And now for something completely different Enjoy Tim Reidy

Certain exclusions apply see your local diocese for details The Boston Globe reports on a Catholic parish in a gay neighborhood of the city that had planned to hold a Mass proclaiming that all are welcome to have its plans scrapped by the archdiocese following complaints from anonymous conservat

I write as a dad to other dads Put down your phones when you re with your children I know how hard it can be to resist the lure of the latest update emanating from your device but is it just me or are fathers given or taking much more cultural permission for ignoring their kids in favor of

Just back from the Catholic Theological Society of America s convention in San Jose where on the first night the bishop of the local diocese Patrick J McGrath before the entire membership noted that in the past all the best theologians were bishops but that was a long time ago nbsp He the

UPDATE 13 June 2011 The links below are now fixed-- I m taking a break from the goings-on at the Annual Convention of the Catholic Theological Society of America with our characteristic intense wash of theologizing and the even more important rejoining of long-term friendships which is where

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