Local foods: Not only good but delicious!

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On Sunday, I was drooling over my TV while watching Super Iron Chef on the Food Network, featuring the secret ingredient of the White House garden.

The show pitted two pairs of amazing chefs, Bobby Flay with White House Executive Chef Cristeta Comerford against Mario Batali and Emeril Lagasse. For those unfamiliar with the show, the chefs compete by preparing a four- or five-course meal based around a secret ingredient in one hour.


Practicing (not just) Catholic

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The choices in line for the "cafeteria Catholic" have expanded in recent years. Instead of simply choosing the pieces of Catholicism that they like, Catholics can--and do, according to a recent study--choose what they like from any number of faith traditions.

A Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life poll found that six in 10 Americans blend practices and beliefs from a variety of traditions, including New Age spirituality.


Hard times at Christmas

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A poll over at Catholic Match found that Christmas is the hardest time of year for singles.

Facing up against Valentine's Day, Thanksgiving, and New Years, Christmas "won" with forty percent of the votes.


Drew Brees, the true Saint

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So we all know that the New Orleans Saints are doing very well these days (with a record of 13-0), but did you know that God is on their side?

Besides being named the Saints, some have taken to calling their quarterback, Drew Brees, Breesus. This T-shirt comes from breesustees.com, and there's also a blog.


How do you say "pro-life" in French?

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The politics of abortion in Europe is both more complex and more nuanced than on this side of the Atlantic.

Hope in Copenhagen

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Having spent part of my Thanksgiving vacation in Hopenhagen, as the locals are calling it, I have been optimistic that this round of climate change talks would achieve something.


Happy Human Rights Day

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Today we celebrate the 61st anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Human Rights. This year the focus is on ending discrimination.


The Sisters of Mercy aren't McDonald's

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Religious congregations are not franchises of the Vatican "central office." More like families than corporations, sisters have different missions, needs, and styles of life.

When the Vatican investigation of U.S. women religious is discussed, two questions are asked repeatedly:

1) If religious have nothing to hide, why would they object to being investigated by the Vatican?


Commencement duress

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Catholics shouldn't let single-issue politics deprive us of our hard-won place at the heart of America's democracy.

Ah, spring. A warming sun melts the winter freeze, while the proverbial April showers give way to May's commencement speaker "scandal" at the local Catholic college, splashed across the morning news.


What's after life?

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U.S. Catholic readers think heaven’s doors open far wider than our reputation in pop culture would indicate.