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A heartfelt thanks in Ordinary Time
In every community of faith – as in any other society or family – there are always those who take on roles of enormous yet underappreciated significance.
‘Heal the wounds’: A tribute to Pope Francis
I was reading David Brooks’ “The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life,” when Pope Francis died. This paragraph, pulled from Brooks’ conclusion, struck me as almost the definition of the pope’s ministry to the Western world:
Church offers world an ‘alliance of generations’
It has not been surprising to see how much coverage secular news and social media have given to the passing of Pope Francis and the transition to a papal conclave.
‘The Chosen’ and the relaxed face of God
I am sure many of you are familiar with the television series about the life of Jesus called “The Chosen.”
Message from Bishop James P. Powers on the Death of Pope Francis
During this Jubilee of Hope and joyful celebration of the Risen Christ during this Octave of Easter we are saddened by the death of our Pope Francis.
He is not here, for he is risen, just as he said
The 2025 Easter message from Bishop James P. Powers
The person of Jesus and the mystery of Christ
I was raised a Roman Catholic and essentially inhaled the religious ethos of Roman Catholicism.
Jesus is still at work today, in and through us
In his book “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI addressed the reality of healing as a central aspect of the Christian faith. “Healing is an essential dimension of the apostolic mission and of Christianity.
Assessing the baggage of Ordinary Time
Anyone who has ever had the misfortune to drive me to an airport, meet me at a train station or share the trunk of a car with me on a road trip can tell you one thing: I do not travel lightly.