Bono: U2 Need to Ask Where Your Soul Is
Bono wrote a compelling piece in the NY Times yesterday I come to lowly church halls and lofty cathedrals for what purpose? I search the Scriptures to what end? To…
Doubt, Marriage and the Passing Years
We had a great time last night celebrating the birthday of BustedHalo’s development coordinator, Brittany Janis in downtown Manhattan. On Monday, my wife, Marion and I celebrate 7 years of…
You Just Might be Canadian
And while we’re at it: The Molson Joe Canadian Commericals never got old: Nor did the I Am Canadian Song: And William Shatner tops it off with this piece of…
More on Susan Boyle
This got twittered to me: From the fine Catholic News outlet in Minneapolis: The Catholic Spirit According to British media, she has learning disabilities as a result of being starved…
Richardson at the Vatican: Successful Dialogue at Work
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, a pro-choice Democrat who recently ended the death penalty in his state with help from his local Archbishop Michael Sheehan met with Pope Benedict today…
Just when you thought we had problems
In Mexico, the leader of a devotion (for lack of a better word) to something called “St. Death” has called for a “holy war” against the Catholic Church in Mexico.…
Vatican Ambassador Possibilities
After getting several Facebook messages and emails from people asking me what I thought about Caroline Kennedy being rejected as a choice for Vatican Ambassador. For the record, she was…
Death Becomes Them
This is today’s article on BustedHalo which I have to say was one of the more intriguing reflections on the Incorruptible Saints that I’ve seen in ages. One evening last…
America the Beautiful
Congrats to America Magazine, the Jesuits fine weekly Catholic magazine which celebrates 100 years today. Three of my favorite people Maurice Timothy Reidy, Fr. Jim McDermott, SJ and Fr. Jim…
How Were You Raised Religiously?
I missed this article in the NY Times last week by Judith Warner, a virtual religious mutt who was raised Jewish, but also attended an Episcopal school and sang in…