In the Improbable Comparisons Department check out this lighthearted--but entirely accurate--look in TimeOut New York a local arts and events magazine at the upcoming seminar on Dorothy Day at the Museum of the City of New York next week nbsp Next up How is Thomas Merton like the Hulk nbsp

Cindy Wooden of CNS has the story nbsp Pope Benedict XVI has approved the beatification of Louis and Marie Zelie Guerin Martin the parents of St Therese of Lisieux nbsp The couple will be beatified Oct 19 World Mission Sunday during a Mass in the Basilica of St Therese in Lisieux France

My nbsp favorite new TV show other than Monster Quest nbsp is AMC s clever series on corporate America circa 1960 Mad Men nbsp Originally I was nbsp fascinated by nbsp the show s unabashed verisimilitude to begin with everyone smokes constantly nbsp at home at parties in restau

The U S Conference of Catholic Bishops has released the Vatican-approved new translation of the Mass after years of research debate and controversy nbsp The new translation now available on their website means that both priests and parishioners will soon find that the most familiar part of Ca

Here s an unusually perceptive article on the fifth anniversary of Cardinal Sean O Malley s installation as archbishop of Boston something that I would consider in the wake of Cardinal Law s departure an almost impossible job nbsp Michael Paulson at the Boston Globe does nbsp his usual

On our founder’s feast day, here are two of his most popular prayers, and one of his most popular meditations.

America will shortly be publishing a brief review of mine of The Duty of Delight nbsp the dazzling new collection of Dorothy Day s diaries but you might want to check out this new piece in The Tablet for a fuller treatment nbsp The book is simply stunning nbsp And as I mention in The Table

nbsp Here I am in Los Angeles about to start a retreat when I pick up today rsquo s The Los Angeles Times carrying stories about mortgage-bank woes gay weddings forest fires and the like nbsp Buried in the Arts section is a thumbnail review of the new documentary about Roman Polanski ldq

The Times of London is reporting that in preparation for the not-too-far-off canonization of Venerable John Henry Newman his remains are to be ldquo disinterred rdquo and placed on view in order that the faithful may venerate them or more precisely him nbsp ldquo The Vatican has ordered t

As he had on his trip to the United States in April Pope Benedict XVI addressed reporters on his recent flight to Sydney Australia about the sex abuse crisis in the country that he is about to visit nbsp Once again even before landing he takes up the issue mdash of particular import as he be