She was a scream as perennial Catholic schoolgirl nerd Mary Katherine Gallagher on “Saturday Night Live.” Now, however, Molly Shannon is taking that act in a different direction: HBO just picked up a comedy from veteran Simpsons writer-producer Tim Long with Molly Shannon attached to star. The untitled comedy would star the Saturday Night Live…

In my channel surfing last night, I couldn’t help but notice that both Nancy Cordes on CBS and Chuck Todd at NBC were proudly brandishing on the air America’s favorite new toy: the iPad.  This may well go down in history as the country’s first iPad election night — but it won’t be the last,…

That’s the provocative opener to a terrific essay by my Assistant News Director, Shu-Fy Pongnon, who riffs on the subject at Patheos: “What if I told you Jesus was a Black man?” How I came to ask Marie this entirely provocative question five minutes before the start of 7:45 a.m. Mass is a mystery to…

What’s behind it? Some answers: A record number of 13 seminarians have begun formation for the Diocese of San Bernardino at Bl. Junipero Serra House of Formation in Grand Terrace, Calif. The men range in age from 18 to 40. Entrants credited priests, discernment nights, and volunteer work for helping them decide to pursue their…

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