This morning, thanks to my "Catholic" Google alert, I came across a rant by blogger "Simply Rebellious" Courtney Bellio that started with the eye-catching line, "I wish the Catholic Church would just shut up." She had my attention.
Guy Consolmagno explained why Vatican is interested in ET on Colbert last week. Colbert, as usual, asks good questions, setting up "Brother Father" as he called Consolmagno for some interesting answers. Nothing new if you've read some of his articles in U.S. Catholic, but it's nice to see his great explanations in front of such a large audience.
Is Kalaupapa the world’s most isolated spot? That’s what Hawaii’s King Kamehameha V thought in 1865, when he signed a law banishing people with advanced stages of leprosy (now called Hansen’s Disease) to the north shore of the island of Molokai.
Not long after launching a Facebook application that allows users to send papal messages, the Vatican has banned the use of FaceBook at work.
The Vatican says the move is in line with corporate policies, Catholic News Service reports (via The Catholic Key Blog). But the restriction may be just more evidence that the Holy See is out of touch.
It must be hard being a Sister in America. You spend a century creating a hospital system from scratch and educating generations of Catholic children of every race and class on a shoestring. Not only are you barely paid for your efforts, you occupy a decidedly second-class position on the Catholic totem pole.
L’Osservatore Romano celebrated International Women’s Day in March by publishing an article that declared the washing machine the most liberating advancement of the 20th century for women.
"The debate is heated. Some say the pill, some say abortion rights, and some the right to work outside the home. Some, however, dare to go further: the washing machine," the article read, according to Reuters.
Having already conquered social networking and texting, Pope Benedict XVI has now moved on to YouTube videos. The Vatican has its own YouTube channel, and while B16 isn’t personally filling it with home-made videos, he is encouraging young people create faith-filled videos.
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