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Rod Dreher on the case of Fr. Weinberger Let me tell you about a little church in a poor part of town that could use a miracle. Visiting Dallas years ago, my wife and I attended Sunday Mass at Blessed Sacrament Roman Catholic Church in Oak Cliff. In the heart of a hardscrabble neighborhood, we…

Both High and Low…a good piece on expressions of faith in folk art Unprepossessing though it may be to some eyes, this Nativity is the work of a lifetime, and it is only one of many examples of popular art, religious or devotional in origin if not in present function, that abound in the city.…

Well, Hello. Forgive the relatively lengthy absence, but I assume (and hope) you’ve not been hanging around here too much yourself. Hope you had a pleasant Christmas. We did – made our way down to Knoxville, to spend a few days with my dad and Hilary, my son Christopher who lives in K-Town, and my…

“Silence” as it was lived In contrast to the stereotype of the samurai dying for his beliefs — an image popularized by the current Hollywood movie “The Last Samurai” — records show that most samurai and noblemen renounced their Christian faith under pressure. It was mostly peasants, artisans and merchants who died for their new…

791 Inmates, 26 religions A little more than a month ago, inmates in this northern Florida prison were told that it was going to be converted to a faith-based institution and were given the option to transfer out. At the same time, prisoners elsewhere were told they could transfer in and take part in more…

Where we are, for Christmas. First, Charlotte Hays and Charlotte Allen have started blogging at the Independent Women’s Forum. It’s called Inkwell, it’s very good, although it seems it should have been called “Charlottes’ Web” or something. Mark Steyn on Europe’s barrenness By contrast, if Christianity is merely a “myth”, it’s a perfectly constructed one,…

No time for great thoughts, but that’s okay, because the Gospel provides us all we need know, and, as the Holy Father has said, the best response is silence. But I’ll only say (hah!) – as we contemplate the knots and paradoxes of Christian theology, and wonder about God and how it all can be,…

From America Magazine A critique of the book that’s okay but could be more focused, it seems to me, by the bishop of Madison

Reviving an old series: The Holy Family Birth Center in Texas, where the poor are served by qualified and committed volunteers. The center’s website

Odd that there were really a slew of miracles approved last week, and the Emperor got the most notice. Would that the press have noted the others, as pointed out by Michael. The list includes Blessed Gianna Beretta Molla, who may now be canonized.
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