| May 8th, 2006 Marriage and Holy Orders: An Anglican Wedding Prompts Questions for Catholics On the Friday after Easter I attended the wedding of my friends Andrea and Simon in Oxford, England. Andrea and Simon are both studying to be vicars, so they have many ... |
| May 5th, 2006 Discovering the Mystery of Easter in the new documentary about Fr. Mychal Judge CNS Photo Last week a friend invited me to attend the world premiere of the film Saint of 9/11, a documentary that tells the story of Father ... |
| May 3rd, 2006 A young man's struggle to free himself from a Texas church choir Growing up in rural Zambia, Given Kachepa saw a future containing the possibility of a dollar a day job, if he was lucky to find one, while avoiding the ever-present plagues ... |
| May 2nd, 2006 "According to a proposed immigration bill in Congress, illegal immigrants found in the United States and any people who help them, including social service and church groups, could be arrested and charged with a felony. ... |
| May 1st, 2006 United 93 honors losses that are both national and personal The fact that we know how director Paul Greeengrass' United 93 ends somehow makes the film all the more harrowing to watch. We know that the doomed September 11th flight out of Newark airport will ... |
| April 28th, 2006 Praiz and the soul of Christian Hip Hop It all started with a desperate prayer from a desperate man:Lord deliver me from myself I'm in trouble, I need your help...Not too long ago, Vance Watt was caught in ... |
| April 28th, 2006 Skunks, semantics and the art of spin The other day, while toting my inquisitive four-year-old daughter to preschool, our chat about contemporary political corruption was interrupted by a familiar smell. Taking a moment at a red ... |
| April 24th, 2006 Updating the Best of Pure Sex, Pure Love's First Year For more than a year, I've been writing the Pure Sex, Pure Love column for BustedHalo. We've covered some big topics: When to bring up your faith in a new relationship, how to make sure ... |
| April 24th, 2006 A Morality play with Mobster style Will Vito get whacked for wearing leather? Will Paulie forgive his mother for being his aunt? Will Carmela ever succeed in building that million-dollar spec house out of cardboard and glue? As ... |
| April 20th, 2006 Do you think there can be good in the midst of suffering? Is God present there? |