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The Mystery of a King In a Manger

Dec 26 11 • Mark Davis Pickup • 0 comments

A tiny heart beat steadily within the baby boy’s mother. The blood circulating through that tiny heart would save us and change millions of human hearts across the centuries; hearts of stone and violence would melt into hearts of flesh and peace and joy. The infant’s birth was like no other birth. It had been […]

Is Social Media Killing Catholic Media?

Dec 26 11 • Mary Kochan • 3 comments

Did you wish all your Facebook friends a Merry Christmas? Sure you did. And probably clicked over to Linkedin, Google+, and Twitter too. Or maybe I am leaving out your favorite social media hangout. Social media is an important part of the online day for many of us Catholics and for many of us it […]

Poem: “Night’s Companion”

Dec 26 11 • Michele Marie • 1 comment

Night’s Companion Night is velvet blackness The lady knows that she is but dust and ash. So facing the Son she dresses for night In a borrowed dress of dazzling white She casts a gentle glow upon the earth, She herself hallowed in the night’s mist Faithfully the stars fall in behind her Soldiers at the […]

Is it Really <em>Our</em> Local Team? In Green Bay, Yes!

Is it Really Our Local Team? In Green Bay, Yes!

Dec 25 11 • Donald P. Goodman III • 0 comments

I did most of my growing up in Springville, New York, a small town boasting about 4,200 citizens in the southtowns of Western New York. The nearest big city is Buffalo, which boasts several verypopular sports teams. Buffalo is a sports town, despite a complete lack of national championships in any of them (though the […]

Poem: “The Morning of Christmas Eve”

Dec 25 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

The Morning of Christmas Eve It is the morn Of Christmas Eve, Scrambled eggs I cook. Advent, Sunday, Fourth and last All fasting now forsook. The birds outside Are singing carols Pitched soprano-high. Above the frost Below the blue, Their midnight moment nigh. Then beasts will speak In whispers low, When Emmanuel did come, How […]

The Deeper Meaning of Christmas

Dec 25 11 • Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. • 1 comment

In the days of Caesar Augustus, an era of peace was established in the Mediterranean world after centuries of strife. But this peace was forged by the proud ambition of emperors and the edge of their armies’ swords. Upon this stage appears a baby acclaimed as king by eastern dignitaries. Neither Caesar nor Herod will […]

Mother’s Wishes and Wonders on a Silent Night

Dec 24 11 • Marybeth Hicks • 0 comments

When I climbed into bed, the sheets felt like thin strips of refrigeration. I pulled the comforter up to my ears and shivered as I waited for my body to generate enough heat to turn my toes from blue to toasty. Now, at 3:35 in the morning, a wave of warmth rolls over me like […]

Poem: “A Christmas Carole”

Dec 24 11 • Stacy Peterson • 1 comment

A Christmas Carole My day is ruined and it’s only ten o’clock! The baby screams and screams! Sick, sad eyes overlook His swollen, drippy nose. The red-faced, screaming baby Refuses Babies, his favorite book. He thrashes out of my attempted cuddles Landing on the floor. I pick him up with intentional gentleness and place Place […]

Rorschach Test for our Attitudes on Religion

Dec 23 11 • Colleen Carroll Campbell • 5 comments

Tim Tebow haters finally scored on Sunday, when the 23-year-old novice quarterback for the Denver Broncos succumbed to defeat at the hands of 34-year-old Super Bowl veteran and New England Patriots powerhouse Tom Brady. Prior to that 41-23 loss, Tebow had been on an improbable six-game winning streak, pulling off one miraculous fourth-quarter finish after […]

Tehran and Obama’s Reelection

Dec 23 11 • Daniel Pipes • 0 comments

The formal end of the U.S. war in Iraq on Dec. 15 enhances neighboring Iran as a major, unpredictable factor in the U.S. presidential election of 2012. First a look back: Iran’s mullahs already has one opportunity to affect American politics, in 1980. Their seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran for 444 days haunted […]

Angels, Shepherds, and Luke’s Immortal Story

Dec 23 11 • Rev. Tucker Cordani • 0 comments

I am rereading Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, the story about the change of heart wrought upon the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge after he is haunted by four ghosts who help him discover the true meaning of Christmas: peace on earth, good will toward all. In Dickens, the supernatural connects with the terrestrial and a wonderful […]

Is the U.S. Behind the Rest of the World in Advancing Embryonic Stem Cell Research?

