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December 2014

December 28, 2014

The Human Family, an Icon of God

Scott Hahn's new book, Joy to the World: How Christ's Coming Changed Everything (and Still...

September 2014

September 28, 2014

Avoid the Plague of Practical Atheism

Lukewarmness can be a dangerous road there ... As Pope Benedict XVI said during the...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

He Never Tired of Repeating That Only Name that Counts

Today (August 20) has been the feast day of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, a saint...

February 2014

February 22, 2014

Men Who Love Mary

One of the 19 men who became a cardinal today, the one from North America,...

February 17, 2014

Are We Salt and Light?

Randy Hain at The Integrated Catholic Life asks the question of Christian communications (and our...

January 2014

January 05, 2014

No Time Like Today for an Epiphany!

As Pope Francis announces his own journey to the Holy Land, we are invited daily...

July 2013

July 05, 2013

Two Popes, One Encyclical, All Eyes on Jesus — with His Eyes, in His Heart

The conversation I imagine may have happened (roughly translated): "Brother, you should really co-sign Lumen...

April 2013

April 19, 2013

Habemus Papam!

Eight years ago today: The new pope would say a few days later: My real...

April 08, 2013

‘There Is No More Room for Anxiety’

With Pope Benedict XVI in the background praying for us, I figure we have a...

February 2013

February 28, 2013

The Pope Has Left the Vatican. What Do We Do?

This interregnum period in the Church -- and happening, as it is, during Lent --...

February 27, 2013

A Father’s Farewell, Shepherding Us Forward

Cardinals have gathered in Rome to say goodbye to Pope Benedict, to thank him, and...

February 27, 2013

Saying Thank You

When I had the chance to speak with the Holy Father briefly this fall, I...

February 24, 2013

Jesus for Pope, Jesus for Our Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday …

I’ll be honest: I hesitated before agreeing to write this piece for the New York...

February 22, 2013

A Little Mood Music for the Petrine Feast Today

What a remarkable day today! To have, as the second Friday of Lent, the Feast...

February 20, 2013

B16: Imagine a World That Could See Only Mercy!

This comes from a November 2010 audience where Pope Benedict XVI was talking up a...

February 20, 2013

Best of B16: Knowing the Meaning of Life

Also from May 2011: The human being of all times prays because he cannot fail...

February 20, 2013

Best of B16: On the ‘Good Fight of Faith’

From May 2011: Our entire lives are like this long night of struggle and prayer,...

February 17, 2013

Pray for the Church!

One of my favorite responses to the pope’s news Monday came from the Knights of...

February 14, 2013

Pope Benedict, the Catholic Church and the Dignity of Man

I love this video from Monday: George Weigel keeps his eye on the prize here....

February 14, 2013

What the Pope Said to Me, to Us

I met the Holy Father in October. It was a brief encounter -- at the...

February 13, 2013

Lent with Love

This isn’t theologically correct, but I do feel a bit like Lent began Monday this...

February 13, 2013

‘God Is Always There. The Holy Spirit Does Not Go on Holidays.’

What a beautiful reflection on the Pope Benedict’s news this week, from a cardinal in...

February 13, 2013

Thank You, Holy Father!

That's what I'm dubbing the unofficial title of a panel later today, Ash Wednesday, in...

February 13, 2013

What Is a Pope?

From Bishop Anthony Fisher, a Dominican in Australia: From the earliest times the role of...

February 11, 2013

B16 Teaches Us How to Live

I've been saying this morning that if John Paul II showed us how to die,...

January 2013

January 11, 2013

Don’t Worry, Be Holy

What God wants most of all for each one of you is that you should...

December 2012

December 25, 2012

Let Us Go to Bethlehem

From B16 at the Christmas vigil Mass: Let us go over to Bethlehem, says the...

December 21, 2012

The Seven-Year-Old Who Doesn’t Ask for Toys, But Jesus

Christmas gratitude to those who preserved and shared this letter from a young Joseph Ratzinger:...

December 20, 2012

What Is Catholicism?

People hear things about what Catholics believe. Some of it is true. A lot of...

December 20, 2012

Silence!

Yesterday in Rome, before his op-ed hit the Financial Times, Pope Benedict XVI alluded again...