2015-09-02T13:11:22-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 1:11 pm   By

The celebrated actor from countless Disney films in the ’60s died today at age 84, from Parkinson’s. You may know him best from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a6S1EvWcub4 But his life was far more interesting and complicated, according to Christianity Today: For years he had deceived himself into believing that the Hollywood lifestyle would satisfy him, but it had only left him depressed and suicidal. He addictively sought the comforting roar of audience approval, but such pursuits had only shattered his first marriage... Read more

2015-09-02T13:09:28-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 1:09 pm   By

The Archbishop of Philadelphia delivered these remarks last night: Immigration can be a tough issue. At least one of our presidential candidates has already made the national immigration debate ugly with a great deal of belligerent bombast. His success in the polls shows that many people – including many good people – are very uneasy about the direction of our country. And immigration is a topic with obvious economic, national security and legal dimensions. For the Church, immigration is mainly about the human aspects... Read more

2015-09-02T12:56:54-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 12:56 pm   By

A remarkable odyssey, from Sister Camille D’Arienzo in NCR. She interviews David Hammer, 56, serving a life sentence without parole in Tucson, AZ: Sr. Camille: 15 years have gone by since you first contacted me. You were an inmate in Allenwood, Pa., anticipating a January 1999 execution. Your request was for someone to pray for you and for your victim, whom you killed in prison, and to serve as a spiritual guide for the remaining weeks of your life. Unable... Read more

2015-09-02T11:00:53-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 11:00 am   By

Elizabeth Scalia, of happy memory, just dropped me a line and asked me to take a look at the site’s shiny new redesign—and it’s a stunner. Clean. Elegant. Eye-catching. Easy to navigate. Inviting. The screen shot here doesn’t do it justice. Take a look for yourself.   Kick the tires. Test the steering wheel. Then take it out for a spin.  I think you’ll be impressed. This little beauty is going to turn heads. I do think these folks are on... Read more

2015-09-02T09:16:36-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 9:16 am   By

You may remember this story from last week—wherein a bishop moved to forbid Mass at a Catholic Worker house in Iowa, after a “woman priest” presided at a liturgy there—and now my blog neighbor Sr. Theresa Aletheia Noble has an interesting followup. This comes from Charles Beard, who is part of a Catholic Worker community in Oklahoma: Following the announcement that there could be no more Masses at DMCW, the group released a statement affirming its support for women’s ordination and... Read more

2015-09-02T07:11:47-04:00

Last updated on: September 2, 2015 at 7:11 am   By

I don’t think there’s much here that’s surprising. But it offers a good snapshot of the flock Pope Francis will be meeting when he arrives on these shores later this month: When Pope Francis arrives in the U.S. for the World Meeting of Families later this month, he will find a Catholic public that is remarkably accepting of a variety of non-traditional families, according to a new Pew Research Center survey that provides an in-depth look at American Catholics’ views... Read more

2015-09-01T22:10:35-04:00

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 10:10 pm   By

This heartbreaking item appeared on the Diocese of Des Moines Office of Vocations Facebook page Tuesday night: Please keep in your prayers seminarian John Lawrence, who died in his sleep last night. Keep in prayer his family and the seminarian community. Information regarding funeral arrangements will be forthcoming as soon as they are known. Bishop Pates said: “John was a committed, positive seminarian genuinely dedicated to his formation for priesthood. His death is a great loss to his family and... Read more

2015-09-01T16:32:45-04:00

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 4:32 pm   By

From a long letter on the jubilee issued today: The tragedy of abortion is experienced by some with a superficial awareness, as if not realizing the extreme harm that such an act entails. Many others, on the other hand, although experiencing this moment as a defeat, believe that they have no other option. I think in particular of all the women who have resorted to abortion. I am well aware of the pressure that has led them to this decision. I... Read more

2015-09-01T16:24:35-04:00

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 4:24 pm   By

I’ll let her tell you herself: Effective the close of business yesterday, I have resigned my position as Managing Editor of the Catholic Channel. I have loved working with all of Catholic channel writers, who have become real friends and partners-in-prayer, and this gig has been inspiring and instructive to me, a gift and privilege; I’ve had the opportunity to indulge my passion for finding really great writers and then promoting them, and watching them grow. That has been my... Read more

2015-09-01T16:13:11-04:00

Last updated on: September 1, 2015 at 4:13 pm   By

A great vocation story, about the chaplain for the New Orleans office of the FBI, viaThe New Orleans Advocate:   Dan Haggerty takes great delight in recalling the biblical story of Saul, the one-time scourge of Christians, and how Saul became St. Paul on the road to Damascus. The white-maned, white-bearded, “Irish to the bone” Haggerty holds a thumb and index finger inches apart as he likens Saul’s bolt from the blue to his own. “It was a window that opened... Read more

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