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76 is the new 50
I expressed my concern recently that “Pope Benedict’s announcement [to abdicate] will be twisted by enemies of the Church to downplay the dignity of the elderly or sick. ‘See, even the Pope realizes...
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Pope Francis to Media Representatives
One thing that the election of a new Pope does is turn anyone who is publicly known to be Catholic into the public relations spokesperson for the Church. We get asked how many Cardinals there are, how...
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Moral Relativism: absolutely immoral
In an audience with the Vatican’s diplomatic corps, Pope Francis had some words related to Pope Benedict’s “dictatorship of relativism.” After addressing St. Francis of Assisi’s love for the poor and...
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What Pope Francis Might Do for the Jesuit Order
by Jackie Vaughn Pope Francis met with media. Pic by Catholic Church (England and Wales)The news of a Jesuit being elected Pope sent shock waves through my system, as I’m sure it did to many others....
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Pope Francis on our Father, and the Our Father
Vatican Radio has a summary and quotes from Pope Francis’ homily at Mass Thursday, which focused on praying the Our Father: To whom do I pray? To the Almighty God? He is too far off. Ah, I can’t hear...
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O happy gaffe
O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam which gained for us so great a Redeemer! Leave it to God to turn one of the most horrific (and stupid) events in human history into the occasion for the most...
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LOLcat evangelism
One of the more common complaints about the Catholic Church is its supposed out-of-touchedness. Our morality is too old-fashioned, too outdated, and becoming increasingly irrelevant to moderns, even to...
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