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Well, here’s something you don’t hear about every day. Your Humble Blogger is sending along prayers and good wishes to another journo taking a leap of faith, and also preparing to join the Catholic clergy: John Wilson, a columnist and editorial writer for the New York Post, is hanging up his pen and pad for…

She found her way back to her Catholic faith after taking quite a few detours.  From Msgr. Jim Lisante, quoted here: I met Patricia Neal over 20 years ago, and we have become good friends ever since. One time when she was on my television show, I said to her, “Pat, in so many ways…

For those who have nothing better to do: I’ve been invited to appear on Gus Lloyd’s radio show, “Seize the Day,” tomorrow morning, around 8. Topic: St. Lawrence. Bring marshmallows and weenies!

“St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was able to understand that the love of Christ and human freedom are intertwined, because love and truth have an intrinsic relationship. The quest for truth and its expression in love did not seem at odds to her; on the contrary she realized that they call for one another.…

Amazing but true: Retired hedge fund titan Robert W. Wilson lost his faith in God years ago, yet he believes in Catholic schools and gave $5.6 million to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York this summer. It’s the latest of many gifts from Wilson to the city’s Catholic hierarchy and educators, this one aimed…

Those five words are printed on my copy of a new biography of Mother Teresa, just published by TIME magazine, “Mother Teresa at 100: The Life and Works of a Modern Saint.” The author, Former TIME religion writer David Van Biema, stopped by “Currents” recently to talk about the book, and when I asked him…

Is it hyperbole? A Unitarian minister, Rev. Peter Morales, describes his arrest for protesting Arizona’s new immigration law, and concludes: I was a journalist before entering seminary to become a Unitarian Universalist minister. I like to think of myself as less naïve than many of my colleagues. I have lived in Peru and in Spain…

You might almost call the prototype a Dung Beetle: A car that runs on methane gas produced by human waste has been launched and its makers claim drivers cannot tell the difference. The Bio-Bug has been converted by a team of British engineers to be powered by biogas, which is produced from human waste at…

One of the oldest and most respected diocesan newspapers in America just took a big leap into the 21st century, becoming the first to publish an electronic edition for Kindle: Beginning with its Aug. 6 edition, The Pilot will be available on Amazon Kindle and through its new Apple iPhone application. The Pilot also plans…

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