For everyone who has ever wondered How can I complete my Christmas shopping and encourage vocations at the same time the answer is finally here Catholic toy company Wee Believers reg now offers plush huggable 13-inch dolls in the form of characters named Sr Mary Clara and Fr Juan Pablo th

A fascinating piece in Chiesa by the veteran Vaticanologist Sandro Magister on the church s approach in Argentina regarding baptism nbsp Rather than withholding baptism for children for parents who are on the fringes of the church Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio SJ nbsp reminds us nbsp that the

The U S House of Representatives yesterday passed a reinstatement of the current estate tax rates The tax only affects estates values at more than 3 5 million per person 7 million for a couple and is set at the rate of 45 percent The estate tax was slated to expire next year and then in 2011

NPR on the U S bishops including interviews with Rep Bart Stupak Archbishop John Myers George Weigel and yours truly nbsp It is to my mind a fair overview of the bishops new activism

In the past two months relations between the three main Christian bodies -- Catholic Orthodox and Anglican -- have moved in more promising directions than perhaps during the past 50 years of uninspiring liberal dialogue according to Adrian Pabst in an interesting piece in the Guardian His evid

The 77th annual tree lighting ceremony in New York rsquo s Rockefeller Center on Wednesday evening Dec 2 drew more than 100 000 street spectators and perhaps millions watching the live proceedings on television I was one of them Without a doubt the shining lights and smiling faces and brillian