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January 2017

January 31, 2017

Southern Bishops Speak for Life

This morning in Augusta, Georgia, Bishop Estevez of Saint Augustine, Bishop Hartmayer, OFM Conv of...

December 2016

December 03, 2016

Killing of four American Women in El Salvador

Thirty-six years ago yesterday, December 2nd, 1980, and only a few months after the murder...

December 02, 2016

First US-born martyr declared

Pope Francis officially recognized today the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother, a priest of the...

October 2016

October 25, 2016

President of Peru Consecrates Country to Sacred Heart

The recently elected president of Peru, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, the son of a Hitler-fleeing Jewish...

October 10, 2016

Spare us from bad weather, O Lord

Hurricane Matthew passed through the Georgia coast this past weekend, killing at least four people,...

October 04, 2016

Happy Feast Day from Assisi

Today the Italian region of Piemonte came on pilgrimage to honor the patron saint of...

October 03, 2016

Happy Feast Day from Assisi

The universal Church remembers the poverello of Assisi, Saint Francis, these days. Loved by millions...

September 2016

September 29, 2016

American Deacons Ordained in Vatican, Deo Gratias!

This morning, Thursday, September 29th, Cardinal Sean O'Malley ordained thirty seminarians of the Pontifical North...

August 2016

August 31, 2016

What does the Vatican phone book look like?

There it is. Nothing fancy. In it you find the phone numbers for Vatican employees...

August 01, 2016

The other side of World Youth Day in Poland

On August 1st, 1944, the single largest military resistance during World War II began in...

July 2016

July 31, 2016

World Youth Day and Pope Francis going to Panama

The fact that the president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, was attending World Youth Day should...

July 28, 2016

Pope Francis falls, rises, and carries on

I noticed earlier today that the press in the United States has picked up the...

July 28, 2016

Pilgrims everywhere, Francis in Czestochowa

As far back as I can remember, there was an image of Our Lady of...

July 26, 2016

Flags everywhere! Krakow taken over by youth

The excitement is palpable. There are pilgrims everywhere. The flags they carry have as many...

July 25, 2016

From Krakow, waiting

I arrived to Krakow, Poland last night to participate for the first time in a...

June 2016

June 05, 2016

“Today, you will become Missionaries of Mercy:” An ordination homily

Last Saturday June 4th, Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, OFM Conv, Bishop of Savannah, ordained Father Brian...

April 2016

April 28, 2016

Education Key to increase Latino Catholic Priests?

How will the number of US-born Latino priests increase? Education. Dr. Hosffman Ospinio, Assistant Professor...

April 20, 2016

Hispanic Priesthood Vocation Workshop Held

Responding to a desire to increase the number of U.S.-born Hispanic vocations to the priesthood,...

April 10, 2016

What has the Pope given us in Amoris Laetitia?

“Every family, despite its weaknesses, can become a light in the darkness of the world...

April 07, 2016

Importance of Popular Religiosity or “religion casera” and its role in Latin America.

I gave this presentation on popular religiosity and its importance for Latin American Catholics during the...

March 2016

March 24, 2016

O vos omnes

As one drives or walks in a city, there are so many things to read....

March 22, 2016

Why Catholic and Jewish Supreme Court Justices?

When Elena Kagan was sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court on August...

March 17, 2016

Savannah and Saint Patrick: If the Irish lose their faith, there seems no way forward

Every year, on March 17th, the city of Savannah hosts the second largest Saint Patrick...

March 14, 2016

Increased age for ordination to priesthood?

The Spanish weekly bulletin Alfa & Omega reports that due to increased human and affective...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Una noche en el Oscar: Spotlight y la Iglesia Católica

Hace algunos meses asistí a la proyección de la película Spotlight, una película sobre la...

February 21, 2016

Savannah Pilgrimage of Mercy

The Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in Savannah welcomed well over 1,200 faithful from...

February 17, 2016

Pope in Ciudad Juarez: No more death or exploitation!

Recalling the conversion of the Ninivites after the preaching of Jonah, Pope Francis implored God...

February 17, 2016

Palabras de Francisco en Ciudad Juarez

Recordando la conversión de los ninivitas después de la predicación de Jonás, el Papa Francisco...

February 15, 2016

El Papa en Mexico: Peregrino de la Periferia

Hoy el Papa Francisco celebró una Misa al aire libre con miembros de varias comunidades...

February 15, 2016

Pope Francis going to the margins of Mexico

Pope Francis is putting his words into action: go out to the margins of society!...