette What a great idea: It was like a collection basket in...
December 26, 2013
BREAKING: Pennsylvania court reverses conviction of Philadelphia’s Msgr. Lynn
Details: A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a Roman Catholic Church official was wrongly...
December 26, 2013
Topless woman disrupts Christmas Mass in Germany
Okay. And this helps her cause...how?? Details: An activist of FEMEN women’s movement staged a...
December 26, 2013
Snap: Looking for a new camera? Let me tell you about mine.
Inspired by my blog neighbor Rebecca Hamilton, I thought I'd write about my own recent...
December 26, 2013
“We are meant to be Incarnational people…”
"One evening, while awaiting his train at Penn Station, my elder son was approached by...
December 26, 2013
A prayer to St. Stephen
Today marks the feast of this proto-martyr, patron of deacons. Curious to find a prayer...
December 26, 2013
UPDATE: Girl whose Christmas wish inspired thousands dies
You probably saw this story a few days ago. Her journey has come to an...
December 25, 2013
Obama: “Service is a chance to celebrate the birth of Christ and live out what He taught us…”
From the President's weekly address: So many people all across the country are helping out...
December 25, 2013
“The people who challenged my atheism most were drug addicts and prostitutes…”
A man who made a nice living on Wall Street, and prided himself on his...
December 25, 2013
NY Times: Pope “off script”
Well, that's one way to put it. Their headline: Pope, Off Script, Nods to Atheists...
December 25, 2013
A home of their own: a mini McMansion for the masses?
Visiting Maryland for a few days, I stumbled on this unusual story in a local...
December 25, 2013
Christmas in Queens
Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2013
“Allow ourselves to be moved by God’s goodness”
The text of Pope Francis's Christmas message, delivered Christmas Day in Italian from the balcony...
December 24, 2013
Wow: 10,000 turn out to grant dying girl’s Christmas wish
From CNN: Eight-year-old Laney Brown will never see Christmas again. Her doctors say leukemia will...
December 24, 2013
A classic: “12 Days of Christmas” by Straight No Chaser
After the version by The Muppets (with John Denver), this remains my favorite. Enjoy.
December 24, 2013
“The soul of this papacy is up for grabs…”
Passionate and provocative words from Thomas Peters, who throws down the gauntlet: If your love...
December 24, 2013
CDF: SSPX in schism
From Catholic Culture: The leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) are...
December 24, 2013
Christmas blessings to be counted…
One of those blessings remains this classic moment from "White Christmas." It's one of my...
December 24, 2013
A Prayer for Those Who Grieve at Christmas
We all know someone for whom the holidays are not times of cheer. Fr. Austin...
December 24, 2013
CNN poll: 88% approval rating for pope in US
Details from Daniel Burke at CNN: As Pope Francis prepares to celebrate his first Christmas...
December 23, 2013
Just a couple of popes, you know, hanging out…
The two living Catholics who carry the title "Pope" have swapped Christmas greetings. Details: Pope...
December 23, 2013
Reminder: bring a camera to Mass on Christmas
Tonight, I stopped by the rectory to meet a family about a baptism. After my...
December 23, 2013
Best Christmas meme
This popped up on my Facebook feed this morning.
December 23, 2013
Happy Festivus
Classic moments from a classic episode, below. Judging from what I see on the Interwebs,...
December 23, 2013
A beggar before the baby: a preview of the Vatican’s Nativity scene
Unsurprisingly, it has a decidedly Franciscan (as in the pope) approach. From those crackerjack journos...
December 23, 2013
Chicago church remembers slain deacon
Photo: Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune From The Chicago Tribune: For the parishioners of St. Philip Neri...
December 23, 2013
From CBS’s Sunday Morning: a rant about pew etiquette at Midnight Mass
Can I hear an "Amen"? Commentator Bill Flanagan vents.
December 22, 2013
The Obama holiday card is secular—but so was Eisenhower’s
My blog neighbor Kathy Schiffer, posting on the Obamas' Christmas card, notes that Huffington Post...
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