The Editor-in-Chief of Busted Halo, Bill McGarvey, has announced that he’s stepping down after six years at the helm: I am very proud of this site’s transformation into the vibrant multi-media platform that it is today. The discussion happening on Busted Halo has been unlike any other in the Catholic Church, or any other I’ve…

America’s first diocese may soon begin reducing masses as a result of the priest shortage. From the Baltimore Sun: With Father Patrick Carrion away, a nun led a morning service last week at St. Mary Star of the Sea, directing the gathering of 15 worshippers in Catholic hymns and prayers, and distributing the Communion that…

Stephen Colbert’s Catholicism continues to grab attention. The latest, from Kathryn Jean Lopez: “I hope that applause is for my mother’s womb.” I certainly enjoyed when Stephen Colbert slipped that in during a recent appearance on ABC’s The View. The Comedy Central star’s appearance got attention because the comedian walked off the set, as a…

 The AP’s Rachel Zoll has discovered something that may not be news to some of us in the blogosphere: Pressure is on to change the Roman Catholic Church in America, but it’s not coming from the usual liberal suspects. A new breed of theological conservatives has taken to blogs and YouTube to say the church…

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