Just when I needed a good laugh, along came this: During her recent visit to Mexico, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unexpected stop at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe and left a bouquet of white flowers “on behalf of the American people,” after asking who painted the famous image. The…

“I find the invitation very disappointing. Though I can understand the desire by a university to have the prestige of a commencement address by the President of the United States, the fundamental moral issue of the inestimable worth of the human person from concepetion to natural death is a principle that soaks all our lives…

With a lot of attention and ink being devoted to the “Domers” at Notre Dame, I thought it would be worthwhile to take a look at another Catholic university, and another dome, where a long-awaited architecture project may finally be coming to completion. From the Washington Post: Two freshman architecture students at Catholic University have…

A brother deacon from the Diocese of Brooklyn sent this link my way, with the note, “Let’s get civil and teach about the real problem.” Here’s an excerpt, from the National Catholic Reporter piece. It’s by Dr. Thomas Patrick Melady, former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican, writing about what he calls the “politicizing” of communion:…

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