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No season is harder to say goodbye to than the Christmas season. By now, most of the lights of Christmas will be gone. Too often in the past, as the lights have come down, my spirit has come down as well. Don’t we all suffer a bit from seasonal depression?

Here’s a very strange story out of Greece. A monk, along with two other people, was arrested at the Eleftherios Venizelos airport in Athens, Greece after security personnel discovered the remains of a human body in their luggage as they tried to board a flight to Cyprus. The remains of Eleni Vathiadou, a former nun, […]

Retired Secret Service Agent James Le Gette displays a photo of him with Pope John Paul II while he was assigned to protect the pope during his 1979 visit to the United States. (Owen Sweeney III/Catholic Review File) The recent announcement that Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1 brought renewed attention to […]

Mary Tyler Moore stars with Elvis Presley in the 1969 movie, 'Change of Habit.' Ursuline Sister Anne Michelle Mudd has devoted more than 50 years serving the King of Kings as a religious sister. At the same time, it seems the now-retired Catholic school teacher has also been a fan of another king: he of rhinestone […]

It’s been eagerly anticipated for years.  Now it’s a reality. Pope John Paul II will be beatified May 1.  Here’s a small snip from the official decree issued today in Rome: Pope John Paul II waves to an estimated 60,000 people in Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore Oct. 8, 1995. The liturgy was held […]