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- In all defernce to Ed Wynn, a Philly born comic genius, who had a highly rated radio comedy show in the 1930s and I think sponsored by Tex...

There was one of those soft shell crab moments on the media waves over the weekend. An official from the Vatican, with credible credentials...

Former American Inquisitor and now Vatican Head of the Supreme court Archbishop Raymond Burke has done his best with a written condemnation ...

- The mind wanders. I am looking at a photo of my old catholic grade school in Philly, now defunct. The photo is from when it was brand new...

This past week we observed the fiftieth anniversary of the flight of the Dalai Lama, the head on a Buddhist sect, and his followers out of t...

There are articles about how Benedict XVI dropped the ball recently with the lifting of excommunication of the Holocaust denying “bishop...

I have often wondered what Jesus would make of our present civilization if he were to come back on an unofficial visit before his official s...

I have been watching a travel show on PBS for years and hosted by Rick Steves. I ran into his bio on Wikipedia and I was just floored by one...

It is one of the facts of life that religion at all levels has declined. There are a whole bunch of stats on this in this article. More Amer...

Mass. Catholics occupying imperiled churches 24-7 "We don't have faith in the archdiocese. I think we have faith in God," sai...

A CATHOLIC archbishop has sparked controversy in Brazil by saying the mother of a nine-year-old girl who had an abortion on Wednesday follow...

I see in the world press that the President of Sudan has been indicted for War Crimes in Darfur by the International Criminal Court in the H...

- There are circles that radiate out from Father Kennedy’s modern approach to Catholic liturgy and Social Awareness. St. Mary’s Parish in S...

There seems to be some sort of rowl in Brisbane whereby a popular priest Father Peter Kennedy has taken the good news of Vatican II and crea...

There is an article on BBC about how the Vatican is not doing well with PR (Public Relations) especially in recent news items of Holocaust D...

Did you get the message yet Bishop Dick? Holocaust denier apology is first step, bishop says Asked why the SSPX did not exclude Williamson, ...

My photo is a bit outdated but its sentiment stands this year as last. March 10 is the fiftieth anniversary of a failed uprising against the...

Suddenly, Bishop Richard Williamson's apology to who(m)ever is not good enough? I think that he has done a great deal considering his li...

There is a lawsuit put out from the descendants of the Native American Warrior Geronimo regarding his bones on display in some frat house at...

- No rest for the weary. My fishing trip got cancelled. I ran into this inspriational piece - Desiderata (Latin -"for things desired...

I am taking a break from this blog. Lent is as good a time as any to do that. Here are some past would be homilies and or inspirational wr...

The basis for this is something light and secular. I remember in the late sixties us young types wanted some modern music in the new Englis...

To change the subject matter back to more appropriate light and or secular matters. I ran into a reference somewhere about this book some m...