Charles de Foucauld wrote lovingly of Jesus’ hometown, and thought that, as he put it, “Nazareth…the place of the hidden life, of family life, of ordinary life (is) where most people lead their lives.” So this item caught my eye: a description of a pilgrimage to Egypt, visiting a place where many believe the Holy…

Father Benedict Groeschel will never be called a shy wallflower of a man, afraid to speak his mind. That much was clear from a talk he gave in Arlington, Virginia recently on the media: In a modern society where “truth is lost, justice denied and morality mocked,” Franciscan Friar of the Renewal Father Benedict Groeschel…

You would think that making an issue of a candidate’s Catholicism is just so 20th century. Didn’t we get over that in 1960? But no. In the governor’s race in Louisiana, the spectre of anti-Catholicism has now reared its ugly head. This dispatch comes from the AP: A political ad from the Louisiana governor’s race…

The Denver Broncos know a good thing when they see it. And a devoted group of nuns who happen to be football fans is a very good thing: “Quiet please. Let’s go again.” In the chapel at Exempla St. Joseph Hospital in Denver July 31, amid the lights and camera and cable and sound equipment,…

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