Quote of the Day

“ T oday we're called to walk together in a new way toward that land of promise, and to celebrate who we are and Whose we are.   If we...

The Pope's Advent Prayer: To Welcome the Stranger

Amid the current domestic context on several fronts – ecclesial and otherwise – B16's general Prayer Intention for December is even more...

Marc by Marc Jacobs Cream Tinka Print Dress

on sale:  marc by marc jacobs cream tinka print dress i am probably going to buy this next time i have too many feelings. ssense notes that...

The "iPope" Becomes @Pope: Coming Soon, A Tweeting Benedict

( SVILUPPO: At the briefing reported below, it was announced that the Pope's official Twitter account will be @Pontifex – it's set...

Michaele Vollbracht

Michaele Vollbracht Love his logo.

"Bishop Joe, It's Your Time"

This scribe's waited many years to say this... Lord knows no shortage of us have likewise burned to see it...  ...and in Providence...

At Last – In Tyler, It's Time

Eleven years ago on Assumption Day, the most exuberant episcopal ordination American Catholicism has seen in modern times took place in St L...

"We Must Without Fear": On Communicating Faith

From the Pope's catechesis at today's General Audience.... “ How do we speak of God in our times? How can we communicate the Gospel ...

Holiday Gift Ideas for Under $75

I have to make a confession here:   I enjoy shopping for gifts for other people more than I do myself.   Maybe it's some unhealthy desir...

No Peeking

...and, well, feel free to Bring Your Own Caption. Even if Consistory Time always makes for a shutterbug's paradise, the snap above migh...

An Ever-Changing College... Ever More, Benedict's Supermajority

Much as last weekend's events highlighted the reality in the elevation of the two youngest members – by far – of the Pope's Senate ...

Worthy Is the Lamb

Maybe it's just this scribe's own idiosyncrasy, but given the calendar's rhythm this year, hearing Christmas music around while ...

For All the Cardinals, "The Demanding Responsibility To Bear Witness"

Here below, the Pope's homily at this morning's Mass concelebrated with the new intake of the College of Cardinals on this solemnit...

The Tears of A Cardinal.... The Hope of A Church?

And now, of course, where else to end this Red-Letter Day but with the "star" of the show. Even as the timing of another intake ...

"Receive the Red Biretta...."

For anybody just waking up, here's full video of the centerpiece moment at  this morning's "rites of creation" – the Pope...

A Rookie Among Rookies: For India's Syro-Malankars, A Historic Red Hat

Perhaps fittingly for an intake that was decidely Eastward-looking – or, as the Italians would have it, "soli stranieri" (read: ...

The Redbirds Take Flight

Well, that was quick – between the expected lower turnout of the veteran cardinals and the short biglietto (literally, the papal "tic...