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A tapestry at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore commemorates a performance by John Philip Sousa in the 1880s. The concert benefitted a new Baltimore hospital built by the Sisters of […]

WASHINGTON – Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta has been named to succeed Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York as moderator of Jewish affairs for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, effective Dec. 12.

Check out this cool CR ‘blog preview’ put together by my good friend, Matt Palmer.  (Take a good look at the credits. Gotta love our casting director!) [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHeJRdCbmM]

It’s here! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtHeJRdCbmM&fs=1&hl=en_US]

Well, the verdict is in on my original black/white/orange theme for The Narthex: it looked really cool, but it was hard to read. I just switched the theme to something […]

Matt Palmer’s take on the worst holiday/Christmas songs got me thinking about two versions of the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah” making the rounds of e-mail and internet posts this […]

Now I am somebody else. Last summer I appropriated that line from Crazy Heart, the film that got Jeff Bridges his Oscar. I’d sing it whenever a brother who will […]

Locusts and wild honey doesn’t sound like a very appetizing diet. I suppose some people have eaten chocolate-covered grasshoppers, but I haven’t been brave enough to try that. And I […]

Ronnie Hastie gets down on one knee and points skyward each time he scores a touchdown.  It’s his way of recognizing God for his gifts. Not anymore. Hastie, a Washington […]