Catholicism Archive

  • Unexpected Spiritual Experiences: Lost and Found

    When I showed up the next week (closer to 10:10 a.m. this time), the little old lady said, "You came back." I had found my spiritual home.

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  • Why don’t Mormons celebrate Lent?

    Today is Ash Wednesday.   Before I spent eight years in Louisiana, I would not even have known what Ash Wednesday was.   I grew up in the Bible belt, so I knew plenty of Baptists, a few Methodists and Presbyterians, perhaps, but not many […]

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  • The Feast of St. Francis

    This year, our family observed General Conference by attending the local Episcopal church.

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  • Kevin Smith: ‘Dogma’

    When Dogma (1999) was first released, it was met with all the usual protestors: the Harry-Potter-book-burners, who hadn’t bothered to see the film. From a copy of the script, the Catholic League were left with no doubt that this was a ‘blasphemous’ film: casting Alanis […]

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