“This new generation seems ideally positioned to address the lamentable tendency in American Catholic life to drive a wedge between the church’s pro-life message and its peace-and-justice commitments. More generally, they can help us find the sane middle between two [...]
So says Vatican Radio, denying previous reports that the problem was all about the celibacy issue: “There has been widespread speculation, based on supposedly knowledgeable remarks by an Italian correspondent Andrea Tornielli, that the delay in publication of the Apostolic [...]
Grace Slick — “White Rabbit,” “Somebody to Love,” etc. — just turned 70. “I grow old. I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled…” Sigh.
[This weekend, I'm preaching a special children's liturgy, which will include a belated commemoration of World Priest Day. So for those looking for an All Saints homily, I've decided to dip into the vault: this is a re-post from my [...]