Deacon Greg points us to this interesting article about what a manger really is and what that meant in 1st century Palestine. Bad Artist’s Depiction? I am sorry to spoil your preparations…
Sometimes the media just nails something so well. It’s likely unintentionally but whatever. Check this out from USA Today: President Obama and his family attended Sunday services at St. John’s Episcopal Church,…
A U.S. District Court judge in Texas has struck down major parts of the abortion law that was signed by Governor Rick Perry, according to news reports. Judge Lynn Yeakel, a George…
I know that Dads are just fat balding idiots who are the punch line of every commercial and sitcom you see. But statistics from the website Fatherless Generation tells you a lot…
After a nearby Methodist Church closed, a Catholic parish raised the money to purchase and restore it. Cardinal Francis George, who played organ as a seminarian, blessed the instrument at St. John…
It was Christmas Eve night in 1906. The ships at sea for the US Navy and the United Fruit Company received s message in Morse code to expect a special and important…
This beautiful image is of the entire grade school population of the Saint Peter Catholic elementary school in the Diocese of Lincoln in the image of the Sacred Heart. It is one…
I’ve been covering colleges for quite a while now. This one shocked even me when I discovered it. A class at Georgetown University’s law school scheduled for next semester will have students…
Religion Dispatches published a story with some hippie type atheist called “UK Atheist Church Invasion.” The subhead promises that the atheist church promises “All the best bits of church, but with no…
We’ve all gone through having that first kid and we go overboard with…uhm everything. Pat and Mary Shay, my favorite actor-type folks, made this hilarious vid about first parent-it is. It’s funny…
