Carolyn Martin Buscarino full disclosure in the words of Darth Vader nbsp You have a sister nbsp reminds readers that NBC s critically acclaimed new show nbsp Parenthood is not simply a spin-off of the 1989 hit movie starring Steve Martin and Mary Steenburgen it s also the second time arou

Since so many of our blogposts lately have thanks to recent nbsp events nbsp dealt with homosexuality same-sex marriage and so on here s a gay Catholic speaking about what it means to be one nbsp Andrew Sullivan author former editor of The New Republic and blogger on The Daily Dish at Pri

nbsp As Tom Beaudoin mentioned in his post below the Los Angeles Religious Education Congress begins this week and will attract over 40 000 Catholics to the Anaheim Convention Center for Masses workshops lectures and--my guiltiest pleasure--spending my limited stipend on all the new Cat

nbsp As a native and in my heart current Philadelphian I am totally biased about the new film that Kerry Weber has reviewed The Art of the Steal about the highly controversial move of the little-known-but-now-much-more-well-known Barnes Foundation a small museum in Merion Pa in

Expressing our desires brings us into a closer relationship with God Otherwise it would be like never telling a friend your innermost thoughts Your friend would remain distant When we tell God our desires our relationship to God deepens Desire is a primary way that God leads people to discove

Archbishop Charles nbsp Chaput of Denver has weighed in on the decision of the Catholic elementary school in Boulder part of nbsp the Denver archdiocese nbsp that has refused readmission to the child of a lesbian couple and about which we blogged here nbsp This was posted on the archdiocesan we

Good deeds at Loyola High in Los Angeles nbsp Woulda been nice if they mentioned the motivation for all those good deeds--gee let s see maybe it has something to do with the fact that the school has a beautiful chapel that the students seem to be gee praying that one guy has a photo of

It s nbsp not surprising that given all the problems with organized religion many people would say ldquo I rsquo m not religious rdquo They say ldquo I rsquo m serious about living a moral life maybe even one that centers on God but I rsquo m my own person rdquo ldquo Spiritual rdquo o

Our friends at Salt amp Light have posted an nbsp unofficial transcription of an address by William Cardinal Levada prefect of the CDF nbsp on Anglicanorum coetibus the Vatican nbsp document on nbsp the reception into the church of nbsp members of the Anglican communion nbsp Cardinal Levada

One of my favorite terms in publishing is the ldquo pub date rdquo which refers not to the night when you go out for a beer with pals at your local haunt but the publication date of a book nbsp Anyway for the last four years I rsquo ve been working on a book called at various times The Jesu