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This video is popping up in more and more places around the blogosphere. As well it should. 

From that innocent question comes this poignant piece of Hollywood (and American) history, courtesy Charles Laughton, who answers that question by reciting in full (and I suspect, for the only time in a movie) the Gettysburg Address.  (H/T to Msgr. Ogle for unearthing this gem!) The scene below comes from the 1935 movie “Ruggles of…

This weekend, as we celebrate our freedom with barbecues and fireworks, take a few minutes to read what someone else has endured in the service of our country: Brendan Marrocco and his brother, Michael, were constructing a summer bucket list, to get them out and about, trying new things. A Washington Nationals game versus their…

People of Brooklyn, take note. Reading up in the New York Times for this Sunday’s homily, I found the following at the bottom of an article on Msgr. Bernard Quinn: A capsule summary on Friday for an article about the proposed canonization of a Brooklyn priest misidentified him in some editions. The prospective saint is…

I have a feeling you’ll be hearing his name a lot in the weeks to come. Is this the next Susan Boyle? Watch and listen and feel the goosebumps.

This weekend, we mark a great beginning – the birth of our country. As a matter of fact, we’re just ending a time of year when we celebrate a lot of great beginnings: graduations, weddings, ordinations. It’s a good season for Hallmark. Sunday, here in the parish, we’ll also be celebrating baptisms- another ritual honoring…

And prepare to be awed.  You’ve never seen Rome quite like this.  

The revised version of the once-every-decade drama in Germany got a thumbs-up from two prominent religious leaders, according to the AP: The redo of Germany’s famous Oberammergau Passion Play apparently works. A prominent American rabbi and the archbishop of New York said Friday that this year’s production is more balanced than in the past, after…

You can always count on New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan for an engaging, even eloquent homily. And at the recent diaconate ordination, he didn’t disappoint: As he ordained 13 new deacons for the archdiocese, Archbishop Dolan said graces will flow through their hands as they carry out their ministries of service to the Church and…

How do you forgive the unforgivable? Take a few moments, take a deep breath, and read this astonishing, beautiful, heartbreaking account of one man’s journey to the priesthood: No street lights illuminate this winding, narrow road, but Rob Spaulding can see enough. The car is facing the wrong direction, folded and bent at ugly angles…
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