David Paternostro, a Jesuit scholastic in philosophy studies at Fordham University, is working (along with three fellow Jesuits) on a blog that will launch Ash Wednesday and run through about Divine Mercy Sunday. On it, they plan to post daily reflections based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola so that by the end, one who reads it regularly will have gotten a basic introduction to the whole of the Exercises. For those looking to deepen their prayer life... Read more

sends along this Finnish Harmonica Quartet video, just because: Do all Finns have strange hair? Read more

In the midst of all the excitement of the Olympic Games happening in our city, I am grieving for the family and friends of the young man killed in a training run on the luge course. No “game” is worth a life and although accidents happen, this one is really hard to take – safety should always be the first concern. Please pray for the repose of his soul, for the comforting of his family and friends in this time... Read more

has a Lenten Reading Plan for you! Read more

Can the two communions deal with the whole married priest thing? Seems to me they could, since Catholics have married priests and the Orthodox have celibate ones. But then, I’m not a priest so what do I know? Read more

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I have emailed you before relating to this subject. Last year, I graduated from law school, near the top of my class. I traveled back to my home state, South Carolina, and took the bar there. I passed. I then started looking for a job. I never really expected the conditions around here to be as bad as they are. Charleston does not appear to be economically suffering, but in truth, South Carolina has nearly 13% unemployment, and there are... Read more

Well, the excitement has come and gone and I’m happy to see that some good may be coming out of it. For those of you not following this sort of stuff, here’s what transpired while I was Down Under. 1. Raymond Arroyo decided it would be a good idea to have Marc Thiessen on to defend the legacy of the Bush Administration’s torture policies. How embarrassing and bad is Thiessen in shilling for torture? This embarrassing and this oh so... Read more

Dearest toadies, lickspittles and sycophants: Behold the latest installment of Axe Cop! That is all! Read more

I would so totally go see an Axecop movie! Read more