It’s a rainy Monday morning here in New York and I think we could all use a laugh. So here it is. I kneel before the god who is Julie at The Word: Catholic Colbert, for bringing this bit of mirth to my attention. It’s a great clip of Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart on…

This is one of those tragedies that is just impossible to fathom: A bus transporting Polish pilgrims from a holy site in the French Alps plunged off a steep mountain road, crashed into a river bank and burst into flames yesterday, killing 26 people, authorities said. Fourteen others were seriously injured in the disaster, which…

Since the mammoth abuse settlement last week in Los Angeles, there’s been a lot of finger-pointing and fist-shaking (usually directed toward the Cardinal Archbishop who heads the archdiocese.) Now, a political scientist on the op-ed pages of the city’s leading newspaper is suggesting that there’s nothing wrong with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles that can’t…

A now, something a little different for a Sunday morning: marriage tips from the Catholic Church. No. Really. I’m not making this up. Last month, I noted that the USCCB had launched a new initiative to support and enrich marriage. Now, it’s finally starting to get some media buzz: Alarmed by the persistently high divorce…

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