Monthly Archive: July 2013
A video surfaced last week showing a large group of bishops at World Youth Day being led through a choreographed dance routine to a song called, “Francis,” written in honor of the pope. It was a dry run rehearsal for the “flash mob” …
Today at Mass, the priest offered an impromptu prayer for Pope Francis and the pilgrims at World Youth Day, which, according to Father, is an event most blessed and dear to Our Lord as evidenced by the abundant fruit it has borne …
In the Gospel reading for the Novus Ordo Missae today, the Lord asks, “What father among you would hand his son a snake when he asks for a fish?” Clearly, Jesus is asking a rhetorical question as no man worthy of the being …
John Allen has a piece posted on the National Catholic Reporter website entitled, “Halo for John XXIII the ‘last act’ of Vatican II,” in which he highlights the contents of an article written by “one of Italy’s leading Catholic journalists,” Stefania Falasca, in …
In the July 13th edition, the Baltimore Sun published a profile piece about the rising popularity of Orioles first baseman Chris Davis entitled, “Crush on him,” a play on the major league home run leader’s nickname. Having been born and raised in Baltimore, …
For those who were unable to attend their local parish’s Pancakes for Patriotism or Fish Fry for Freedom (COPYRIGHT © 2013 United States Conference of Catholic Bishops – ALL RIGHTS RESERVED) and as yet may still be in the market for some Fortnight …
Catholicism 101: Question of the Day Is there any possibility that the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, as an act of Divine Revelation, declared unto His people that Jesus was nothing more than an apostle; not unlike those that had come and …
Director of Media Relations for the USCCB, Sr. Mary Ann Walsh, has an editorial posted on the Huffington Post Blog entitled, “John XXIII and John Paul II: New Models for Holiness,” about their pending canonizations. It’s worth a read, if for no other …
In an article published on the Fourth of July, I called attention to a document posted among the resources offered on the USCCB’s “Conscience Protection” webpage, a “one-sheet” entitled “Christ the King: That He Would Reign in our Hearts.” The author(s) of this …
