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Click Here for Christmas Carols — The Old-Fashioned Kind

December 20, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Music to celebrate the birth of Jesus. Click here for Christmas carols — the old-fashioned kind.  Read more.

Have Americans Forgotten That Humility is a Virtue?

April 19, 2025 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Have Americans forgotten that humility is a virtue? A couple dozen Christians met at my church on Thursday for a reminder.  Read more.

Christmas Carols — Listen Here for the Real Thing

December 21, 2024 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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Tired of the safe, watered-down Christmas music now playing in shopping malls? Try these Christmas carols, the real ones.  Read more.

I’m Worried About the Hagia Sophia: A Push to Make It a Mosque Again

July 10, 2020 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

I'm worried about the Hagia Sophia -- Madonna with roundels, Muhammad & Allah. Photo by BF Newhall

Turkey’s Erdogan wants to dismantle his country’s secular traditions. I’m worried about the Hagia Sophia — will he turn it back into a mosque? Read more.

The Virgin Blanca and Baby Jesus — Still Smiling This Advent Season After 700 Years

December 3, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

Virgin Blanca. Baby Jesus and Mary statue in the Cathedral at Toledo, Spain. Photo by Barbara Newhall

The Virgin Blanca, a 700-year-old Romanesque statue of a smiling Virgin Mary and her smiling son, continues to enchant visitors to Toledo, Spain. Read more.

Matthias Church — Budapest’s Splashy, Gorgeous, Over-the-Top Church of Kings

February 23, 2017 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The roof of Budapest's Matthias Church was added in the late 19th century. Photo by Barbara Newhall

The spectacular painted interiors of Budapest’s beloved Matthias Church make it a must-see for lovers of folk art and art nouveau. Read more.

Christmas Is Big. Bigger Than Christianity — And Donald Trump

December 15, 2016 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

The Parrocchia church spires in San Miguel de Allende, where Christmas is big. Photo by Barbara Newhall

Christmas is big. Christianity’s biggest holiday is leaving the religion in the dust with 15 times the Internet mentions of Christianity. Read more.

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Donald Trump Outs the Elephant in the Pro-Life Room

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Donald Trump has stepped in it again. And this time the manure comes from the elephant in the room — the pro-life room. I’m hoping against hope that Donald Trump — pro-life, pro-choice or whatever he turns out to be — never

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