Author: S&P
Take it from an exorcist: ‘Braco the Gazer’ is no joke…
“You can fool all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” When I clicked on a video about “Braco, He Who Gazes” I kept waiting for the punch line. I did not imagine that people were actually spending money for a man to look at them. It must be a satire, I thought. No way this could be serious! The video showed th...
Why did Christ’s glorified body still have wounds?
Several of the Resurrection accounts stress that Jesus showed the disciples His wounds. On one level we can understand that He was trying to make clear to them that the same Christ who was crucified stood before them; He was not a ghost or an apparition or simply someone who looked like Jesus. When Christ rose, He took up His same, true body, but it now manifested a perfected glory. When we rise o...
Pope’s Wednesday Audience: ‘I Invite You to Rediscover the Book of Ruth’…
He noted that mothers-in-law were often depicted as “unpleasant” figures. “But the mother-in-law is your husband’s mother, she is your wife’s mother,” he said. “We think today of this somewhat widespread sentiment that the further away the mother-in-law is the better. No! She’s a mother, she’s elderly.” [embedded content] “One of the most beautiful things about grandmothers is seeing the grandchil...
What JPII would tell besieged Ukrainians today: ‘Do not be afraid because God is always one day ahead of us’…
For Immediate Release Houston (April 18, 2022) – When Dr. Mario Enzler, Dean of the Cameron School of Business at University of St. Thomas – Houston (UST) came in contact with Father Volodymyr Malchyn in August of 2021, little did he know that in a matter of months their conversation topics would go from academics to survival. Father Malchyn, his family, and parishioners live in Vyshneve, a suburb...
What JPII would tell besieged Ukrainians today: ‘Do not be afraid because God is always one day ahead of us’…
For Immediate Release Houston (April 18, 2022) – When Dr. Mario Enzler, Dean of the Cameron School of Business at University of St. Thomas – Houston (UST) came in contact with Father Volodymyr Malchyn in August of 2021, little did he know that in a matter of months their conversation topics would go from academics to survival. Father Malchyn, his family, and parishioners live in Vyshneve, a suburb...
What JPII would tell besieged Ukrainians today: ‘Do not be afraid because God is always one day ahead of us’…
For Immediate Release Houston (April 18, 2022) – When Dr. Mario Enzler, Dean of the Cameron School of Business at University of St. Thomas – Houston (UST) came in contact with Father Volodymyr Malchyn in August of 2021, little did he know that in a matter of months their conversation topics would go from academics to survival. Father Malchyn, his family, and parishioners live in Vyshneve, a suburb...
Two news items underscore that the future belongs to the ‘PINS’ nations…
Listen to this story: ROME – Two small news items from the past week underscore a much bigger reality about the Catholic Church in the 21st century. In a phrase, they confirm the centrality of the “PINS” nations to Catholic fortunes, especially in the English-speaking world. I coined the term “PINS” several years ago, with the reference being to the Philippines, India, Nigeria and South Korea. Tog...
Two news items underscore that the future belongs to the ‘PINS’ nations…
Listen to this story: ROME – Two small news items from the past week underscore a much bigger reality about the Catholic Church in the 21st century. In a phrase, they confirm the centrality of the “PINS” nations to Catholic fortunes, especially in the English-speaking world. I coined the term “PINS” several years ago, with the reference being to the Philippines, India, Nigeria and South Korea. Tog...
Two news items underscore that the future belongs to the ‘PINS’ nations…
Listen to this story: ROME – Two small news items from the past week underscore a much bigger reality about the Catholic Church in the 21st century. In a phrase, they confirm the centrality of the “PINS” nations to Catholic fortunes, especially in the English-speaking world. I coined the term “PINS” several years ago, with the reference being to the Philippines, India, Nigeria and South Korea. Tog...
Why the culture was healthier when Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers were on TV…
Home › Articles › Bishop Barron › Why the Culture Was Healthier When Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers Were Around When I was a kid, it was a bit of a rite of passage in my family to receive permission to stay up late enough to watch Johnny Carson’s monologue on the Tonight Show. So, I followed Johnny from the time I was about fifteen until he retired in 1992. Not long ago, my Facebook feed offered up...
Why the culture was healthier when Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers were on TV…
Home › Articles › Bishop Barron › Why the Culture Was Healthier When Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers Were Around When I was a kid, it was a bit of a rite of passage in my family to receive permission to stay up late enough to watch Johnny Carson’s monologue on the Tonight Show. So, I followed Johnny from the time I was about fifteen until he retired in 1992. Not long ago, my Facebook feed offered up...
Why the culture was healthier when Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers were on TV…
Home › Articles › Bishop Barron › Why the Culture Was Healthier When Johnny Carson and Joan Rivers Were Around When I was a kid, it was a bit of a rite of passage in my family to receive permission to stay up late enough to watch Johnny Carson’s monologue on the Tonight Show. So, I followed Johnny from the time I was about fifteen until he retired in 1992. Not long ago, my Facebook feed offered up...
