Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II and Pope Francis fraternally addressed one another in an historic meeting, Friday, at the Vatican. May 10, 2013 marked the fortieth anniversary of a meeting between their predecessors, Pope Paul […]
Ireland’s coalition government is pushing ahead with controversial plans to legalize abortion despite growing opposition from within the medical community. Pro-life campaigners have also dismissed claims by Prime Minister Enda Kenny that the draft law […]
Although he has only been pope for two months, Pope Francis has now canonized more saints than any pope in history. This interesting milestone was reached yesterday, when the Holy Father canonized 800 Italian martyrs […]
In response to Boston College’s decision to honor Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny at the school’s commencement next week, Boston’s Cardinal Sean O’Malley has announced that he will not be attending the ceremony, at which […]
For every lengthy and (hopefully) in-depth blog post I write from time to time, there are countless posts I never get around to writing. In fact, I estimate that for every post I do end […]
When modern mystery readers ponder the genesis of the genre, Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie come to mind. All-but forgotten are S. S. Van Dine, Dorothy L. Sayers, J. D. Carr, Earl derr Biggers, […]
This week saw several moments of high drama in the on-going (soap opera-like?) controversy involving the Vatican and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. To recap: On Sunday, Cardinal João Braz de Aviz, prefect of the […]
A couple years ago my parents finally obtained the financial means to visit Ireland. They were able to spend three weeks in the homeland of our ancestors. They travelled the country and visited all the […]
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City calls it “a bishop’s best friend.” Bishop of Birmingham Robert Baker says it is an “indispensable tool.” Archbishop of Denver Samuel Aquila refers to it as “a blessing which […]
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