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Gideon Bibles have been a staple of American hotel rooms for decades. Every night table had one in its drawer, with a rubber stamp imprint, reminding you it was provided by The Gideons. But, like so many things, those iconic pieces of our recent past are disappearing: Some upscale hotels are no longer stocking their…

The Washington Post has a new roving On Faith columnist, Christy McKerney, who roved her way up to Stockbridge, Massachusetts and visited the Norman Rockwell Museum. There, she pondered some of the amazing pictures, and chatted with a woman who gives guided tours of Rockwell’s studio — and who posed for the great artist many…

You’ll be shocked, simply shocked. H/T to the 3Massketeers.

From Louisville comes this story of a 22-year-old who would put most of us twice his age to shame. It’s a little-reported nugget of news from the USCCB meeting in Baltimore — and it’s well worth your time: David Golemboski’s resume reads like that of someone with a few more decades behind him, but it’s…

Readers may remember the story of the Sisters of Bethany, who were forced to pack up and move after the record sex abuse settlement in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The sisters have now been offered a new place to live, according to The Los Angeles Times: Three Roman Catholic nuns who learned last summer…

Kevin Knight at New Advent has posted this link to the new vocations website for the Archdiocese of New York. It is, in a word, sensational. It was put together by Grassroots Films, which produced the equally sensational (and widely acclaimed) Fishers of Men vocations video. Follow the links, and you’ll find that at this…

In tribute to my brothers and sisters on the picket line. I’ve been a member of the Writers Guild of America, East for 21 years, and walked the line for seven long weeks back in 1987.

A Cleveland Catholic has been promoting an unusual kind of ministry for the last several years — and it’s caught the attention of a lot of motorists. Now, it’s also caught the attention of the Catholic Moment newspaper: Joe Cannon, 83, wants to deliver the Divine Mercy message to as many people as possible, including…

Boston’s Cardinal Archbishop isn’t mincing words. The other day, he drew a sharp line in the sand on the issue of Democratic candidates for public office, and abortion: Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston, saying the Democratic Party has been persistently hostile to opponents of abortion rights, asserted yesterday that the support of many Catholics…

The Jesuit priest who was convicted of sex abuse is back in the news. Seems he’s not going without a fight: The Rev. Donald J. McGuire, convicted of molesting two boys, said Wednesday that he’s fighting an effort by Chicago’s Jesuits to expel him from their religious order. “They can’t abandon me,” a defiant McGuire…
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