Our Marian Pope
As Pope Francis approaches his 87th birthday on Sunday, December 17, an interesting bit of news broke this week regarding his planned place of burial — he told a Spanish reporter in an interview that he plans to be...
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Making sense of Pope Francis’s most ardent critics
I was honored this week to join Colleen Dulle of America Magazine on the Inside the Vatican podcast, which is one of my essential listens — the show is billed as a weekly deep dive that goes behind the...
St. Lucy and ministry to visually impaired Catholics
Fr. Jamie Dennis of Owensboro, Kentucky has traveled to New York City to celebrate Mass at St. Francis Xavier Church on December 13, the feast day of St. Lucy. St. Lucy’s martyrdom during the reign of Diocletian included the gouging...
Marge
This past June 20th marked my 42nd consecutive year working with homeless and at-risk teenagers and young adults. This is not what I ever thought I would be doing with my life. I was a finance major in college. I...
Advent Reflection: O Happy Fault!
We sat down as a family and reflected on Advent Stations found in the current copy of Magnificat Advent Companion. I’d love to paint a picture of a scene out of a Hallmark movie, but that’s not how things go...
“Heresy Disguised as Tradition”: A new book by Pedro Gabriel
Pedro Gabriel has done it again! Hot on the heels of his award-winning 2022 book, The Orthodoxy of Amoris Laetitia, Pedro has just released his latest book, Heresy Disguised as Tradition (En Route Books & Media). In this book, Pedro...
Traditional or Pseudo-Traditional?
“It is the American way, as we know, to establish traditions quickly, where popular instinct and sentiment pronounce them sound.” So declares Orson Wells in his introduction to the dramatic presentation of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” This may be...
Pope Francis writes letter on the German Church
I have been working on another project for the past several days, but I did want to do quick a post about the new letter from Pope Francis regarding the Church in Germany. Salvatore Cernuzio of Vatican News provides the...
Synodality, the US Church, and Angels Unawares
Due to the drama following Bishop Joseph Strickland’s removal last weekend, I haven’t had much time to cover the Fall General Assembly of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops this week in Baltimore, but there were a few highlights that...
Loss, grief, and faith for survivors of suicide
If you are having thoughts of suicide, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). You can find more resources from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention here. He died of an incurable disease. That’s how I normally respond to...
Like flies: Lofton swats down false narratives
This is a Michael Lofton appreciation post. For those of you who are not familiar with him or his YouTube channel, Reason and Theology, Lofton is a convert to Catholicism and a graduate student in theology from Louisiana who has...
The story of Dred Scott’s first tombstone
Earlier today, a dedication ceremony was held for a new Memorial Monument in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, at the gravesite of Dred Scott. Scott was an enslaved man who is best known for his role as the plaintiff in...
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