by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Catholic History, Events, Mary, National Catholic Register
This post originally appeared at the National Catholic Register. How Our Lady, Undoer of Knots Inspired Papal Pretzels in Philly It all started with a pretzel. Or was it a book? Perhaps the Blessed Mother — under the title of Our Lady, Undoer of Knots — can help me...
by Diana | Sep 4, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Events, National Catholic Register, Pilgrimage
This post was originally posted at the National Catholic Register here. Pope Francis Makes Plans to Reign on Philly’s Parade Independence Hall (Photo by Diana von Glahn) Living in the Philadelphia area since the World Meeting of Families was announced has been a...
by Diana | Jun 8, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Personal Travel, Photos, Pretty Things, Saints
Last month, the Pew Research Center released a study that concluded that a lot of people have left and are leaving the Catholic Church. (You can read the study here.) Since then, Catholics around the blogosphere have been writing about why they are and plan to stay...
by Diana | Apr 30, 2015 | Behind the Scenes, Holy Land, Personal Travel, Photos, Pilgrimage, Pretty Things
Last year, when I travelled to Jordan to film part of my upcoming series, A Papal Pilgrimage in the Holy Land, I was not able to make it to Petra. We were only in Jordan for about 2 and a half days, really, with only evenings in Amman, and a few days trips to local...
