It was an historic day for the Church and for the whole world. The See of Peter has been voluntarily vacated only a handful of times in 2,000 years and rarely with such peace and universal goodwill toward the man who was Pope. The sight of Pope... [Continue Reading]
From his last General Audience, Pope Benedict offers essentially a guide for all those introvert mothers, fathers, priests, religious and bishops, called to minister to others when all they really want is to retreat to a private place for prayer... [Continue Reading]
As we approach Pope Benedict XVI's final day as Supreme Pontiff and Bishop of Rome, my attention was called back to the day he was elected, April 19, 2005, by Kelly Thatcher, who somehow resurrected what I wrote on that day. (Somehow, because in the... [Continue Reading]
Some thoughts while watching the latest James Bond movie, Skyfall: The director, Sam Mendes, drops you right into the action with no preamble and no explanation. He doesn’t even bother to tell you what country or city Bond is in, leaving it to... [Continue Reading]
My colleague, George Martell, took this photo of me and Cardinal Seán after an adoration and prayer service with him and other Pastoral Center employees to pray with and for him as heads to Rome for the conclave. I asked Anthony who he saw in the... [Continue Reading]
It's been some time since my last blog post. I've spent the last few weeks working on a project I've wanted to accomplish for a while, which is to move this website from the old content management system, Expression Engine, to WordPress. The reasons... [Continue Reading]