Andrew McCarthy shines the brightest among my celebrity sightings in New York He and a female companion sat so close to myself and a cousin in a tiny wine bar in my neighborhood they practically shared our bottle of wine and plate of cheese My cousin and I were totally gaga since McCarthy rsquo s

Yeah I know there are already so many blogs you feel like you have to read--In All Things and nbsp The Good Word of course as well as nbsp Dotcommonweal Whispers in the Loggia Clerical Whispers First Things the Deacon s Bench The Anchoress nbsp and on and on--but here s a new one to add to yo

Cardinal George whose call for renewed unity we applauded yesterday has his work cut out for him And he needs to start in Kansas City-St Joseph where the Catholic Key Blog produced by the staff of the diocesan newspaper also known as the Catholic Key is out of control Yesterday they att

As Jesus says What goes around comes around nbsp Or at least he should have said it Here s something that has nbsp just about knocked me over in the past few days nbsp A few years ago I wrote a nbsp brief memoir called In Good Company which told the story of a move from the corporate worl

Sr Mary Ann Walsh RSM nbsp is the tireless and talented director of media relations for the USCCB who also writes the USCCB media blog nbsp When someone of her prominence starts to wonder about some of the aspects the Apostolic Visitation you should take notice nbsp Here s an excerpt Then

Budd Schulberg the famed author of What Makes Sammy Run and the screenplay for On the Waterfront passed away yesterday at the age of 92 Jim Fisher professor of Catholic studies at Fordham University and author of the upcoming book On the Irish Waterfront offers an appreciation of Budd s li