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February 2021

February 16, 2021

Ash Wednesday ashes on my head

Tomorrow begins the season of Lent marked with the celebration of Ash Wednesday. Historically the...

February 06, 2021

Father Michael Schmitz addresses SEEK21

Father Michael Schmitz has become a highly recognized Catholic speaker over the past few years....

January 2021

January 20, 2021

Cardinal Cupich criticizes Bishops on President Biden

News outlets reported this morning that Rome had put a stop to the publication of...

January 20, 2021

Bishops Statement on the Inauguration of President Biden

Archbishop of Los Angeles, Jose Gomez, issued a statement today on the inauguration of President...

January 15, 2021

March for Life Goes Virtual

The annual rally and march held in Washington D.C. in January to protest the legality...

January 08, 2021

Miracle Worker Father Ubald Dies

Father Ubald Rugirangoga's Facebook page recently posted: "Father Ubald passed peacefully last night at 11:17pm...

January 06, 2021

An Epiphany to Remember: US Capitol Besieged

For the first time since the War of 1812 when the British besieged and burnt...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

Bishop Parkes of Savannah Releases Statement on McCarrick Report

November 10, 2020 The report on ex-Cardinal and ex-Priest Theodore McCarrick was released this morning by the...

November 05, 2020

A Response to Archbishop Viganò’s latest letter

Archbishop Viganò, former Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, has written a new letter addressed...

October 2020

October 30, 2020

A path forward in the pandemic

It seems as if March 2020 was a very long time ago. The streets of...

October 29, 2020

An Informed, Conscious, Catholic Vote

I recently read a Catholic parish bulletin from the Diocese of Charlotte where the Pastor...

October 24, 2020

Bishop Stephen Parkes Issues Statement Regarding Elections 2020

As we prepare for Election Day 2020, it is of critical importance that we make...

October 23, 2020

Thoughts on Pope Francis’ words

On October 1963 during the Second Vatican Council after a heated debate whether the treatise...

October 09, 2020

Archbishop Hartmayer of Atlanta receives Pallium

On October 7th, Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Apostolic Nuncio to the...

September 2020

September 15, 2020

Claim of unwanted hysterectomies at ICE detention center

I have visited two large immigration detention centers as a priest. One I have visited...

September 10, 2020

Bishop Callahan corrects video-famous Father Altman

After I heard Father Altman's video several days ago, I knew that there would be...

August 2020

August 22, 2020

Invalid baptism, invalid ordination of Detroit Father Hood

A priest of the Archdiocese of Detroit recently learned that the deacon who baptized him...

August 11, 2020

Schism in Sacramento a sign of deeper problem

I am saddened by the continued unfolding of Father Jeremy Leatherby’s story in the Diocese...

August 08, 2020

Sacramento Bishop excommunicates priest

A letter by Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento posted on the Diocese of Sacramento website...

July 2020

July 08, 2020

Papa Francisco Nombra Stephen Parkes Obispo de Savannah

Una conferencia de prensa se llevará a cabo a las 10:00 AM hoy en el...

July 08, 2020

Stephen Parkes named Bishop of Savannah

This morning His Holiness Pope Francis announced the appointment of Reverend Stephen D. Parkes to...

June 2020

June 18, 2020

Supreme Court Upholds DACA – Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

A 5-4 ruling written by Chief Justice John Roberts has upheld the DACA Program (Deferred...

June 16, 2020

Watch movie Just Mercy for free

Much is being said and written about the events of these past few weeks. Some...

June 12, 2020

En búsqueda de la justicia

Crecí en medio de disturbios y conflicto social. Hasta cumplir los nueve años, coches bomba,...

June 03, 2020

Viganò speaks from hiding, calls Archbishop false shepherd

This afternoon, I read a message Archbishop Viganò sent to the faithful of the Archdiocese of...

June 02, 2020

Archbishop Wilton Gregory on President’s Visit to Catholic Shrine

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Here is a statement from Washington Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory regarding the planned...

May 2020

May 30, 2020

Archbishop Hartmayer of Atlanta releases statement on protests, violence

ATLANTA–Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv., Archbishop of Atlanta, issued the following statement May 29...

May 28, 2020

Catholic Georgia and Archbishop Hartmayer

When the first convention of the Catholic Church in Georgia was held in Augusta on...

May 26, 2020

When did wearing a mask become a political statement?

For me, wearing a mask is the difference between breathing normally and having an asthma...

May 19, 2020

Diocese of Savannah Reopening Guidelines and Best Practices

The Diocese of Savannah will resume the celebration of public Masses on Monday, May 25,...