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Jon and Kate plus intrigue or boredom

Along with nearly 10 million other people last night, I tuned in to TLC for the premier of the fifth season of Jon and Kate plus 8 to see what would happen...

An Irish problem closer to home

The revelations coming out of the inquiry into abuse in Ireland are gut- and soul-wrenching. It's easy to be appalled, not only at the behavior of the...

The pope connects online

It seems impossible to keep up with the new ways Catholics are embracing the Internet. In honor of World Communications Day on Sunday, here are some new...

Sex abuse across the pond

The astonishing 2,600 page report documenting decades of child abuse in Catholic workhouses, schools, and reformatories in Ireland is revealing once again that...

Pundits on the Pres at ND

EJ Dionne of the Washington Post offers one take on Obama's speech, calling it "what may have been both the most radical and the most conservative...

Life theater

Along with graduation speakers, the other big fight on Catholic campuses (brought to us by the Cardinal Newman Society, of course) is around The Vagina...