Singing to Babies (and Kids)
By SDG | Our new arrival, Matthew, is going on a month old, and he’s learning a lot about the world. One of the things he’s learning is that when Papa holds him, it’s not delicious like with Mama — but...
View ArticleThe Watcher Awakes
By THOMAS L. McDONALD | "The head of Argus (as with stars the skies) / Was compass’d round, and wore an hundred eyes." So writes Ovid about Argus Panoptes, the many-eyed god and sleepless watcher who...
View ArticleMary, the Virgin Mother
By Mark Shea | The purity of Mary’s faith, so closely bound up with her virginity, leads to the other great Marian image found in John’s Gospel. For at the very climax of the story, a curious thing...
View ArticleMary Guards the Truth about Our Relationship to God
By Mark Shea | In the virginity of Mary, we see reflected to us the essential truth of the Gospel: that it’s God who is the author of our salvation. That’s as deeply offensive to us today as it has...
View ArticleMuch Ado About Vocations
By Simcha Fisher | A reader writes: How did you/do you discern a ‘vocation’ to writing alongside your primary marriage/motherhood vocation? I love writing and I sometimes feel called to shar...
View ArticleCardinal: Pope Likely to Pardon Valet
By Edward Pentin | Cardinal Velasio De Paolis, a canon lawyer and member of the Vatican’s Supreme Court, is convinced that Pope Benedict XVI will pardon his former valet, Paolo Gabriele. Gabriele, who...
View ArticleSingles’ Standards
By EMILY STIMPSON | "Maybe it’s time to stop being so picky." On the list of well-intentioned remarks married friends and relatives make to single Catholics, that sentiment is among the most oft...
View ArticleThe Witness of the Prophets to the Perpetual Virginity of Mary
By Mark Shea | Given the witness of Mary, Joseph, the Evangelists, and Jesus himself, it’s not surprising to find the early Church Fathers firmly embracing the belief that Mary was ever-virgin. They,...
View ArticlePope’s Ex-Butler Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
By DAVID KERR/CNA | DAVID KERR/CNA VATICAN CITY — Paolo Gabriele, the Pope’s former butler, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty today of stealing confidential Vatican...
View ArticleCivility in the City
By KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ | NEW YORK — “Our two candidates claim that both your parties, the Republicans and the Democrats, are ‘big tents,’ containing extraordinarily diverse, even contrary, opposite...
View ArticleNew American Saints Canonized in Rome
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — An estimated 80,000 pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square to witness and celebrate the canonizations of seven new saints on Oct. 21, including the first American...
View ArticleFinding Holiness in the Holy Land
By MELANIE RADZICKI McMANUS | When I was planning my trip, I got caught up in majestic images of Israel — Jerusalem’s impressively steep hills; Nazareth’s enormous Basilica of the Annunciation; the...
View ArticleCampaign 2012 — What Voting Means
By GEORGE WEIGEL | American political campaigns have never been for the squeamish. With the sole exceptions of George Washington’s two uncontested elections, every presidential campaign has seen its...
View ArticleUS Ambassador to Holy See Steps Down
By Edward Pentin | The United States Ambassador to the Holy See made a farewell visit to Pope Benedict XVI today. Ambassador Miguel Diaz is leaving his position after just over three years’ service...
View ArticlePope to Take to Twitter
By Edward Pentin | Pope Benedict XVI is to start tweeting from his own personal account, probably by the end of this year, according to the Vatican. It says the Holy Father’s tweets will be “fairly...
View ArticlePope Benedict XVI Takes to Twitter
By EDWARD PENTIN | VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI’s own personal Twitter account has been created to help the Church directly engage with believers and non-believers, and to encourage the faithful...
View ArticlePalestinian Christians Hail UN Resolution
By MICHELE CHABIN | JERUSALEM — Palestinian Christians and Church officials have welcomed the U.N.’s Nov. 29 resolution to upgrade the Palestinians’ status to that of a non-member state. The vote...
View ArticleIn 60 Seconds: Anna Karenina! Hitchcock! More!
By SDG | New 60s! David and I offer our short takes on three of the films we’ll be reviewing on tonight’s brand-new “Reel Faith” at 9pm EST on NET (watch live), plus David offers a second look at Life...
View ArticleLive Advent, Families of Faith
By Agnes M. Penny | Tips from a Catholic mom. | Surrounded by a culture promoting Santas and holiday sales, how can Christian parents bring the spirit of Advent into our homes? How can we convince our...
View ArticleVatican Astronomer: World Not About to End
By Edward Pentin | Responding to the media circus over a possible end of the world on December 21st – a claim that’s circulated for years and even spawned a Hollywood blockbuster – the Vatican's top...
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