The celebrated author Dominick Dunne was buried this afternoon following a funeral mass that makes Ted Kennedy’s seem downright conservative: Chronicler of the rich and powerful Dominick Dunne was eulogized as a great father, gossip and faithful friend at a funeral Mass attended by hundreds from the world of society and celebrity. The Mass was…

This is a terrific primer on church communications that every parish, and every diocese (and every papacy) should study, courtesy Archbishop Raymundo Damasceno, from Brazil. John Allen has the scoop: 1. Overcome the idea that the means of communications are themselves communication. In other words, building TV networks, radio stations, and web sites is all…

I don’t imagine you’ll find many toga parties at this fraternity — but you may find something else: Phi Kappa Theta, a Catholic fraternity that opened a chapter at the University of Nebraska in 2005, is working to become a “beacon of light” to those within the Greek system and, with its focus on the…

While I was scanning this story about the Nashville Dominicans, this graph jumped out at me: There are 23 postulants this year at the Motherhouse of Nashville’s Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia. It’s the largest group of new nuns in training in the United States. The article goes on: While many religious orders in the…

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