U.S. Catholic Blog

September 11, 2008

Below is the complete text of the Margin notes column I penned in the days following September 11, 2001. This article, "Choking on ashes," ran in the...

To Lourdes we go!

Pope Benedict XVI head off to Lourdes this weekend to celebrate its 150 anniversary, and he has a warning for all the journalists going with him: Remember to...

Lost and found

Found: The Internet. The Catholic Church has discovered that this is a great way to reach out to people they have lost (and that they are hoping not to lose)...

War on terror goes over the line

The war on terror took a little noticed, but dangerous step over the line–literally–today when U.S. and Afghan forces launched a commando raid...

Pretty woman

An Italian Passionists priest wanted to increase the visibility of nuns as well as vocations to religious life. Sounds good right? Well, his noble ends did not...

After the Olympics

Along with the athletes, I feel like I'm still recovering from the Olympics. I'm physically tired from two weeks of staying up too late to watch...

Biden and the bishops?

So it's official: Obama picked a Catholic. Well, he picked a Senator that can burnish his foreign policy credentials, but Biden's Catholicism has to be...