The End... and The Beginning

As a long, brutal 16 months in this River City finally reaches its close, a new day begins at midnight. Until then, this scribe sits surroun...

Favorite Trends from Resort 2012

I have a confession to make: Resort wear is my favorite collection during every fashion cycle.  There is something so effortless yet playful...

Bring The Wool

Shown at a post-Pallium Mass reception for Canada's three new metropolitans, The Goods -- now with larger, thinner crosses than in years...

"The Theme of Brothers"

HOMILY OF POPE BENEDICT XVI SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL CONFERRAL OF THE PALLIUM ST PETER'S BASILICA , THE VATICAN 29 JUNE 2012 Y...

Pallium Eve

Even if all remains quiet for now, one of the Catholic imagination's more unique rituals continues as this Friday dawns in Rome. Every y...

Fulton the Venerable

In an audience this morning with his chief Saintmaker, Cardinal Angelo Amato SDB, the Pope assented to several decrees of canonization, beat...

"By Faith..."

As these days seem to be marked by no shortage of tensions and emotions in no shortage of places among our lot, lest anybody else can use it...

Wedding Attire: Jason Wu Floral Silk Chiffon Dress

I was a bridesmaid in a wedding yesterday and realized that I'm at the age where everyone is getting married and it doesn't hurt to ...

Il Consigliere -- Amid Media Meltdown, The Vatican Goes Fox-Hunting

Earlier today, the Pope held another of his occasional "Cabinet" meetings with his dicastery chiefs. Yet while the latest of the s...

Guilty

For many, this is justice. For many others, it is a tragedy. And for those of us who call Philadelphia our church and home, it is now part o...

Inspiration: Lykke Li - Little Bit

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Look of the day.

On a breather, folks... because, well, if you thought things were crazy now, just wait. -30-

i'm back & zara moto jackets

Hey folks, sorry about the long hiatus.  I've relocated and irresponsibility stopped posting but I'm back and better than ever.  (no...

Sr Carol to White House: The "Accommodation" Is "Unacceptable"

In a conspicuous turnabout, the trade-group representing the nation's Catholic hospitals has said it is "deeply concerned with the...

From SSPX, A Response "In A Reasonable Time"... Or....

SVILUPPO: Just shy of 12.30 Eastern (6pm Rome), the following communiqué was released by the SSPX's General House, here below in the pr...

Bench Pointers

Before anyone asks, no idea where the Fortnight Finger came from, nor how you can get one of your own. As soon as word comes in on that, we...

"You Broke Open My Deafness": At Patrick's "Purgatory," The Vatican Meets The Victims

As noted in the moment, last night Cardinal Marc Ouellet -- the prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and a key B16 confidant -- spent an...