The Catholic blogosphere is rallying around Archbishop Dolan’s recent attack on what he calls “anti-Catholicism” in the NYTimes, which I blogged about early in the week.

Many bloggers have been particularly buoyed by Dolan’s criticisms of columnist Maureen Dowd, who often writes about her (liberal) unhappiness with the state of her church.

On his blog, Bishop Robert [...]

This is not a religion story, but on a morning when many New Yorkers are thinking about the Yankees, it’s worth noting:

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EASTCHESTER – On his way home from winning the World Series, Yankees Manager Joe Girardi stopped to help a woman who had lost control of her car on the Cross County Parkway and [...]

Last night’s victory for Rob Astorino in the race for Westchester County Executive is a loss for the Catholic Channel on SIRIUS and XM Satellite Radio.

Astorino has served as program director since the channel kicked off in December 2006, with its programming run by the Archdiocese of New York.

He’s been on leave since Labor Day [...]

If you read this blog, you’re probably aware that the question of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church remains a hotly debated one.

I’ve heard people offer vastly different accounts of the history of celibacy and its meaning for today.

Well, tomorrow (Wed. Nov. 4), Father Joseph T. Lienhard, a Jesuit and professor of theology at Fordham University—and [...]

My friend, Cathy Lynn Grossman, the religion writer at USA TODAY, is off for a few weeks. So I’m part of a small group that will be contributing to her blog, Faith & Reason, while she’s taking a breather.

I wrote up my first offering today, about a (typically) offensive storyline on HBO’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” [...]

There’s been a lot of buzz about Archbishop Dolan starting a blog.

There will be more buzz now that the Boss has posted a letter that he submitted to the NYTimes, which Dolan says the Times declined to publish.

In his letter/blog post, Dolan takes the Times to task for several examples of what he believes to [...]

Doesn’t it seem like everyone is meditating these days?

Churches and synagogues host all sorts of meditation groups, and community-based meditation (and yoga) centers are opening all over.

I guess it’s no surprise given our stressed-out, racing-for-time, recession-weary culture.

A few years ago, I wrote about an in-depth, three-year class in Buddhism for meditators who want to go [...]

I’m off to the World Series in a few hours to talk to fans and write about the excitment.

Don’t be too jealous: I can’t actually see the game. The press box is filled and supplementary reporters such as myself are relegated to an auxiliary press room where we can work while we watch on TV!

But [...]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the head of the Orthodox Christian world, is visiting the U.S. and is spending the next few days in New York.

He arrived in New Orleans last Tuesday and has spent the last week talking about the environment, which has become the subject he is most identified with.

He came to New York on [...]

Someone asked me the other day if a new movie called Antichrist has something to do with the antichrist?

Does the film have religious overtones?

No, it doesn’t. It’s the latest work from a controversial, cutting-edge-type move-maker named Lars von Trier.

From what I’ve read, the film sounds pretty grim. It’s about chaos and sorrow—and there’s a talking [...]