There is Much Hope: My Experience at the National Eucharistic Congress
A couple of weeks ago in Indianapolis, IN, 60,000 Catholics gathered together for a five-day National Eucharistic Congress. I was blessed to be one...
Call No Man Father…Including Saint Joseph?
One of the age-old objections that Protestants have to the Catholic priesthood is known as the “Call No Man Father” Argument, which runs something...
Christ the King
An Irish bull is a statement that is, strictly speaking, illogical and yet whose meaning is somehow clear. Yogi Berra, a baseball player of...
Doors of Victory
And there was a great battle in heaven; Michael and his angels fought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels. And...
Celebrating a Diversity of Vice
Another summer weekend, another 'gay pride' parade, this one with our Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, replete with his whole family, along with the representatives...
Christ, Both New and Old
Today’s Gospel reminds us vividly that the teaching of Jesus was new, as fresh as new wine. One must wonder, however, precisely in what...
Should We Care About Pride?
This is a question that I find myself pondering with some regularity, but for the last few years during the month of June –...
The Last Words of Pope Saint John Paul II
On this Holy Saturday, as come to the end of a long and difficult Lent for so many, these final messages of Pope Saint...
The Blessings of Monotony
(As we all enter back into our 'ordinary' routines after Chrismas holidays, it is good to reflect upon the blessings of monotony, upon which...
Message of John Paul II to the Bishop of Albano for the Centenary of...
To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of Albano
1. A hundred years ago, on 6 July 1902, Maria Goretti died in the hospital at...
