Word today that the man who created one of the greatest television episodes (in a series that had many great ones) has passed on to the great writer’s room in the sky. David Lloyd, who wrote the classic “Chuckles Bites the Dust” episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show has died. I pause to remember…

“The growth of the Internet, blogs in particular, is aggressively democratizing Catholic conversation – providing an outlet for alternative points of view, and in some cases becoming the meeting place for what are virtually “cyber-parishes,” or at least small Christian communities in cyberspace. We are an ever more global family of faith, and the Internet…

A religious license plate won’t be popping up on cars in South Carolina any time soon. From the New York Times: A United States District Judge has struck down a Christian-themed license plate that had been approved by the South Carolina Legislature, reports the BBC. Judge Cameron Currie ruled that the plate was a violation…

Seems the Holy Father is web savvy: The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, shared this week that the Holy Father has an appreciation for new developments in technology and is comfortable surfing the internet and using email. During an interview with the program “Studio Aperto” on the Italia…

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