The other night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Michelle Wolf, who I’m told is a comedian, regaled the black-tie and sequin-gowned crowd with her “jokes.” Almost all were in extremely bad taste and/or wildly offensive, but one has become accustomed to that sort of coarseness in the...
This is wonderful! Comic Jim Gaffigan and his wife Jeannie have been public about their Catholic, with Jim often talking about it in his standup routine, and their faith featuring in their autobiographical TV show The Jim Gaffigan Show. Earlier this week, their oldest daughter Marre received the sacrament of...
Wow, this is amazing! Britain’s Got Talent tough-to-please judge Simon Cowell said he didn’t know what to expect when Fr. Ray Kelly stepped out on stage. But when the Irish priest was done (you can watch his performance below), Simon gave him two thumbs up and one of...
This is wonderful! Actor Mark Wahlberg and his wife Rhea have been very public about their Catholic faith, posting Ash Wednesday greetings and calling for more priestly vocations. A few weeks ago, they shared pictures of their daughter Grace having her first Reconciliation, and earlier today they celebrated her first...
This is a bit unexpected. You’ve probably seen comedian Jim Carrey in movies like How the Grinch Stole Christmas and Dumb and Dumber. And when you did, you probably didn’t think of him as a religious iconographer… but here we are. Carrey hasn’t done a many films...
“Catholic guilt?” That’s what one reporter in New York City asked rhetorically on Twitter while sharing a peculiar video: a thief making the Sign of the Cross before smashing the door of a clothing store and robbing it. In the video (which you can view at the end of...
