"Pope Benedict urged lapsed and lukewarm Roman Catholics on Thursday to rediscover their faith but acknowledged there are "b...

"The documents of Vatican Council II are, even in our own time, a compass guiding the ship of the Church as she sails on the open s...

Newspaper photo of pilgrims experiencing  the Miracle of the Sun at Fatima in 1917. The Miracle of the Sun: "The proclamation ...

Attention WND Followers: The story about Obama's wedding ring is not true. Something very interesting from WND : NEW YORK – A...

Heartbreaking news. A 10-year-old Colorado girl reported missing one week ago is dead, police said Friday, spurring a manhunt for the...

Or discernment of spirits. Today's Magnificat offers a good reading from Fr. Jordan Aumann, O.P. on the various signs of the diab...

Nuns at Vatican II. What was the role of women religious at the Council? I don't know.  Were they there as observers?  Were the...

What I got from the debate ... The Baby-boomer hold is over...  Biden is condescending and old. Ryan is one smart guy.   

  "This is how we can picture the Year of Faith: a pilgrimage in the deserts of today’s world, taking with us only what is necess...

What? There is an awful lot of bowing and bobbing around while assisting the Bishop as he vests.  It made me think of liturgical danc...

From my friend Angelo .

Not a lot to say I guess. I read somewhere a complaint that gay people are not depicted in the pro-same sex marriage ads currently ai...

I'm not sure this is part of that vow of poverty thing. I think I should start drinking again for Octoberfest.... A few of my...

Fr. Wehmeyer now faces child porn charges. A priest who had been charged with criminal sexual misconduct now faces 17 counts of posse...

Blaming the victims. Sandusky gets 30 to 60 years - proclaiming his innocence, and pretty much blaming the victims: In a recorded ...

St. John of Avila, Doctor of the Church God Loves You Because He Is Good , Not Because You Are. As I have often repeated, God loves...

We knew one another since I was about nineteen or twenty. He was part of my circle of friends and acquaintances. At one time     ...

Archbishop Terrence Pendergast speaks out in defense of marriage. The Archbishop is here in the Twin Cities as a guest of the  Minnes...

Maybe several thoughts.... I'm getting ready to paint and do fall yard work, so my posts may be short and quick, or long and unedit...

Story here:  Raccoons slowly taking over New York and hissing at people.