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The good Dr. McNamara dug this up from the vault, and it’s an interesting little curiosity: the first bit of film showing a papal blessing. It’s Leo XIII, in the 1890’s, and McNamara notes: It’s said that when this short film clip was shown in the largely Protestant sections of the Midwest, it started a…

This may be one for the record books. I got an e-mail about this from Jim Alt, editor and publisher of Deacon Digest. It’s the surprising story of a wedding where the father of the bride and the father of the groom were both deacons — and both men took part in the ceremony. From…

“The Gospel – the Good News – is not just about words – a message given by a prophet to which we politely listen and either accept or reject. It is about what really happens in life, about God entering that place, and transforming it. That “place” is this life of brokenness, loss, sin, sorrow…

“Frankly, federal funding of embryonic stem cell research can bring on embryo harvesting, perhaps even human cloning that occurs. We don’t want that…. And certainly that is something that we ought to be talking about, but let’s take care of business first. People are out of jobs.” — Rep. Eric Cantor, (R-Va.) on CNN yesterday.He…
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