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Meet one couple with some answers: It was at a barn dance near the small community of Munjor, Kansas in the middle of the Great Depression when Marcellus Ruder asked 17-year-old Marcella Rohr to dance with him. Little did either realize that moment would change the course of their lives forever. In October, they will…

The celebrated rocker knows his way around the Vatican, and he’s no stranger to papal audiences (see the photo above.) And a report indicates may meet with John Paul’s successor later this year: Bono has been invited to meet with Pope Benedict XVI, along with more than 500 other artists and performers. This group will…

Those of us who loved Robert Zemeckis’ “The Polar Express” can now look forward to another shiny present under our Christmas tree, with his take on “A Christmas Carol,” featuring Jim Carrey as Scrooge. A first look, below.

Weddings come in all shapes and sizes, but I don’t think any could be quite as unusual as this one, melding three different faiths. From the Los Angeles Times: We are on the Greek island of Spetses. It’s 30 hours before the wedding of Minos Matsas, a Greek-born, L.A.-based composer, and the Mexican-Japanese filmmaker Amira…

Just watch this, and see what this here Christianity thing is all about. Camp Barnabas from Steve V on Vimeo.

An enterprising deacon from Arkansas already runs a winery and a bed-and-breakfast. Now he’s building a place to pray. From the Texarkana Gazette: Those who subscribe to the claim that the ring of a bell heralds an angel’s receipt of his wings can anticipate flocks of the heavenly hosts will be taking to the skies…

From Cincinnati, which has seen a little controversy lately, comes this story about some widening cracks within the “one holy Catholic and apostolic” Church Catholics stand together during Sunday Mass to recite the “Profession of Faith,” a creed that defines precisely what it is that makes them Catholic. “We believe in God … We believe…

Further proof that the Church is alive and thriving in the South: word that a new Benedictine monastery is being established in the Lone Star State. From the Dallas Morning News: Here in cow country about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, amid scattered pecan trees and sloping fields of milkweed, six monks have come to…

I stumbled upon this the other day. It comes from the old BBC series “Not the Nine O’Clock News.” It’s hilarious — but probably not as funny today as it was nearly 30 years ago, when it first aired. Incredibly, it now looks eerily prophetic. Take a look at their take on the Apostles’ Creed…

Can you feel the love? Below, Your Humble Blogger, yesterday, with a blogger pal, Fran Rossi Szpylczyn. She trekked into Brooklyn (with her buddy Sue) to watch a taping of my show and chow down at nearby Rhythm & Booze. You can read Fran’s version of this historic afternoon right here. She’s also penned a…
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