From Boston comes this story that shows that lengths some will go to — and the depths some will plunge — during hard times:  Whoever broke into St. Ambrose Church had to squeeze between a statue of St. Ambrose and some bushes to get to the stained glass window. Then he or she punched through…

As one who toiled long and hard in the network news business for nearly three decades, I can give this suggestion a hearty “Amen”:   I don’t mean to put anyone out of work in this difficult economy — I even have several friends in this profession — but I implore you to turn off the…

Photo: by Michael Clancy Many of us have seen it, but few of us have heard the story behind this iconic photo of a fetus clutching a doctor’s finger. But the man who took the picture wants the story to be told — and has become a passionate advocate for life.  The Catholic Standard in…

Like most of us, I have people in my life that I have a hard time loving.  So this morning’s entry for the Office of Readings, for the memorial of St. Theresa of the Child Jesus (or Therese of Lisieux, as many of us know her) had special resonance.  It comes from her autobiography: Love…

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