My daily goal of posting at least one article on the site didn’t happen yesterday. I spent most of my day working on a complicated article about ecclesiology and Church authority, stopping to respond to emails, read article submissions, keep track of the news in the Catholic world, and speak to sources about...
A reflection on the readings for September 24, 2023, the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time The first book of the Bible, Genesis, contains the story of the first set of brothers — Cain and Abel. In the tale, Cain is a farmer and Abel a shepherd. When Cain offers God the results of...
But we must not think that He rules only in a hidden or extraordinary manner. On the contrary, our Redeemer also governs His Mystical Body in a visible and normal way through His Vicar on earth. You know, Venerable Brethren, that after He had ruled the “little flock” Himself during His mortal pilgrimage,...
Today I had the privilege of interviewing Fr. Ivan Montelongo, one of six non-bishop voting delegates from the United States who will be taking take part in next month’s Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome. Fr. Ivan is a priest of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, ordained to the...
I began this series “Union and Communion” with the consideration of the increasing isolation that people experience, especially in our country. I then looked at the Biblical account of Mary’s Annunciation and of Adam and Eve, and found that isolation is totally alien to our nature, to the way God intends us to...
After a devastating earthquake struck Morocco on September 8 of this year, killing and injuring thousands of people– the deadliest earthquake in Morocco since a 5.9-magnitude earthquake in 1960–homes in villages across the High Atlas Mountains were demolished and residents took to the streets. Tremors were felt as far as Portugal and Spain,...
This week on The Debrief, Mike and Dominic discuss: 1) Silence, communication & the synod 2) Archbishop Fernandez and ideological Catholics 3) The “Strickland Watch” in Tyler continues Summary 1) Media access and transparency are becoming key topics as we approach next month’s synodal assembly. Vatican journalists and synod watchers are expressing concerns...
The recent beatification of Józef and Wiktoria Ulma with Seven Children was significant in several ways.Not least among these was the fact that the seventh child was a stillbirth, dead in the moment he was born — indeed, for much of the beatification process this baby was thought to have been unborn. This...
A reflection on the readings of September 17, 2023 — the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In a reflection I recently read on today’s Gospel, the author did some math to try to put the two debts we just heard about into modern terms. By his accounting, the 10,000 talents the wicked servant...
I wish to reflect today upon the relationship between the Creator and ourselves as guardians of his creation. In so doing I also wish to offer my support to leaders of governments and international agencies who soon will meet at the United Nations to discuss the urgent issue of climate change. The Earth...
Of all Marian feast days, perhaps the most poignant is the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, commemorating the deep grief suffered by Mary as she journeyed through this life together with her Son in His mission to redeem humanity. Devotion to the Sorrowful Mother began around the end of the 11th century,...
Archbishop Victor Manuel Fernandez has done over 40 interviews since his appointment as prefect of the Dicastery of the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) in July, and perhaps the two most interesting were released this week, in which the Cardinal-designate has officially taken over for Cardinal Luis Ladaria, who is retiring after six...
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