When Pope John Paul II visited The Catholic University of America in 1979 to deliver a lecture on Catholic higher education the students chanted, “We love you, John Paul II! We love you!” And [...]
These parting words of Christ to St. Peter at the Last Supper sound much like a parent’s entrustment of the younger siblings to the eldest brother who will see to it that the house is kept in [...]
The Archdiocese of Washington, in cooperation with Catholic Charities, launched its #WalkwithFrancis pledge campaign yesterday, as a way of helping local Catholics prepare for Pope Francis’s [...]
During his meeting with young people in Paraguay on July 12, Pope Francis invited those present to join him in praying: “Lord Jesus, give me a heart that is free, that I may not be a slave to all [...]
“Keeping the Faith,” a show about The Catholic University of America produced by Salt + Light TV, aired for the first time on July 22 as part of the Canadian television [...]
The Holy Father met this week with mayors from over 60 of the world’s cities to discuss “climate change and human trafficking.” That might seem like an odd combination, but understanding why Pope [...]
On the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul last month, Francis gave a homily in St. Peter’s Basilica for the occasion of the blessing of the sacred palliums for the new metropolitan archbishops. [...]
“Pope Francis says earth resembles ‘an immense pile of filth.’” When Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si’ on June 18, much of the immediate media coverage focused on this passage and [...]
More than 300 representatives of Catholic social service organizations and parishes from across the country came out in force at Catholic University this month to answer Pope Francis’s urgent [...]
With the posting of my first blog, I think it might be useful for readers to understand a little bit about my background. I have been on the faculty of the National Catholic School of Social [...]
