Living By Faith...
Do you want to be rich? Really rich? Give it all alway. In a stunning move Austrian millionaire, Karl Rabeder (pictured above) is giving away his fortune. London's Daily Telegraph reports that Rabeder is giving up his millions to live simply in a one room hut. The money is going to support his start up credit charities in Central America.
The Most Important Things in Life Aren't Things...
One of the great challenges in life is to learn what is really most important. I remember as a child being told at Christmas that Jesus was the real reason for the season and that toys were secondary. But I was a child and although I heard what should be most important in actual fact...
"I'm not what you expected, but oh, please love me"...
Oh boy: world's greatest weatherman...
Egypt completes restoration of world's oldest monastery...
Dominican Sisters on Oprah...
Novices in chapel, observed by Oprah's crew The Dominican Sisters of Mary will be featured on Oprah Winfrey's show tomorrow, and the gals were kind enough to send along an exclusive picture from the crew's visit to their Ann Arbor Motherhouse. They have more pictures here.
An unusual Vatican event marks Kasper's (not-quite) swan song...
The Curé d'Ars and Graham Greene: The Priesthood and Divine Mercy...
Vatican Tempests. The Academy for Life Puts Its Neck on the Line...
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"There's a little black spot on your head..."
So goes the latest ditty by a Catholic comedian Nick Alexander -- dubbed by the National Catholic Register the "Catholic Weird Al." I confess this guy is new to me, but his work is clever and pretty funny. (You can find out more about him at his self-titled website.) Meantime, his video on Lent, below. Enjoy.
The Pro-Life Super Bowl Ad - By Google...
I'm not sure how effective Google's Super Bowl ad was last night as advertising. It consisted solely of text, and most Super Bowl parties are not conducive to everybody quieting down so you can read the television. That's the way it was at my house, anyhow, and I missed it.
Vatican Economist: Recession Caused by Low Birthrate...
Easy and Hard...
Mark 9:41 For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ, will by no means lose his reward. God, said George MacDonald, is easy to please, but hard to satisfy. There are few things easier than giving somebody a cup of water, yet such a gesture will gain you a heavenly reward...
Eucharist: The Ultimate Word of Thanks...
There Is Nothing You'd Rather Be Doing...
Video: The actual Tim Tebow Super Bowl ad...
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Eucharist: The Marriage Supper of the Lamb...
Losing Our Religion...
Even with its centuries-old roots throughout the continent, is Christianity history in the West? In a speech at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., the visiting archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, warned that "trends questioning the Christian foundation of Europe, and aggressi.
New Video Games Mock the Church and Glorify Satan...
A leading theologian on Medjugorje...
Vatican Preparing Marriage Preparation Handbook...
The New Roman Missal...
The Bishops of eleven English-speaking countries have completed a new English translation of the Latin Roman Missal, Editio tertia, and the new English Roman Missal is under final review at the Vatican. The new Missal will be the first new translation since the current Missal was published in 1974--some 36 years ago. It is anticipate.
Israeli Rabbis Work Against Abortion...
The Sad End of Solomon - A Moral Tale...
The World Belongs to Those Who Hustle...
God's grace makes it possible for weak men to answer 'divine call,' declares Pope...
European Vacation: Pope Talks Tough in His Own Backyard...
Mariologist Hauke on Medjugorje: "Don't let the devotees fall into the void"...
