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The Deacon's Bench

When I give instruction to parents before celebrating a baptism, I like to tell them to pay close attention to how the ritual begins. It doesn’t start with an opening prayer, or the sign of the cross, or a hymn. It begins with a question: “What name do you give your child?” It sounds so…

His now-famous — and infamous — testimony on Capitol Hill included one surprising moment when, it seems, he broke character and quoted this scripture passage. Colbert teaches Sunday school at his Catholic parish Montclaire, New Jersey. It’s nice to see him using a bigger classroom.  He’d make a great deacon. 

Those savvy media types up in Boston are on the case: Want to get friended by Cardinal Sean? Or maybe LOL with your local parish priest over his latest tweet? First the Boston archdiocese joined Facebook. Now local Catholics have their own social-network community – apparently one of the first of its kind for an…

Looking for a little musical inspiration for approaching this Sunday’s scriptures? This song, by Bob Dylan, in a haunting interpretation by Tom Jones, says it. Sing it, Tom.

Like a lot of people, I was surprised to read today that an old CBS colleague of mine, Jon Klein, is leaving CNN. He leaves behind an interesting legacy — from Anderson Cooper to Elliot Spitzer.  He also leaves behind, it seems, an epic farewell memo. Check out this random sampling of words contained therein: tinge…

That’s just one of the sharp insights from this analysis of the papal UK trip from the Catholic Herald, courtesy Whispers: In Hyde Park, the Pope literally exposed the heart of the Catholic faith to crowds of thousands and a television audience of millions: very deliberately, he directed our attention away from himself and towards…

That’s just one of the compelling statements you’ll find in the piece from “Currents” below: a glimpse at pro-life feminists who gathered recently in New York. Take a look.

“As you know the Church takes great time and care before declaring that an apparition is worthy of belief, and even then it never says that a Catholic must accept the apparition as a matter of faith. We must avoid giving the impression that alleged apparitions about which the Church has not made a judgment…

What the world has been waiting for: News Barbie! Complete with her own microphone!

Folks at an Episcopal church learned that lesson the hard way: The rector of a Hingham church said parishioners trying to hold a post-Mass picnic at the town’s beach were interrupted by a Canadian goose being shot in front of them. The Rev. Timothy Schenk of the St. John the Evangelist Episcopal church said that…
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