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October 2013

October 25, 2013

Bishop of Fargo, ND May Have Unwittingly Exposed His Flock to Hepatitis A

The North Dakota Department of Health has issued a warning that people who attended any...

October 21, 2013

U.S. Bishops to Choose a New President from List of Ten

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops today announced the list of ten candidates for their...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

DUI Charges Against Worcester Bishop Have Been Dropped

DUI charges were dropped Tuesday against Bishop Robert McManus, spiritual leader of the Worcester Diocese’s...

May 2013

May 25, 2013

Hesburgh and Hyperbole

Father Theodore Hesburgh is one of “four great Americans”—along with Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,...

February 2013

February 21, 2013

THE CHAIR OF KATHY: From Which I Ponder the Chair of Peter, and Its Significance in the History of the Church

Here is my chair. It is where I sit, watching the soup pot and watching...

February 01, 2013

ST. BLASE, PATRON OF THROAT ILLNESSES

It’s great to be Catholic—We have so many cherished friends crowding around the throne of...

January 2013

January 15, 2013

Hey, Look! Point, Click and Pray With Our Bishops

HEY LOOKIE! Over on the right side of this page! There is an ad featured...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Person of the Day: St. Quodvultdeus

In the Office of Readings for today, the Feast of the Holy Innocents, is a...

December 25, 2012

PRAYERS FOR OUR SHEPHERDS: The Christmas Mass at Dawn Remembers the Humble Worship in a Stable in Bethlehem

For the celebration of Christmas, the Catholic Church provides separate Scripture lessons and liturgical prayers...

November 2012

November 19, 2012

I Read Your Mail—and I Still Support the CCHD

How my ears have been burning! After yesterday’s column encouraging my readers to support the...

November 12, 2012

Heavy Topics in Baltimore; and a Great Concelebrated Liturgy

At 7:30 this morning, the Bishops gathered for Holy Mass before moving on to a...

November 08, 2012

Behold, I Make All Things New: Catholic Church Embraces the New Media

The times, they are a changin’. In recent years, we’ve seen the demise of print...

October 2012

October 28, 2012

Pope Encourages Use of New Media!

In May 2011, the Vatican held their first-ever Vatican Blogfest, bringing together 150 bloggers from...

October 11, 2012

Archbishop Kurtz Thanks the Holy Father for The Blessing of the Unborn Child

On October 9 in Rome, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, archbishop of Louisville, thanked the Holy...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Tax Away, Big Government! ACA Moves Forward

Well, that just put a lid on everything I had been planning to tell you...

June 09, 2012

It’s CHRIST CATHEDRAL! May America’s Newest Cathedral Shine with the Light of the Gospel

And so it’s official: The grand glass edifice formerly known as the Crystal Cathedral has...

March 2012

March 18, 2012

Blogging Bishops: Faith in the Digital Areopagus

In ancient Greece, the “areopagus” was the meeting point, the arena where intellectuals and philosophers...

March 15, 2012

The Bishops Have Spoken—Now Let YOUR Voice Be Heard.

By now I’ll bet you’ve heard: On March 14, the U.S. Bishops released a response...

February 2012

February 22, 2012

In New Letter, Cardinal Dolan Asks "When Does It End?"

Back on U.S. soil, Timothy Cardinal Dolan gets off to a running start—penning a letter...

February 20, 2012

Hard Day for the Archdiocese of Detroit: Closures, Mergers Announced

The life of the Church here in the Archdiocese of Detroit cannot simply continue without...

February 18, 2012

Shirley Dolan's Son Does Good

Just think of it: How proud is the mother whose son chooses religious life! To...

February 15, 2012

Newly Designed Ring for Cardinal-designate Dolan

As you most surely know by now, Archbishop Timothy Dolan, archbishop of New York, is one...

February 07, 2012

Offensive? Really, Facebook, You've Got to Be Kidding!

Well, this was a first for me: Today Facebook deleted a post I’d written, telling...

December 2011

December 13, 2011

Cardinal Foley Belonged to All of Us– But Most Especially, He Belonged to God

It seems everyone has a good “Cardinal Foley” story to tell. The man was just...

November 2011

November 21, 2011

Cardinal Law Retires. Now Give a Guy a Break.

I am aware that in saying this, I stand against many of you: people whom...

November 19, 2011

Crystal Cathedral: Was the Holy Spirit the Highest Bidder?

Since 1980 the Crystal Cathedral—that prismatic glass tower that slices Garden Grove’s cerulean skies—has refracted...

November 16, 2011

Grace and Technology: The USCCB’s Uber-Tweeter

There were many reporters tweeting from the scene of the U.S.Bishops’ Fall General Assembly: Bishop Alexander...

November 13, 2011

In Baltimore: Let There Be Light

Here, ladies and gentlemen, is Baltimore’s historic Seven Foot Knoll, the oldest surviving screwpile lighthouse...

September 2011

September 20, 2011

Bishop Libasci, Named to Manchester, Remembers the Baltimore Catechism

Yesterday was a big day for the 300,000 Catholics in New Hampshire. Pope Benedict XVI...

August 2011

August 19, 2011

Archbishop Chaput's Hat Tip to Catholic Bloggers

Who can you trust for news about faith in the world around you? Not the...