CATHOLIC NEWS: Gone Prayin'... PLUS 8 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Gone Prayin'... PLUS 8 MORE

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Gone Prayin'

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:07 AM PST

And, well, right there's all the B16 you'll see this week -- at this hour, the Pope and his senior Curia are beginning their traditional weeklong Lenten Retreat, during which much of the Vatican grinds to a halt. While the papal exercises for the penitential season were long grist for the Roman buzzmill given the habit of both Paul VI and John Paul II to tap high-pr.

A Great Sitcom Moment

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 02:16 PM PST

The Poll Results Are In

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:04 AM PST

Over the past week we ran a poll to find out how frequently our readers go to confession. The poll closed last night at midnight. It's pleasing to have received over 250 votes and perhaps surprising to learn that about 80 percent of our voting readers go to confession. Of course, we're looking at a small and hardly random sample.

Temptation Station Just Ahead

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 09:04 PM PST

There's an old Gospel song tradition that speaks of the Christian life as a ride on the "Gospel Train." But the Gospel Train not always and easy ride with perfect scenery. But you gotta get your ticket for the Gospel Train and stay aboard. The train sometimes passes through difficult terrain and life's temptations. But just stay...

New Kid On the... Tube

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 09:23 AM PST

Crazy though it seems, this week sees a year since the Appointment of the Century (well, the first one)... but while Tim Dolan's TV savvy arguably helped write his ticket to the Big Apple and since prompted him to blog, a year in, one of the few places the archbishop of New York still has yet to appear are his charge's major media stops...

The Temptation, Kings, Nuns and Priests

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 06:47 AM PST

The Gospel reading for the first Sunday of Lent is the temptation of Christ in the desert according to Luke. Christ is tempted in three ways: through his physical desires (hunger for food), through his eyes (being shown all the glory of the kingdoms of the world)...

"Electric City"... Eye-Popping Debt

Posted: 21 Feb 2010 07:29 AM PST

Whoever he is, whenever he's named, here's hoping the cleric who'll emerge in due time as the tenth bishop of Scranton comes prepared to face more than his share of headaches. First on his plate: restoring lasting calm following the contentious six-year tenure of Bishop Joseph Martino...

Was Pope John Paul II crazy or holy?

Posted: 20 Feb 2010 10:10 AM PST

We probably don't need to sleep on the hard floor, and we certainly shouldn't wear hair shirts and flagellate our bodies. Let's leave those practices to the truly holy, the mystics. But we should do something in this Season of Lent to discipline ourselves, strengthen our spiritual lives, repent of our sins, and keep us focused on.

God on Trial

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:02 PM PST

Traditionally, the Church has understood Our Lord's three temptations in the desert as a summary of the temptations we face. St. Thomas observes, "The matter of all sins were included in the three temptations." By this interpretation, Our Lord occupies our place. On our behalf He undergoes and triumphs over the temptations of the evil one. Or...