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Gervais goes ‘nearest the knuckle’ on faith

When Ricky Gervais signed off from his caustic performance at the recent Golden Globe Awards, God was among those he thanked.   ” Thank you to God for making me an atheist,” the comedian quipped.  On his new CNN show, Piers Morgan challenged his fellow Brit on the comment – arguing that the joke was “nearest the knuckle” for Americans who hold faith […]

St. Philip Neri parishioner contributes ‘amazing’ skill

With spring here, Kay Bowman’s fancy turns lightly to thoughts of love – not the romantic kind the poet Tennyson had in mind, but love for the children of her parish, St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights, and its school.

Monk caught with former nun’s skeleton

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, […]

All shook up

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 […]

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