There’s growing buzz about the upcoming World Youth Day in Australia, and now there are souvenirs to be had: Catholic pilgrims and the public will be able to buy papal mementos after Sydney’s archbishop gave his blessing to indulging in “a little commercialism”. Shoppers will be able to buy World Youth Day (WYD) souvenirs such…

You can never know where vocations will come from, or how they’ll grow, as this story from a paper in Phoenix reminds us: Matt Lowry was starting out as an electrical engineer at Motorola and being nurtured for management. And he was actively dating. But the sparks that were flying were neither electrical nor romantic.…

The effort to win the Catholic vote continues apace, as this report indicates: Republican presidential hopeful John McCain visited the Basilica of Guadalupe, home to Mexico’s most revered icon, a stop likely aimed at Roman Catholics and Mexican-Americans voters in the United States. The basilica houses a 16th-century icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a…

It looks like the reports are true, and we are about to get a new saint. According to the AP: Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of a 19th century Belgian priest who ministered to leprosy patients in Hawaii – opening the way for him to be declared a…

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