The Deacon's Bench
Don’t believe me? Just watch. A great montage by Kees van Dijkhuizen. Pixar rocks. It’s that simple. Nobody does it better. Read more
Don’t believe me? Just watch. A great montage by Kees van Dijkhuizen. Pixar rocks. It’s that simple. Nobody does it better. Read more
This has to make you smile. From the New Yorker, a funny glimpse at what God had to say after He created the world: read it all. The comments are priceless. Read more
Those are the beautiful sentiments that conclude this 1990 ordination homily from Cardinal John O’Connor, which was published recently in the Catholic Review: As your bishop, I give you but one mandate: love our Church, love God’s people. Love them for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Love them until death, after which both you and they will be transfigured in glory. You will share intimacies with your people, but the intimacies will be... Read more
“We should all go to Mass tonight.” — VP Joseph Biden, after watching the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. Read the whole thing here. Read more
It happened early this morning in Kirkuk, about 150 miles north of Baghdad. Details: The attack took place in Kirkuk’s Shatterlo neighborhood around 5:30 a.m., according to a police official who spoke to CNN on condition anonymity, because he’s not authorized to speak to the media. The wounded included staff from the Holy Family Church and people with homes nearby. Police said at least 20 people were injured in the attack, while the Interior Ministry put the number at 23.... Read more
Those are the beautiful sentiments that conclude this 1990 ordination homily from Cardinal John O’Connor, which was published recently in the Catholic Review: As your bishop, I give you but one mandate: love our Church, love God’s people. Love them for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. Love them until death, after which both you and they will be transfigured in glory. You will share intimacies with your people, but the intimacies will be... Read more
A moment that some people thought could never happen: Congresswoman Gabby Giffords appears on the floor of the House of Representatives tonight to cast her vote for the debt ceiling bill. Read more
That seems to be the rationale behind the Obama Administration’s directive to make insurers pay for birth control pills for all women. From the Washington Post: A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women’s health care potentially as transformative: coverage of birth control as prevention, with no copays. Services ranging from breast pumps for new mothers to counseling on domestic violence were also included in the broad expansion of... Read more
After reports surfaced about him, the Archdiocese has launched an investigation. And yesterday, a mass at the man’s parish was disrupted by a protestor, according to the New York Daily News: Shock over an outspoken Catholic school principal’s ties to a white supremacist group turned ugly during Sunday Mass at a Bronx church. Cops were called to Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Fordham after a church-goer interrupted the service to call for the removal of Frank Borzellieri as principal of the parish school.... Read more
As plans ramp up for this month’s World Youth Day in Madrid, L’Osservatore Romano interviews the newly appointed monsignor in charge — and finds he’s no stranger to the event. Details: When in August, 1989 he found himself immersed in a sea of young people rhythmically chanting their love for John Paul II during the World Youth Day in Santiago de Compostela, twenty-six year old Miguel Delgado Galindo – with a brilliant legal career in front of him– never could... Read more
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