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One of the amazing side benefits of being a reporter is that you record history when you don’t even know history is happening before your eyes. Tom Booth, composer of “Mass of Life” arrangements, led worship with that music for the last time this past weekend during NCYC’s final Mass. Earlier today, I reported that […]

One of the great joys of covering the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) was meeting Tom Booth, the musician and composer who led worship during the conference’s final Mass. Tom wrote the “Mass of Life,” which was used for the final time in its current incarnation during the NCYC’s closing Mass. The new Missal translation […]

VATICAN CITY – A Pakistani telecom agency backed off a ban on “obscene” words – including the name Jesus Christ – in text messages on mobile phones.

VATICAN CITY – There is “little doubt” that William Shakespeare was a Catholic who was forced to hide his faith in Protestant England while leaving hints about his faith throughout his vast body of work, said an opinion piece in the Vatican newspaper.

WASHINGTON – The United Methodist Church’s Council of Bishops said in a Nov. 10 letter they would continue to uphold the denomination’s ban on blessing same-sex unions.

I’m not sure words can do this justice. But Church of Nativity youth minister Chris Wesley (Weslo Green) and missions director Brian Crook (BC Scrizzle) throw down an auto-tuned masterpiece that integrates the parish’s pastor, Father Michael White, his famous sayings during his messages, rapping and messing with pastoral associate

As a reporter, sometimes you get caught up in getting a quote from someone and then life throws you a curve. Carissa Zukowski did just that while I interviewed her at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. When St. Louis youth minister Pat Sprankle sent Carissa over, I didn’t know anything about her other […]

This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what happened in Indianapolis this past weekend, but I captured this video for The Catholic Review and The Welcome Matt. I hope it gives you a taste of all the fun that was had.