Why we’re laughing at the BBC interview with Professor Robert Kelly March 11, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, News, Open Window When I was watching the footage of the BBC interview with Professor Robert Kelly, and his daughter came dancing into the room—followed by her baby brother in a walker—I couldn’t help but laugh. But I wasn’t laughing at his predicament, or his wife’s, as she swoops in to scoop up
Happiness isn’t everything (Part Two) March 9, 2017By Julie Walsh Filed Under: Blog, The Space Between The other day I wrote a piece on happiness, on how transient and subjective it is, and how it therefore makes a poor measure for determining the worth of a thing. (In that case, I was mostly referring to the ‘thing’ of reproductive technologies – efforts that aim to
Pro-Lifers need to talk about it all January 27, 2017By Julie Walsh Filed Under: Blog, Respect Life, The Space Between With the recent attention to both the March for Women and the March for Life, I’m noticing an upswing in the chatter over what pro-lifers really stand for. The typical criticism goes something like: “You people only care about babies until they’re born!” or “You’re not pro-life, you’re pro-fetus!”This is
Books on mice are twice as nice as having houses full of mice: children’s books about mice January 25, 2017By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window We have a mouse—or maybe we have mice—scampering through our house in broad daylight, without a care in the world, happy as can be. The traps are apparently no trouble to avoid, the treats in the traps are apparently not appealing at all, and every day I am able to
There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that January 17, 2017By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints There’s a mouse in the house—and there’s a Catholic saint who can help with that
Mother Teresa’s Story Speaks To Millennials Like Me January 13, 2017By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Blog, Feature, Young Adult Ministry Mother Teresa’s sainthood doesn’t come as a surprise, but the story of her inner conflict might.
After invective, what do we do? January 2, 2017By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Catholic Social Teaching, Commentary Now that the election is over, let’s agree to disagree and do it with civility and respect for others.
Oppose doctor-assisted suicide December 28, 2016By Archbishop William E. Lori Filed Under: Blog, From the Archbishop Rooting ourselves in church teaching and resolved to live each day with an authentic sense of our God-given dignity, let us be bold, courageous, and loving in pointing out how uncompassionate doctor-assisted suicide really is.
St. Otto, pray for us (and my hyper-spastic Pomeranian puppy) October 24, 2016By Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall As some of you may know from the recent article in the Catholic Review about priests and their pet dogs (“Four-Legged and Faithful”), I am now the proud and happy owner of a new puppy. He’s a fluffy black Pomeranian named Otto. He’s about 3 months old now, and standing
Why having two horrible presidential candidates presents a golden opportunity for Catholics October 7, 2016By Hanael Bianchi Filed Under: Blog, Fertile Soil After the first presidential debate, it was clear we have two of the worst candidates for president imaginable. We would be hard pressed to find individuals more unpopular than Clinton and Trump, and as the election quickly approaches, we are left wondering: what happened? Yet, this election could be a
Celebrating a dozen years of marriage September 25, 2016By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Twelve years ago I stood in the narthex of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, wearing my white gown, impatient and excited for the day—and this new chapter of life—to begin.My father was there, and my bridesmaids—sisters and friends—along with a lovely flower girl and a handsome little ring bearer.
Charles Osgood fondly recalls Catholic Baltimore August 29, 2016By George P. Matysek Jr. Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, The Narthex “Only Sister Serena could have judged your morals and grammar at the same time,” Mr. Osgood recalled.
