Rumors and conclaves: Expect the unexpected

There’s been a lot of chatter about Pope Francis getting ready to resign, but I’m not buying it — not yet — nor am I convinced either he or his pontificate is running on empty. […]

Vatican security concerns flare after shots fired near St. Peter’s Square…

Security around the Vatican is on high alert after a renegade vehicle sped erratically towards St. Peter’s Square and broke through police barricades just before the pope’s noontime Angelus address on Sunday. At around 10 a.m., just two hours before Pope Francis was scheduled to appear for the weekly Angelus, a gray BMW was seen […]

For the fallen away: The line between charity and cowardice…

Sadly for Catholics today, most of us have friends or family members who have chosen to leave the Catholic Church and worship instead at a Protestant church of some sort, or no church at all. By far the most common cause of this is marriage issues. Catholics may marry outside the Church to escape a […]

Bobby’s dad was okay. So was mine. John’s wasn’t…..

“I love life. Life’s all good.” My friend Bobby has come over to my corner of our townie bar, where I waited to order dinner. The bartender sets down my beer. “I got that,” Bobby tells her. “OK,” she says and nods. He buys a lot of people beers. He’s got on his painters hat […]