Hijackers claimed to be protesting Pope’s comments.
From Reuters Today: “A Turkish airliner flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked and flown to Brindisi in southern Italy in an apparent protest against the Pope.” Soon after….…
Off to the playoffs!
The baseball playoffs start today… Lucky me…my (now)main man, Kenneth Wright, spiritual director extrodinaire, has invited me to Game 1 of the Yanks/Tigers. I’ll be having a hot dog for…
Pastoral vs Theoretical
Fr. Eugene Lauer had a curious comment during his after dinner comments at Fordham’s Garduate School of Religion and Religious Education dinner. He mentioned that the National Pastoral Life Center…
Fordham’s GSRRE Dinner
This was a lovely affair with over 225 people attending. Fr. Eugene Lauer of the National Pastoral Life Center provided after-dinner comments and accepted the Gaudium Et Spes Award on…
If it’s Saturday, I’m at Fordham
I’ll be teaching as a guest lecturer at Fordham today (Saturday, 9/30) on Millennial young adults for my mentor Dr. Kieran Scott. Later in the evening, I’ll also be attending…
Pell: Young People Know Nothing About the Faith
Hat tip to Amy Welborn here for this piece from Cardinal Pell from Austrailia: Catholic Youth in Danger Pell points out that most young people do not know their faith…
Paulists Launch The Catholic World
A new internet retrieval has sprung from my bosses! The Catholic World Online is an internet journal at the intersection of faith and culture in North America. A project of…
Rudy Giuliani strikes a chord for balance
Rudy Giuliani stands up for Clinton…and states the obvious about whose fault 9-11 was. Good job outta him. From the AP: “The idea of trying to cast blame on President…
Fr. Roderick: Catholic Insider
Fr. Roderick from Daily Breakfast and Catholic Insider podcasts came by (all the way from The Netherlands!) yesterday. The guy’s got all the enthusiasm of a four year old child.…
Terrell Owens: Suicide?
I wonder what the real story here is? Some conspiracy theories that have been floated thus far: 1) He took steriods and had to flush it out of his system…