My favorite new podcast is The Everyday Catholic. Why? Because the host David Dawson, from the Diocese of Baton Rouge really gets the internet. He gets right to the meat of what he wants to discuss right away without the usual prattle–which I admit even I do much too much of on our own Busted …

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What an awesome story: (April 2) — Four years after his death, Pope John Paul II is moving closer to being canonized. And the incredible recovery of an Ohio shooting victim may speed the late pontiff’s path to sainthood.The chaplain at a Cleveland hospital is crediting John Paul’s intercession for the recovery of Jory Aebly, …

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From one of the finest men I know: Fr Jim McDermott, SJ at America Magazine’s blog yesterday: A strange, fun tidbit: the alignment of Venus and Mercury relative to Earth today creates a very slight upward gravitational pull which is actually just enough to be sensed. Many will feel a certain lightness in their step; …

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For once being lazy works out for me. An announcement came down yesterday that Yankee Stadium Announcer Bob Sheppard who I interviewed on Busted Halo last year about possibly coming back to announce games after his brief illness was retiring. I was poised to share the news with my blog audience almost immediately, but something …

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I’m going to take a different turn than the usual posting of my prayers and those who’ve asked for them today and issue a type of challenge/complaint (I’m not sure which this really is!) I’ll explain: I was on Facebook last night and began chatting with an old friend from my radio days who is …

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