In the midst of all the important things going on in the church and the world is there room for another word on Lady Gaga If influential theories of popular culture are correct there is more reason than ever because popular media culture -- for better and for worse -- contributes to creating an

Sarah Palin possesses an uncanny ability to make even a somewhat reasonable position on any given issue sound extremist offensive condescending and ignorant at the same time And as the star s shine fades fast her statements - if 140 characters can be called that - become more desperate Conside

In case you ve not been following the dramatic saga of William Morris the Australian bishop of the Diocese of Toowoomba removed by the Vatican after an apostolic visitation led by Archbishop Charles Chaput and brought on by Morris s comments on women s ordination in 2006 here s nbsp one of the

Judging by their thrilled tweets in many languages the first ever Vatican-hosted bloggers conference yesterday was a great success Quite what it will lead to nobody seems to know but the verdict was that building a bridge between Rome and the Catho-blogosphere will bear much future fruit and th

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