Dec 23 11 • Rebecca Taylor • 0 comments

I am beginning to believe that it is true that Americans in general have no idea about how things really are in the rest of the world. For example, I am sure that many in the “Occupy” crowd have no idea that they are among the richest people in the world. And the cancellation of […]

Salvation Army USA Furious Over International Group’s Abortion Stance

Dec 23 11 • Wendy Wright • 0 comments

The U.S. branch of the Salvation Army has quickly distanced itself from the Salvation Army International’s controversial stance on abortion as reported by WND. “When I read [the international group’s position] I was stunned,” Major George Hood, chief communications officer for Salvation Army USA, told WND. The International Social Justice Commission’s position statement “does not […]

Poem: “Oh Christmas Tree!”

Dec 23 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Oh Christmas Tree! December 23rd has come And all my Christmas Shopping’s done. All gifts are hidden, Tucked away, Until the morn of Christmas day. When children wake, Like souls confessed, All light and bright, it’s Christmas Fest! Oh Gloria! We’ll sing and pray And open gifts on that Feast Day. Around the creche We’ll […]

A Tale of Three Magazines

Dec 22 11 • Dr. Robert Moynihan • 2 comments

The story of the launch of Catholic World Report in 1991, and its relationship with 30 Days and with Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI As we announced in our October issue, this December 2011 issue will be CWR’s last as a print magazine. Starting in January 2012, CWR will be published exclusively online, […]

An Interview with <em>War Horse</em> Star Jeremy Irvine

An Interview with War Horse Star Jeremy Irvine

Dec 22 11 • Peggy Bowes • 0 comments

War Horse is an epic film about the love between a young English boy named Albert and his horse Joey against the backdrop of World War I. The film stars Hollywood newcomer Jeremy Irvine, who was discovered by director Steven Spielberg. “I wanted a fresh face. We were right in the middle of the search […]

Christmas Memories

Dec 22 11 • Michael Seagriff • 1 comment

Most of us recall the joy and excitement we experienced as young children singing Christmas carols and happy birthday to Jesus while waiting to see what gifts Santa would leave under our tree. How many times did my siblings and I resolve to catch the jolly old man in the act only to fall fast […]

October Baby

Dec 22 11 • Emily Lunsford • 0 comments

Independent films with their fresh ideas, story lines, production methods, and authentic performances have always captured my attention. The ability of the writers, directors, and actors to imbue much of their own personal vision, unrestricted to the agreement of big producers and distributors, into every aspect of the work is thrilling. Talent is put forth […]

I’ll Be Home for Christmas

Dec 22 11 • Anthony Buono • 1 comment

Dear Anthony, I’m getting married in June to the most wonderful man in the world! But we are having a disagreement about how to handle our last Christmas as a non-married couple. We can’t make it to both our families, but we cannot agree on whose family we should be with. I assumed he would […]

Poem: “Construction Sunday–Fourth Sunday in Advent”

Dec 22 11 • Philip Kolin • 0 comments

Construction Sunday–Fourth Sunday in Advent The waiting and watching are soon to stop. God calls us to get busy building this Sunday A dwelling for His son. An ark in a tent Is too temporary, unfit unwelcome For Him who will reign over The House of Jacob. Forever requires More than polished cedar or golden […]

Poem: “Ever Green”

Dec 22 11 • Hilary McRee Flanery • 0 comments

Ever Green December twenty-second Three days before The Fest. I sit in coal-black Morning, Waiting for my guest. Examining My conscience, I spy the dinge and dirt The howling wind And icy sleet Intensify the hurt. So out into The dark, I trod in sleety snow, Searching for The evergreen Of hope the Christmas glow. […]

Down Syndrome: Toward More Successful Advocacy

Dec 21 11 • Monica Rafie • 0 comments

As word spread of a new non-invasive, highly accurate prenatal test for Down syndrome, MaterniT21, the headlines could hardly have been more sensational: The End of Down Syndrome! Will We Cull Those with Down Syndrome? Are Kids with Down Syndrome on the Road to Extinction? This mainstream response seems to suggest a terrible acknowledgment of what happens […]

God’s Hero for Our Time? Yes, It’s You!

Dec 21 11 • Bishop Robert C. Evans • 1 comment

The Holy Scriptures contain examples of simple, even lowly men and women, who said a heroic yes to God. And always it cost them dear. Think of the humiliation Noah underwent as he built that ark and his neighbors laughed at him. Think of Moses who at age 80 was called away from home and […]

The Wait is Almost Over!

Dec 21 11 • Patrice Fagnant-MacArthur • 0 comments

“I can’t take waiting any more!” My nine-year-old son emphatically announced. “I want to open my presents.” “But that is what Advent is for. It is a time of waiting,” I responded, attempting to reinforce a bit of religious instruction in the midst of the whining. “Advent is twenty-eight days of torture!” I don’t think […]