Well I ll bet that you re just now starting to receive or send Christmas cards this year nbsp And I ll bet that most of them include pictures of the Virgin and Child nbsp Our upcoming Christmas issue has a special image--with a fascinating history--of Mary and her infant son on its cover n

Dice are rolling knives are out goes a lyric from the musical about political intrigue Evita As the Senate debates the Nelson-Hatch amendment which would ban federal funding for abortion in ways similar to the Stupak Amendment which passed the House last month the USCCB decided to roll the

You may already be aware that a vigorous discussion of Fr Michael Ryan s article Why Don t We Just Say Wait is ongoing in the article s comments boxes But perhaps you did not know that our podcast this week features an interview with Father Ryan Father Ryan talks about his experience with t

Reader Kevin has pointed out that on NPR this morning Steve Inskeep did not use the word irony but the word awkward in describing the President s accepting the Nobel Peace Prize one week after announcing an increase in troops for Afghanistan I went back and listened again and Kevin is absolu

What rsquo s not to admire about a blockbuster exhibition of American narrative paintings that includes acknowledged masterpieces by the likes of John Singleton Copley Charles Willson Peale Winslow Homer Thomas Eakins John Singer Sargent Mary Cassatt George Bellows and Frederick Remington Thi

This morning on NPR Steve Inskeep was interviewing Cokie Roberts They were discussing the President rsquo s decision to send more troops ndash and many more civilian aid workers ndash to Afghanistan Yesterday on the morning news shows Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defe