Pope Apologizes for Public Relations Fiasco
With regards to the SSPX public relations nightmare where Pope Benedict thought that the headlines would read “Pope Heals Schism” and instead got “Pope welcomes back Bishop who denies Holocaust”…
Lent: Slip Station
For those of you having difficulty with your lenten promises…check out Busted Halo’s Slip Support Station on Facebook. It’s a way to share your struggle but more importantly it gives…
King David on NBC
The NBC series Kings is simply brilliant and Busted Halo’s Bill McGarvey sat down with the creator of the series Michael Green and discussed the show at length. BH: The…
What is the Trinity?
Here’s my latest feature in BustedHalo’s Googling God section on The Trinity. I offer some of the church’s traditional teachings on the trinity and then these more “modern” way of…
Confession Compilations
Dr. Christine Whelan offers some thoughts on a priest who compiled the sins that people confessed and noticed a difference between what men and women confess. Turns out that women…
40 day giveaway: Checking in
There’s apparently never a homeless person when you need one! I wonder who the recipient of the Lime green I luv NY shirt will be?
My Pastor is Blogging
So my new adopted parish of St. Sebastian’s in Woodside now has a blogging pastor. Msgr. Michael Hardiman is a great preacher and has great thoughts. He told me it…
Losing Your Religion
That’s what today’s NY Times says is happening to many people in the United States. Fifteen percent of respondents said they had no religion, an increase from 14.2 percent in…
Living Ignatian: God in the Crossroads (Part 2)
How I got to do what I do in ministry with the help of my good friend and food critic, Arthur Schwartz. Only in New York could a Jewish man…
And for what else shall we pray?
Prayers today are needed for: 1) The family of my college friend Eloy Luis Bello who died in his sleep in Ottowa after suffering a stroke.2) Sr. Eileen McCann from…