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September 11, 2001: 20 Years Later, the Nation Has Not Forgotten…
NEW YORK CITY — On Sept. 11, 2001, Father Conrad Osterhout of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal was living in St. Joseph Friary in Harlem on 142nd Street as head of the house. “The first alarm for us were the people in the street calling out to us,” he told the Register of that tragic day. The friars could see nothing directly, but soon they got confirmation from radio reports. And then a...
If you’ve never read the work of the late Father Paul Mankowski, you should. Here’s where to begin…..
In the summer before the Second Vatican Council opened, Pope John XXIII met with Cardinal Léon-Joseph Suenens in the papal residence at Castel Gandolfo. “I know what my part in the Council will be,” the Pope told the Belgian archbishop. “It will be to suffer.” Pope John was prescient, and not just because the Council’s opening weeks would prove contentious; shortly before Vatican II began its work...
Where is the elite news coverage of tensions between Pelosi and her bishop?
Here is a political science question for you, but it’s relevant to an important religion-beat story. The vice president of the United States is No. 2, in terms of the presidential line of succession, just ahead of the Speaker of the House of Representatives. But in terms of real, day-by-day power, who has more clout in America’s system of government, the vice president or the speaker? If you have ...
International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest: ‘Faith in Europe has become a very small flame’…
In July, Pope Francis named Hollerich, the president of the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union (COMECE), as the relator general of the 2023 synod on synodality. Daniel Ibáñez/CNA. Following the nomination, seen as a mark of papal esteem, the cardinal will play a key role overseeing the gathering of the world’s bishops in Rome. In his homily at the Hungexpo Budapest Congre...
Is Pope Francis suffering from the ‘September curse’? The last few days, to put it mildly, have not been kind to him…..
Listen to this article ROME – When the Italian soccer team laid an egg earlier this week in the World Cup qualifiers, tying 1-1 against a Bulgaria squad they were supposed to beat handily, many commentators here chalked it up to the so-called “September curse.” The idea is that it can be tough to shake off the cobwebs after the August doldrums, sometimes with embarrassing results. Right now, Pope ...
Why September 11, 2001 was different…
Less than two years before Sept. 11, 2001, I felt like my world had fallen apart. My father, who I trusted and loved as a daughter does to a good father, died suddenly of a heart attack. As the eldest, already working at National Review magazine in my hometown of New York, I had fallen into provider mode, wanting to help my Catholic school principal mother with the seemingly impossible task ...
We have to encourage each other to get up and keep fighting. After all, we’re in this fight together…..
2 minutes Summary Our Christian response must be to encourage and help those around us persevere, to get up and fight the good fight. After all, we’re in this fight together. During the process of writing a new course for Seton called “Virtue-Based Leadership,” I have spent considerable time reading Aquinas’ Treatise on Virtues. In my research, I have come to appreciate the relationship between en...
New York City’s 9/11 Cross is a sign of our enduring hope…
After I moved to New York City in early 2015 to serve the Church at the Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, one of my first excursions was to go to Ground Zero to visit the 9/11 Museum that had opened about 10 months before. Every time I had visited New York over the previous 14 years, I had made a pilgrimage to the site to pray. Coming to live in New York City ...
Stephen Baskerville on what it means to be a gentleman…
“There’s always been over the centuries attempts to infuse the definition of a gentleman with new meaning, and it usually means some kind of ethical and moral meaning that is perceived to be… “There’s always been over the centuries attempts to infuse the definition of a gentleman with new meaning, and it usually means some kind of ethical and moral meaning that is per...
Colombo cardinal says Sri Lankan officials out to mislead Pope over probe into 2019 attacks…
The Sri Lankan prime minister is scheduled to deliver the keynote address during the meeting in the city of Bologna. During the Wednesday media briefing, Cardinal Ranjith said he already informed the Holy See about the update on the Easter Sunday bombing investigation, adding that the Vatican is expected to refer the issue to the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva. Media reports earlier...
Watch a plane fly through a tunnel — and set a Guinness World Record at the same time…
(CNN) — Some pilots focus on flying high, but Dario Costa’s success at flying low has landed him in the Guinness Book of World Records. The 41-year-old Italian stunt pilot on Saturday successfully maneuvered a custom-modified Zivko Edge 540 race plane through the twin Çatalca tunnels along the Northern Marmara Highway in Turkey. In total, Costa set five records with his feat: longest tunnel ...
Exorcist Diary: Angels’ voices in our head…
Monsignor Stephen Rossetti Msgr. Stephen J. Rossetti PhD DMin is a priest of the Diocese of Syracuse and a research associate professor at the Catholic University of America. He is a licensed psychologist and has been the Chief Exorcist of the Archdiocese of Washington for over 13 years. He is the author of many books and articles, particularly on priestly formation and spirituality. He currently ...
