As Whispers in the Loggia hinted, and as I speculated yesterday, the soon-to-be-bishop of Birmingham is a fella named Baker: Robert Baker of Charleston. Rocco once again has the scoop: As bishop of Charleston, Baker has presided over rapid growth; thanks to a combination of Rust Belt transplants and adult converts, the Palmetto State’s Catholic…

Careful observers know that you don’t find God only in church on Sunday morning. And now, thanks to the Washington Post’s excellent On Faith section (available online), we have more insight on God’s omnipresence, from a Jesuit who encounters Him on the subway: Some people see God while looking at mountains, or in a baby’s…

This five-minute-long film has popped up in several places on the internet, and I found it first at this blog. If you wonder what it is like to be Catholic in China, this shows you. Watch this. Now. And then, if you are free to pray, pray for all those who are not.

A little piece of Catholic history from my home state of Maryland may soon be removed from a place of honor — and I can’t say I’m unhappy about it. It’s a bust of the first Catholic Chief Justice of the United States. But his role in history wasn’t exactly the most noble: A bust…

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