Sad news today that Dan Fogelberg has died of prostate cancer at 56. His song, “Same Old Lange Syne” for decades has been a perennial this time of year. But for me, his greatest legacy is “Longer,” which was the “first dance” song played at my wedding in 1986. Below, in tribute to him, I…

We’re accustomed to seeing Nativity scenes in stables and caves; sometimes, the scenes even unfold under the open sky. But the one going up at the Vatican this week sounds altogether different — and very fitting, actually, coming from a pope named Joseph: Sheltered under a tree and concealed by burlap and scaffolding, the Nativity…

Anyone curioius about what Catholics really think of the Church — and why so many of them aren’t there for Sunday mass — should check out the Rhode Island Catholic for an interesting piece on Catholics who are absent, but still “Catholic”: It is no secret that Mass attendance has fallen across the United States…

You may have heard the pope will be doing a little traveling next year. You may also have heard that he’s decided to skip one particularly large and troubled archdiocese. The graphic below explains why. H/T, and much laughter, to The Ironic Catholic.

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