2015-09-26T13:38:17-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 1:38 pm   By

Edward Pentin explains:  In common with Pope Francis’ addresses at the White House and to Congress, the Holy Father chose not to mention Jesus Christ in his speech this morning to the United Nations. It’s understandably causing quite a bit of head-scratching among some Catholic commentators who are keen to point out that the Pope speaks in the name of Jesus, and should therefore explicitly invoke his name in order to direct national and world leaders to the light of Christ and His teaching. But... Read more

2015-09-26T08:53:54-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 8:53 am   By

From AP:  Donald Trump recently showed up at a gathering of Iowa conservative Christian voters with a copy of the Bible in hand. “See, I’m better than you thought,” he said. Then came a black-and-white photograph from his confirmation to further prove his Christian cred. “Nobody believes this,” he said to laughs. “What went wrong?” As the Republican presidential front-runner and billionaire businessman tries to maintain his lead in early polls with rivals gaining, Trump is increasingly courting a wing... Read more

2015-09-26T08:35:59-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 8:35 am   By

From Pope Francis’s homily Friday night at Madison Square Garden: Big cities…conceal the faces of all those people who don’t appear to belong, or are second-class citizens. In big cities, beneath the roar of traffic, beneath “the rapid pace of change”, so many faces pass by unnoticed because they have no “right” to be there, no right to be part of the city. They are the foreigners, the children who go without schooling, those deprived of medical insurance, the homeless,... Read more

2015-09-26T08:32:31-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 8:32 am   By

Edward Pentin explains:  In common with Pope Francis’ addresses at the White House and to Congress, the Holy Father chose not to mention Jesus Christ in his speech this morning to the United Nations. It’s understandably causing quite a bit of head-scratching among some Catholic commentators who are keen to point out that the Pope speaks in the name of Jesus, and should therefore explicitly invoke his name in order to direct national and world leaders to the light of Christ and His teaching. But... Read more

2015-09-26T08:26:43-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 8:26 am   By

It was just for one day but, heh, why not? Yesterday’s front page. Details here. News stand price: a buck. Souvenir value? Priceless. Read more

2015-09-26T04:20:12-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 4:20 am   By

From Pope Francis’s homily Friday night at Madison Square Garden: Big cities…conceal the faces of all those people who don’t appear to belong, or are second-class citizens. In big cities, beneath the roar of traffic, beneath “the rapid pace of change”, so many faces pass by unnoticed because they have no “right” to be there, no right to be part of the city. They are the foreigners, the children who go without schooling, those deprived of medical insurance, the homeless,... Read more

2015-09-26T03:51:20-04:00

Last updated on: September 26, 2015 at 3:51 am   By

From AP:  Donald Trump recently showed up at a gathering of Iowa conservative Christian voters with a copy of the Bible in hand. “See, I’m better than you thought,” he said. Then came a black-and-white photograph from his confirmation to further prove his Christian cred. “Nobody believes this,” he said to laughs. “What went wrong?” As the Republican presidential front-runner and billionaire businessman tries to maintain his lead in early polls with rivals gaining, Trump is increasingly courting a wing... Read more

2015-09-25T18:54:03-04:00

Last updated on: September 25, 2015 at 6:54 pm   By

This is big news. At a press conference this afternoon in Philadelphia, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Pontifical Council For The Family announced a major “global initiative”—partnering with Catholic Near East Welfare Association (CNEWA), an agency of the Holy See where I work—to provide much-needed heating for 6,000 Syrian refugee families. With winter fast approaching, for many refugees this could mean the difference between life and death. Those who want to support this effort can make donations at the CNEWA website.  The... Read more

2015-09-25T15:03:22-04:00

Last updated on: September 25, 2015 at 3:03 pm   By

I’ve been hearing this song all my life and thought I was immune to it. But when I saw and heard this today, sung by a children’s choir for the pope at Ground Zero — in the presence of families, clergy from many faiths, and towering, battered remnants of the fallen towers—I was blubbering like Boehner. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Read more

2015-09-25T14:46:00-04:00

Last updated on: September 25, 2015 at 2:46 pm   By

  View image | gettyimages.com   Pope Francis’s Prayer at Ground Zero   [Full program here] O God of love, compassion, and healing, look on us, people of many different faiths and religious traditions, who gather today on this hallowed ground, the scene of unspeakable violence and pain. We ask you in your goodness to give eternal light and peace to all who died here: the heroic first-responders: our fire fighters, police officers, emergency service workers, and Port Authority personnel, along... Read more

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