Mass Attack
The AP tells of the tragedy in Egypt where Coptic Christians were killed in a suicide bombing at mass. ALEXANDRIA, Egypt – Christians clashed with Egyptian police in the northern…
BVM World Tour: Green Bay
The Diocese of Green Bay has approved a Marian apparition as legitimately worthy of belief. The Most Rev. David Ricken has approved the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Hope…
Nice Job Outta the Catholic League
Because I am the King of Fairness… I liked this return serve by the Catholic League to the atheist billboard we spoke about last week: The New York Times added:…
Crucifix Video Removed After Catholic League Complains
Bill Donahue is at it again. Our friends at the Washington Post give us the scoop: Officials at the National Portrait Gallery on Tuesday removed a work of video art…
Dorothy Day: The Saint Without a Stained Glass Window
Today is the 30th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s death. Bridges and Tangents sums up my own feelings better than I could: It was the simplicity of her love – for…
Tis the Season for Intolerance
The atheists pick on Christians every Christmas but this one takes the cake. Some thoughts: 1) Why not a Hanuuakah billboard? Why not Eid Al-Fitr or Eid Al-Adha? Oh that’s…
What the Pope Didn’t Say About Condoms
I’ve been away on retreat with the students and had to catch up on work yesterday. So I’m late to the conversation on this one, but I have some observations…
An Episcopacy Divided
I’m going to touch on a few issues this morning. They all revolve around the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. It should be noted at the outset that I…
Do You Believe in the Devil?
Today’s NY Times reports on an Exorcism Conference which took place recently. A snip: There are only a handful of priests in the country trained as exorcists, but they say…
On Voting
We vote because we can. How many would like the opportunity to vote? How many with the right take it seriously? How many think it doesn’t matter? This morning as…