BREAKING: Bp. Howard Hubbard Dies at 84
ALBANY, N.Y. (ChurchMilitant.com) – A scandal-plagued U.S. prelate has passed away, one day after being hospitalized for a stroke. Retired Albany bishop Howard Hubbard died today at age 84. This comes just weeks after news broke that Hubbard civilly married a woman. Albany’s current bishop, Edward Scharfenberger, released the following statement: The life of a priest is […]
Denver’s revolution of holiness…
Thirty (thirty!) years ago, I experienced probably one of the greatest privileges of my life. I spoke at World Youth Day in Denver with St. John Paul II. Well, I didn’t speak with him. We spoke at the same event. He was the headliner. I was one of the many “filler acts” that were basically […]
The Vatican’s China deal unravels further…
The latest self-inflicted blow to the Vatican’s China policy came in mid-July, when the Holy See announced that Pope Francis had “recognized” Bishop Joseph Shen Bin as Bishop of Shanghai — despite the fact that the bishop had been “transferred” to China’s most important and prestigious diocese by the Xi Jinping regime, not by the […]
This Sunday, a Wise Woman Begs Jesus for Scraps. Will We?
There is a huge mismatch between the Canaanite woman who approaches Jesus Christ and the Apostles in the Gospel for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A — and St. Paul reminds us that we should feel the full force of it today when we each approach Jesus Christ. The important clues are all […]
Rejoice in the truth, not in the scandal…
Earlier this week, an internet search took me to the web site of the Diocese of Albany, New York, where I happened upon an official profile of retired Bishop Howard Hubbard. The profile is formulaic, listing his various pastoral assignments and committee memberships. Still it is interesting for the facts it does not mention. The […]
“Well-versed” in Patristic preaching? Look again…..
Mike Aquilina gets what my title means by the term “well-versed”, and if you have been following his Way of the Fathers podcast, you just might get it, too. For a big hint, see episode 28, Ephrem, Symbolist. In this episode you will learn something that is quite startling to us: There was a Syrian […]
We all expect excellence in restaurants, hotels and retail stores. So why do we tolerate mediocrity in our parishes?
Mediocrity is one of those words that seems relatively innocuous but gets people’s attention. I suppose there is something particularly stinging about the prospect of being called mediocre. There are those who say that the opposite of love is not hate, but indifference. Well, perhaps the opposite of excellence is not “badness,” but mediocrity. Whatever […]
Elon Musk praises ‘promising candidate’ Vivek Ramaswamy on X
Elon Musk’s praise of Republican presidential hopeful Vivek Ramaswamy came after the latter declared that ‘God is real,’ ‘There are two genders’ and that ‘Parents determine the education of their children.’
When is it gluttony? | Fr. Gregory Pine, O.P.
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BRIEF: Texas Carmelites say they no longer recognize Bishop Olson’s authority
BRIEF: ARLINGTON, Texas (OSV News) — A community of cloistered Carmelite nuns in Arlington, Texas, said they no longer recognize the authority of Bishop Michael F. Olson of Fort Worth, claiming that he has interfered with and humiliated them since initiating an investigation into their prioress in late April. The nuns of the Monastery of […]