All eyes on South Bend
Today’s the day. Notre Dame’s commencement ceremony in which President Obama will give the address and receive an honorary doctorate of Laws. Devout Catholics of all different persuasions are split…
For What Else Shall We Pray…?
I was very moved by the words of Bishop PJ McGrath (pronounced McGraw) of San Jose last week. I got to be a “fly on the wall” while he addressed…
Good News: Perhaps President Obama should know
I’ve said for some time that most Americans don’t like the idea of Abortion and that public opinion has shifted. Gallup tells us more. A new Gallup Poll, conducted May…
William Donohue on Catholics Who Support Abortion: “I Hate Them”
The NY Times today had a very interesting and accurate piece on Bill Donohue, the president of the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, a man who has been…
They Like Me, They Really Like Me
I’ve been the road warrior this week and usually have no problems blogging from the road but this time, I had little means of access to the internet in California…
Homeward Bound
Blogging to resume in full force tomorrow. I am leaving Albany this afternoon and will be back in the office for sometime as travel will have ceased. I’m getting old–this…
San Jose’s Priests and Deacons
I’ve been doing a bunch (and I do mean a bunch) of workshops for the Diocese of San Jose over the past two days, hence the lack of blogging (I’ve…
Mom and the Mets
From our friends at The Mets Police where Shannon Shark tells the story of his mom on her birthday at the now old Shea Stadium: So, we go to the…
Pope Benedict Sets New Papal Record: Mosque Visits
The greatest headline ever from John Allen in NCR The late Pope John Paul II reigned so long and did so much that it’s difficult to imagine Benedict XVI surpassing…