The ever-resourceful David van Biema religion reporter at Time and Time com has this provocative piece online on who should become a saint nbsp Some are already en route some are poised to step or more accurately be placed on the path some may simply surprise you nbsp See if your list ma

Fr Jim Martin continues his series on prayer with this introduction to praying the rosary You can view all of Fr Jim s video s here Tim Reidy

Last night in Scranton Pa nbsp Bishop Joseph nbsp Martino arrived nbsp unexpectedly at a church-sponsored forum on the presidential election and as the local newspaper puts it vehemently expressed his distaste for what was said about the church s stance on voting for pro-choice candidates

As of yesterday there s a new Catholic news website available It s called CathNewsUSA CathNews gathers stories on Catholic issues in the U S from both Catholic sources such as Catholic News Service and Catholic News Agency and secular sources such as Newsweek USA Today and Foreign Policy

The election is only two weeks away You can expect the national polls to get a little tighter as we get closer to election day and undecided voters make their decision Political theorists have different theories about how late deciding voters will break but the truth is that most times most peop

Last week on this blog I noted that humor had been sorely lacking in the McCain campaign nbsp The days that followed had McCain cracking wise at the Al Smith Dinner and on the Letterman Show and Sarah Palin appearing twice on Saturday Night Live nbsp The Letterman interview in particular has a