No, this isn’t a “Da Vinci Code” post about the upcoming “Angels & Demons” schlockfest. Seriously, it seems the Templars–the Forrest Gumps of history and conspiracy theories–were custodians of the Shroud of Turin centuries back. Secretly, of course. CNS has the story: VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A Vatican researcher has found evidence that the Knights…

The subhead of this informative Christian History essay says it all: “The historical evidence contradicts this popular notion.” But it’s worth reading the whole thing should you be called on to give reasons for your beliefs, which has been known to happen during Holy Week. A snippet: The usual argument for the pagan origins of…

So maybe God isn’t a Catholic–or maybe she is, but felt Catholics could use a lesson in humility (another one?!) and thus Villanova had to lose, badly, in the Final Four and North Carolina had to continue its dynastic ways and crush Michigan State to win the NCAA tourney. BOH-ring. I liked it better during…

The full quotation, from a NYT op-ed this morning about the great Italian novelist Ignazio Silone and his experience of a devastating 1915 earthquake like that which struck the Abruzzo yesterday, runs: “Only loss is universal, and true cosmopolitanism in this world must be based on suffering.” The column is by Stanislao G. Pugliese, a professor…

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