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May 9th, 2011
Roland Joffé's new film is part biopic, part inspirational drama, part epic war story
For some, it will not be possible to separate the movie There Be Dragons from their views about Opus Dei, as it tells the story of that organization's founder, St. Josemaría Escrivá. The majority of ...
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May 5th, 2011
And why the Gaga haters hate her
The video for Lady Gaga's song "Judas" has premiered, ending weeks of speculation stirred up by several religious spokespeople who denounced it before seeing it. The video is set in a motorcycle gang; Jesus is ...
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May 5th, 2011
...without a trip to Taco Bell
I've never celebrated Cinco de Mayo. Granted, I didn't know too much about the holiday, even while growing up in Texas. But I knew that ...
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May 5th, 2011
The construction of the Mormon temple in Rome and the role of temples in worship
There was tenderness and reverence in his voice as Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), said the Mormon temple being built in Rome, Italy, "uniquely, is being ...
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May 4th, 2011
A look at the responses to bin Laden's death
I was going to stay quiet on the whole issue of the public reaction to bin Laden's killing, but after an hour or so of ...
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May 3rd, 2011
The man who plays St. Josemaria Escrivá in the upcoming There Be Dragons talks about forgiveness, Opus Dei and how playing a saint has affected him
When I talked last week with Charlie Cox about his role as St. Josemaria Escrivá in the movie There Be Dragons (written and directed by ...
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May 2nd, 2011
Young adults in St. Peter's Square
Busted Halo®'s Fr. Dave Dwyer, CSP, was in Rome this past weekend ...
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April 25th, 2011
Reflections from RCIA
There is perhaps nothing so inspiring as someone who has been called to join the Catholic Church as an adult, who in the midst of ...
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April 24th, 2011
Happy Easter!
(Click through to watch video.)
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April 21st, 2011
Busted Halo talks with Fr. Joseph Fessio about the pope's new book
When we sat down recently with Fr. Joseph Fessio, S. J., founder and editor of Ignatius Press, to discuss the YouCat, the new youth ...
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April 20th, 2011
An Easter meditation
I always go to the Easter Vigil. I don't do it out of duty; I do it out of love. My own baptism happened at ...
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April 18th, 2011
A Good Friday reflection
I am thinking about death. And ashes. Possibly this is because Easter is looming on the horizon, and if you have any truck with Jesus ...
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April 12th, 2011
How the Freshman Survival Guide came to be
On the eve of the publication of their book, co-authors Nora Bradbury-Haehl and Bill McGarvey discuss how, over the course of six years, an evening ...
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April 8th, 2011
The story of surfer Bethany Hamilton, who lost an arm in a shark attack, is one of struggle and faith
Bethany Hamilton never really saw the 14-foot tiger shark that bit off her arm in the Hawaiian waters. In the recreation of that scene in Soul Surfer, a film that follows the incident and its ...
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April 7th, 2011
Struggling to show affection through being
If you asked my husband, I think he'd say that my most irritating quality is my desire to just do "one more thing" before bed, ...
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April 5th, 2011
A devastating church fire offers lessons in impermanence and perspective
At 5:30am Sunday someone driving up Route 9 saw our church on fire and called the fire department. Orange flames flew heavenward, taking with them ...
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April 3rd, 2011
Neil Jordan's take on one of history's most infamous popes is just not interesting
When legendary filmmaker George Cukor was asked what he thought about his 1935 adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, he said if he could do it ...
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March 30th, 2011
When your team is far from the Final Four
Half the fun of the World's Fair is the train ride getting there.
My dad frequently mutters this spiffy mantra to himself, having been in attendance ...
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March 25th, 2011
What are the origins of abstaining from meat on the Fridays of Lent? Stephanie the intern joins us; Brittany has new glasses. Check out the Fast-Pray-Give Calendar on BustedHalo.com. 3-25-11.
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March 24th, 2011
Does Just War apply?
Bombs came raining down; the night sky was punctuated with the light of streams of bullets; over 110 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from U.S. ...
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