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Ponzi and the people of God

The $50 billion Ponzi scheme engineered by financier Bernard Madoff is now affecting Catholic schoolchildren in the U.S. Virgin Islands, according to the...

Attention last minute shoppers . . .

If, like me, you have waited until the last few days before Christmas to find that special something for loved ones, I have some kindly intended advice:...

Christmas myth debunked

For a few Christmases, our extremely unmusical family would attempt to sing "The 12 Days of Christmas." It was painful to listen to, but it...

Unique gifts and cards

Here are some very Catholic–and very non-Catholic–gifts: After Michelle Newcomb’s 4-year-old son said he wanted to be a priest, the Indiana mom...

Have a green Christmas

When I first imagined a 108-foot Christmas tree and 40 other smaller (just 50 feet maybe?) trees adorning St. Peter’s Square and the rest of the Vatican, I...

Misremembering Avery Dulles

Newspapers across the country are running obituaries in memory of Cardinal Avery Dulles, SJ, who died over the weekend. Many are picking up the Washington...

Mass with a message

I ran across this amazing reflection–at least I liked it–by New York Times columnist Roger Cohen about a liturgy he witnessed in Guantanamo, Cuba...