Will it play in Peoria? Well, the diocese is taking another crack at the bishop’s cause, according to CNA: The Diocese of Peoria has resumed its promotion of Archbishop Fulton Sheen’s cause for beatification despite its dispute with the Archdiocese of New York over the final resting place of the great evangelist’s remains. In November 2010 the diocese said it was no longer in a position to continue its nine years of work on Archbishop Sheen’s beatification and canonization. The... Read more
From the March for Life: “My Mom had cancer while pregnant. Doctor said, “Terminate.” Mom is fine and I’m 12 years old.” Read more
Someone (okay: Eric Sammons) decided to check blog readership via their Google subscription, and came up with some interesting findings. In the Top 200: #1 – What Does the Prayer Really Say? #2 – Whispers in the Loggia #75 – Archdiocese of Washington (featuring Msgr. Charles Pope) #132 – A Concord Pastor Comments #140 – The Anchoress Your Humble Blogger wound up at #132. And the guy who started all this, Eric, ended up at #184. Check out the rest... Read more
Want to feel energized and uplifted? Just watch. H/T Frank Weathers… Read more
Some who are snowed in by last night’s blizzard don’t have all the comforts of home. Above, an unidentified homeless veteran who lives beneath a Philadelphia underpass, photographed on Wednesday January 26th, as another intense storm barreled up the east coast. Read more
The priest who became famous for Going Rogue — among other things — has now landed a new TV show: A priest who left Catholic church to marry a woman has earned himself a TV show. Alberto Cutie shook the world with his scandal when he was photographed kissing Ruhama Buni Canellis on a South Florida beach in 2009. He consequently left Roman Catholic Church and joined The Episcopal Church. Cutie, who has been deemed Father Oprah will now appear... Read more
Some notable Catholics were special guests, according to CNS: Washington Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl was among the guests of House Speaker John Boehner, along with an assortment of students and teachers representing the archdiocese’s Consortium of Catholic Academies, other supporters of school choice and the Heritage Foundation. In first lady Michelle Obama’s box were several Catholics who recently have made the news. They included Roxanna and John Green, and their son, Dallas. The family was among guests from Tucson, Ariz.,... Read more
After we’ve all torn our hair out over the canonical question of continence, now might be a good time to reflect on the issue of a married clergy in general — and the priesthood, in particular. I’ve lost count of the number of times people have asked me, “Wouldn’t you like to be a priest?,” a question that is usually followed by a laundry list of qualifications that people seem to think would be ideal for a priest. Usually one... Read more
For my money, this is the first must-see movie of 2011. I read the book “The Monks of Tibhirine” a few years back, and was deeply moved by this story of a Trappist monks martyred by radical Muslims in Algeria in the 1990s. The movie tells this same story, and strikes me as carrying a message that’s both timely, and timeless, about persistence, and prayer, and a faith that transcends fear. As the movie’s publicists describe it: “The film tells... Read more
Over the weekend, I took the plunge and upgraded my mobile phone. (I got an EVO, if anyone is wondering.) This thing is a marvel that would not be out of place at Spacely Sprockets. It keeps my calendar, takes my pictures, shoots my video, finds my destination, locates a restaurant, and even provides me with the Liturgy of the Hours — along with a gazillion other applications that can allow me to read the New York Times, catch a... Read more
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