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Food for thought on Fat Tuesday

Tuesday, February 21, 2012
The best thing about Fat Tuesday during college was definitely the veritable smorgasbord of a dessert buffet that the dining hall put out every year, topped off with a chocolate fondue with strawberries and pound cakes for dipping.Fat Tuesday is understood as our one last opportunity to pig out before the solemn, somber season of Lent.

Caption contest: Touchdown Jesus

Thursday, January 12, 2012
We've been having some fun around the office captioning the image below that accompanied this satirical aticle on Sojo.net yesterday. Most of us are sports fans in some way or another, so we appreciate the Jesus as sports coach idea.

The underlying faith behind Stephen Colbert's Super PAC

Thursday, January 5, 2012
If you're a fan of late night TV host and comedian Stephen Colbert--or his more private Catholic alter ego of the same name--you're probably familiar with the ongoing storyline surrounding his very real Colbert Super PAC.To catch up those who aren't fans, Colbert, the TV character, filed paperwork last summer to start a real political action committee.

Two turntables and a catechism

Monday, December 5, 2011
Hip-should not be overlooked when catechizing young Catholics.By guest blogger Kevin Considine"The beautiful thing about hip-hop is it's like an audio collage. You can take any form of music and do it in a hip-hop way and it'll be a hip-hop song. It's the only music you can do that with." Those are the words of hip-hop artist Talib Kweli.

Another case for Steve Jobs' sainthood: The pro-life iPhone

Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Ever since the death of iconic Apple founder Steve Jobs in early October, tributes to his life and legacy have nearly elevated him to the status of sainthood.

Marriage, women, and the church

Monday, November 28, 2011
Last month’s Atlantic featured a cover story somewhat similar to one they’d run just a little more than a year ago.

Weird, wacky, wonderful: Thanksgiving traditions

Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Having a traditional Thanksgiving doesn't necessarily mean you have to be doing what "everybody else is doing." Sure there are turkeys and mashed potoates and stuffing on lots of tables on the fourth Thursday of November each year, but not every table.Below, some of the U.S. Catholic editors share their Thanksgiving traditions.

In memoriam of U.S. Catholic illustrator Bill Petersen

Friday, November 18, 2011
This year, long-time U.S. Catholic illustrator Bill Petersen died of cancer. Art Director Tom Wright shared a few thoughts on working with him, and we've pulled up some old favorites from Bill and put together this slide show in memoriam. We hope you enjoy viewing these illustrations as much as we have.Late this summer, U.S. Catholic lost a good friend to cancer.

Toning down on Tebow

Wednesday, November 16, 2011
As the media’s obsession with Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow has exploded over the past months and weeks, I’ve been sitting on my hands waiting for an opportunity to chime in, and it seems I can no longer just sit back and idly roll my eyes.Reports are in that custom Denver Broncos jerseys are now appearing with Tebow’s number 15 and the name “Jesus” written across the back.Though some say t

Survived the rapture? Watch out for the next threat: alien invasion.

Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Though Harold Camping may have been wrong about the October rapture, it looks like we earthlings have another doomsday situation shaping up this November—alien invasion.Weekly World News reports that according to John Malley, the lead extraterrestrial expert at the independent organization Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, “Three giant spaceships are heading toward Earth.
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