As I write these few words, final preparations are well under way for the Beatification of the Venerable Pope John Paul II on May 1st. As you read these words we will be able to hail the late pope as Blessed John Paul II. So many of us who are priests have had our...
It is a good thing, then, to reflect on the juridical dimension of marriage itself. It is an issue that I have touched on in the context of reflection on the truth about marriage, in which I stated, among other things, that: “with regard to the subjective and...
The new Missal translation is like rediscovering buried treasure Many Catholics who regularly go to Mass seem to be unaware that the texts we use to worship God have been translated from Latin. For over 40 years, ever since the new rite of Mass (Novus Ordo) was...
Is this the future? At the time in which I received the invitation to this Conference I was holding meetings with the priests of the Archdiocese of Dublin about the challenges that they face and their priorities in ministry today. During the debate one priest, half...
Fundraising is in full swing in Chittering WA, as Fr Paul Fox PP, parishioners and Divine Mercy devotees from far and wide prepare this year for construction of the new Divine Mercy Church and complex. It will truly be a place for people to encounter the Mercy of God....
An Historic Book Inaugurating a New Era of Theological Exegesis Although this is a substantial book, it can be read straight through. In reading its nine chapters, all focusing on one perspective, the reader is led on steep paths towards a captivating encounter with...
One of the distinctive things about this Pope is his willingness to speak without a prepared text, and his willingness to dialogue. The chief benefit of this book is precisely this. It is an extended expression of the Pope’s candid responses across a wide range of...
The following paper is reproduced because it demonstrates the powerful resources in the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for answering what is really a foundational assault on Catholic moral theology. Spending time with this paper has to...
During December 2010 there was a furore in the English-speaking world arising from report of the Pope’s words on the use of condoms in a book that presents the Pope’s extended interviews with Peter Seewald, a German journalist. The book, Licht der Welt, was quickly...
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