It's a cautionary tale of some kind, deciding which one is the problem. In a simultaneous demonstration of the vast power of the internet to confound...
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You may not think of Syria as a home of Christian monasteries, but I visited three today: Deir Mar Musa (Monastery of Moses), Deir Mar Takla (St. Thecla, an...
Now for something completely different from the TEL blog: Instead of the usual contrarian Cones on the church in the world, a bit of travel. Good luck has...
I won’t try to fool you, but to add some levity to your April Fool’s day, here’s some real stuff that’s hard to believe. First, some odd new...
Satan’s existence was the topic of an ABC Nightline “face-off” last week. It’s an interesting topic, but it’s also interesting that a major television network...
You can be part of a global movement of a billion people, and it's a lot easier to join than the Catholic Church. All you have to do is turn off your...
Start with one hour of Eucharistic adoration, follow that up with a party in a nightclub-like setting, and you get one hip ancient church. That’s the model of...
The headline may overstate the case a bit, but Archbishop Edward Egan's acknowledgment in a talk radio interview that the Catholic Church ought to consider...
The Examined Life of late has become The Examined Pope, but I have to comment on the news, after all, and Pope Benedict XVI has been generating plenty of it...






