Addio, Bevy -- Amid a Storm, Philadelphia Cardinal Dies at 88

He was the ultimate man of the law. How bitter the irony, then, that his days would end under a cloud of court scrutiny. At 9.15 tonight, An...

Spring 2012 Hair Trends: Buns, Braids, and Ponys

My favorite hair trends from Spring 2012 collections.   I stand behind these amazing wrap-around braids,  half-bun-half-pony tails, and embe...

Lapis Lazuli & Cobalt Blue Accessories

Da Vinci, Virgin Mary The color Lapis Lazuli is know for its pigmentation  and was the most expensive color to attain  during the Renaissanc...

On the Authority of God

Drawing as ever from this Sunday's readings, B16's food for thought at today's Angelus .... D ear brothers and sisters! This Su...

On Gotham's Feast, Scarlet Timbits

It might be another 23 days 'til the Scarlet Bowl -- that is, B16's induction of 22 new members into his "Senate" -- but ...

Isabel Marant Spring 2012

My favorite Isabel Marant pieces at Totokaelo . Many variations of the same piece in different colors. So in love with bright hues and bold ...

"An Integral Element" -- For Communications Day, B16 Leads With "Silence"

Keeping with the Vatican's longtime custom on today's feast of the patron of writers and journalists, St Francis de Sales, this Roma...

Margarita Saplala

Brooklyn-based Margarita Saplala designs a contemporary, playful feminine collection with original artwork and prints.  In New York City, t...

"It Is Not Weakness To Show Compassion... But Clear We Must Be"... Immediately

For the 37th year running, Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception pushed the fire-code to its limit ...

"Suffering Is the Thread" -- For Philadelphia and Beyond, Chaput's Keys to Life

Prominent as he's become over recent years, Philadelphia's ninth archbishop didn't exactly make his name on rebuilding broken ...

"A Foul Ball, By Any Standard" -- On Conscience "Edict," "The Bishops Vow To Fight"

First posted on the website of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the following video response to this morning's Obama administrati...

Conscience, Denied

In quickly-breaking news of conspicuous timing -- read: with Monday's March for Life in Washington just around the corner -- both the AP...

"The Most Cherished of Freedoms": On Religious Freedom and the Public Square, B16 Talks The States

As the US' bishops ad limina visit continues, this morning saw the second papal address of the 15-group trip: to the prelates of Region...

As previously noted, gang, greetings from a blessed breather... the first decent down-stretch this scribe has had -- or so it seems -- in a...

Call and Answer

Due to the unusually curtailed liturgical calendar to close out Christmas -- i.e. Epiphany and Baptism of the Lord on consecutive days -- th...