U.S. Catholic Blog

Life lessons from a basketball loss

Here's a reason not be proud of your school:   The Covenant School, a Dallas Christian school, has been widely criticized for running up the score of a...

Collateral damage

The news after the rehabilitation of the Lefebrvites keeps getting worse: The chief rabbinate of Israel has broken off ties with the Vatican, despite Pope...

Vatican videos

Having already conquered social networking and texting, Pope Benedict XVI has now moved on to YouTube videos. The Vatican has its own YouTube channel, and...

Odd News round-up

These old stories are too weird not to make a note of them: An artist-inventor working at MIT created a leg band that punishes you for using too much...

Obama’s praying-in

Having heard the two prayers at today’s ceremony, I’m sticking to my guns—no prayer at the presidential inauguration. (See my earlier post on this topic). The...

Death becomes you

There’s another option besides burial or cremations for a deceased loved one these days: diamonds. Companies will turn the ashes of the dead into diamonds...