Papa and Pop-Pop, Side-by-Side as Christians
What a day it is! With the release of Lumen Fidei and the announcement of canonizations of Blessed Popes John XXIII and John Paul II, today is all about continuity, cohesion and co-operation: the...
View ArticleIs Assad Goading Obama? Herod Couldn’t Take it, Either – UPDATED
Given the social media jeers of his adolescent son, and Assad’s assertion that President Obama “is weak”, it sure does look like Syria is trying to taunt Obama into blowing things up, over there. That...
View ArticleHeard About Brouhaha at Harvard? Thank the Blogs UPDATED
Does Catholic blogging matter? Does it make a difference? That’s more or less the question being debated at the Catholic Herald, UK, in light of the “Protect the Pope Blog” brouhaha, and I was pleased...
View ArticleHeading to Holy Land: May I Take Your Intentions WIth Me?
Early next week I will be heading to the Holy Land as part of a team of Catholic journalists who will be touring most of Christendom’s holiest sites, and also encountering the Holy Father during his...
View ArticleFour Warnings and a Fanfare: Thoughts on the Christian Left
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig writes at Salon on the beginnings of a resurgence for the Christian Left. She uses data from Pew’s typology survey, the somewhat idiosyncratic policy preferences of the...
View ArticleCollegiality or Papal Unilateralism? Be Consistent Reformers!
From Crux, we learn that Reformers are telling Pope Francis not to wait for the bishops, but to just let ‘er rip and “fix” the church, according to their notions, which they assume he shares: In the...
View ArticlePatheos Welcomes Marge Fenelon!
You’ve heard her mellifluous tones gracing the airways on Relevent Radio’s Morning Air program, and EWTN’s Son Rise Morning Show, and you may have recently caught her providing live coverage and...
View ArticleLaudato Si’ and the Influence of Romano Guardini
Enjoy one of the best commentaries I’ve yet read on “Laudato Si’”, via guest Father Robert Barron Laudato Si’ and Romano Guardini by Very Rev. Robert Barron In 1986, after serving in a variety of...
View ArticleYes, the Pope’s Speech Should Bother Us, But…
A Prophetic Pope and the Tradition of Catholic Social Teaching by Very Rev. Robert Barron In the wake of the publication of Pope Francis’s encyclical letter Laudato Si’ and of the Pope’s recent...
View ArticlePope Francis Affirms there is “Dictatorship of Relativism”
We are still getting to know Pope Francis, studying his actions and his words as we try to gauge the man and what sort of papacy we might expect of him, where his stylistic differences with his...
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