It seems you can never be too careful about the kinds of pictures you choose to hang on your wall — especially when the art is provocative and offensive. What kind of art might that be? Why, a picture of Jesus, of course. From the London Telegraph: A religious man was suspended from his job…

The fact that you’re reading this may indicate something the wider culture is just now starting to grasp: God is alive and well online. And now that fact has even captured the attention of Forbes magazine: YouTube has produced its share of celebrities: Lonelygirl15, the lip-syncing Chinese teenagers known as the Back Dormitory Boys, and…

With so many seminaries all but empty, and so many dioceses struggling to find priests for their parishes, what is happening in Minnesota could well be considered a miracle: St. John Vianney Seminary in St. Paul has increased its housing, its staff and what it demands of students. And the men keep coming. The seminary’s…

Here’s a side of Mother Teresa we haven’t heard much about: the saint-as-patient. Her cardiologist spoke at a gathering in Pennsylvania recently, and the Pittsburgh paper has the scoop: In the last seven years of her life, Mother Teresa was often near death but saw some of her most heartfelt prayers answered. Only the hope…

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