Today the Vatican announced that Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger, a pastor and episcopal vicar in the Diocese of Brooklyn, has been named the new bishop of Albany. Msgr. Scharfenberger will succeed Bishop Howard Hubbard, who reached […]
February 11, 2013—an unforgettable day, to be sure: “After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths, due to an advanced age, are no longer suited to […]
Is the religious education of children counterproductive? Blogger Joanne K. McPortland seems to have set the Catholic Internet on fire on Friday by suggesting precisely that when she wrote an impassioned post calling for the […]
I suppose it goes without saying that hypocrisy is usually convenient for the hypocrite. And there are hypocrites to be found nearly everywhere, including within the Catholic Church. But when a transnational entity such as […]
I’m still laughing at this one, recently posted on the TIME magazine site: “Poll: Catholic Beliefs At Odds With Vatican Doctrine” Really? Whatever does that mean? That what the actual Catholic Church teaches—that is, her […]
Dr. Joseph F. Martin, is a professor of Communication and Rhetoric at Hampton University in Virginia. He is the former art director of re:generation quarterly and his artwork has been commissioned by numerous national clients. […]
Readings: • Is 58:7-10 • Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9 • 1 Cor 2:1-5 • Mt. 5:13-16 It is small, simple, and composed mostly of something that doesn’t sound tasty at all: sodium chloride. But the […]
Seven cuts for a cold and snowy Friday: • Did you know that most, if not all, of the troubles in the Catholic Church can be traced back to one group of people? Yep. The […]
After the release of a report from the United Nations’ Committee on the Rights of the Child earlier this week that roundly criticized the Vatican’s response to clerical sex abuse worldwide, the Vatican’s spokesman today […]
Francis: Pope of a New World. By Andrea Tornielli, with a foreword by Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ. Ignatius Press Francis, Bishop of Rome – A Short Biography. By Michael Collins. Columba Press Pope Francis: Why […]
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