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August the 10th marks the feast of a great deacon and martyr of the Church, St. Lawrence. He famously died while being burned to death on a grill. (Significantly, the feast day which precedes his, St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, or Edith Stein, also commemorates a martyrdom by fire — hers, in Auschwitz.) Below…

After the New York Times’ John Broder took a hard look at Barack Obama and the Catholic vote, Mark Silk — a blogger who’s been following the election and religious issues — took exception to it. And, I have to say: he raises some very interesting points: The back-and-forth on abortion in Democratic presidential politics…

Those were the words that singer Steven Curtis Chapman spoke to his teenage son moments after a devastating event: while driving the family’s SUV, the boy accidently struck and killed his little sister. Some weeks back, I blogged about that tragedy. Now, the Chapmans are coming forward to talk about it. I caught part of…

This picture appears this week in the diocesan paper of Little Rock, Arkansas Catholic, celebrating the largest diaconate class ever. The item notes: For the first time, the diocese is hosting formation classes in Spanish as well as English. The class includes 52 men and their wives — 22 in the Spanish class and 30…
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