Over at the Washington Post nbsp our former editor in chief nbsp Drew Christiansen offered his thoughts on prayer fasting and Syria 39 s civil war With no end in sight for Syria rsquo s dreadful civil war Pope Francis has called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace on Saturday September 7

'Say Yes to the Dress' is strange and ridiculous. And, for some reason, I keep watching.

Today rsquo s technology can do amazing things phones take photos cars park themselves Yet researchers still have not developed a device that can definitively pin down the origins of a famous image on a piece of cloth The Shroud of Turin continues to puzzle many believers and scientists alike

In the pilot episode of “Girls,” the much-discussed HBO series now in its second season, Hannah, the show’s main character, gets high, gets angsty and gets worried looks from her parents when she describes the importance of her partly-completed memoir. Groggy, she announces: &ldquo

nbsp By now you may have seen our recent editorial which calls for the repeal of the Second Amendment nbsp It seems the Huffington Post noticed it too Reporter Meredith Bennett-Smith spoke with our editor in chief Matt Malone S J about the magazine 39 s motivations and the editorial proces

One family's Christmas tradition

I recently returned from a trip to Ireland including a visit to Dublin and its surrounding towns I was lucky enough to have time for a stop at Mercy International Centre the first house of mercy established by Catherine McAuley foundress of the Sisters of Mercy The house is located on Baggot St

According to a U S C C B press release Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York president of the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops congratulated President Barack Obama Nov 7 the day after his re-election as President of the United States The U S C C B released the text of the letter this mornin

On this election night Mark Stricherz nbsp offers guest blog post below on why a Romney victory would be good for Catholics Stricherz is the Capitol Hill correspondent for The Colorado Observer a contributing reporter for The Daily and author of Why the Democrats Are Blue Secular Liberalism