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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 […]

It is said that after German bombers destroyed an English cathedral during the Second World War, dedicated volunteers worked to repair one of the church’s broken statues of Christ. Rather than […]

Prince Caspian (amazon.com) Two years ago, I posted the blog below on our old blog format on CatholicReview.org. Since we’re talking Narnia and Aslan today, I thought I would share […]

Is Aslan really meant to be Christ? Actor Liam Neeson, voice of “Aslan in the Chronicles of Narnia” film series, believes the magical lion represents more than Christ.  Neeson, who […]

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland’s former lieutenant governor, is weighing in on Sarah Palin’s new book, “America by Heart.”  Townsend, a Catholic, is particularly concerned that the former Alaska governor has […]

An off-duty police officer risked his life to save a stranger from an oncoming train at a Spanish metro station.  Talk about courage! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmOUYmMZdOY]

The Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province are making it about as easy as it gets to read snippets of daily Scripture this Advent. Every day, they are sharing a short […]

Nativity Full disclosure, my mother is a member of the Church of the Nativity in Timonium, Maryland. It’s a unique parish that isn’t afraid to be bold and different.The video linked below is the homily of Nativity’s pastor, Father Michael White, last week. There are a number of reasons

No Charm City Christmas is complete without this classic! [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74INc6WwqYg&feature=related]

UPDATE: Here’s the “Best of” list. Christmas. It’s time of great joy and, at least according to American shopping malls and radio stations, it begins somewhere right after the Fourth […]