Monthly Archives: May 2015

Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a great piece in Patheos today about what a liberal progressive Catholic means when he or she says “All are welcome!” in the Catholic Church Here’s an excerpt, but do go  on over and read the … Continue reading →

What a glorious celebration of Pentecost today at Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Ottawa, where Fr. Doug Hayman welcomed three new adult members into the Catholic Church—Jonathan, Nancy and Daniel—and two children, Noa and Michael received their First … Continue reading →

Over at First Things, George Weigel diagnoses the problems facing the German episcopate and he doesn’t mince words. Ouch. When one tries to discuss this catastrophe with senior German churchmen, one rarely finds, these days, a sobered openness, born of … Continue reading →

In all the debate about whether divorced and remarried Catholics and others in irregular unions should be allowed to receive the Eucharist, I have been pondering how routine it is for people who are for a range of reasons improperly … Continue reading →

Mark Lambert is a UK blogger who may even be an Ordinariate member, though I am not sure, that I now visit regularly. Here he reflects on the “deposit of faith.” I feel so sad that there can be people … Continue reading →

Fr. Denis Lemieux has a blog series on the gifts of the Holy Spirit and today he examines piety.  The whole series is worth reading and his blog worth bookmarking for his insightful spiritual encouragement. This jumped out at me … Continue reading →

Andrea Gagliarducci’s weekly Monday Vatican column often has some interesting analysis and today’s is no exception.   This time he writes about the election of Cardinal Tagle as president of Caritas Internationalis and the seeming tension between charity and truth. … Continue reading →

The day I met Pope Francis I went to a gathering of international pro-life leaders in Rome where I heard this talk by Fr. Linus Clovis that now is going viral. http://www.gloria.tv/media/CG5Dyd1WWLg You can find a transcript of the talk … Continue reading →

This is a great, must-read post, especially for those Catholics who think introducing the hippest praise music and parading around with a microphone during a homily and using lots of pop culture references are the way to get lost sheep … Continue reading →

Fr. John Hodgins asked me to post the wording of the Pope Francis-inspired Prayer to the Holy Spirit that I gave to Pope Francis last Friday.  Here it is: POPE FRANCIS-INSPIRED PRAYER TO THE HOLY SPIRIT Once more I invoke … Continue reading →