A new cathedral is about to built in Steubenville, Ohio, and it looks lovely. Small, as cathedrals go, but modest in scale and fairly traditional in design. The local paper has the scoop: The Catholic Diocese of Steubenville got the OK to proceed with plans for a new cathedral. But approval from the city’s Board…

If anyone doubted that religion was going to play a big role in the 2008 presidential race, those doubts have been dispelled. More than ever, it seems, candidates from all sides of the political spectrum are talking about faith. And now it’s even making the papers: All the Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls have been…

My cyber-pal The Anchoress sent this astonishing obit my way and said “I’m convinced it’s the prayer and home grown food.” Whatever it is, it gave this 106-year-old monk a wonderful life: Father Angelo, always in the company of the pipe that he smoked since he was 14, spent almost 60 years of productive and…

It seems some forms of prejudice die hard. Like anti-Catholicism: Republican presidential hopeful Sam Brownback said rival Mike Huckabee should apologize for a supporter’s “prejudiced whisper campaign” against him for being Catholic. Huckabee issued a statement Tuesday night that didn’t apologize for the remarks but said they were neither approved nor condoned by his campaign.…

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