TIRED FEET, WARM HEART. Present at the Beatification of Pope John Paul II!
Today I watched the sun rise over the Tiber River with a million of my brothers and sisters in Christ. Attending a Beatification is hard work! We had planned to leave the apartment at 4:00 a.m. Our...
View ArticleBLESSED JOHN PAUL II: Larger Than Life (In More Ways Than One)
Here it is: the larger-than-life portrait of Pope John Paul II which was hung today in St. Peter’s Square. I suppose it wasn’t displayed at the May 1 Beatification because it would have obstructed...
View ArticleRemembering the Beatification
Was it only a year ago? We were there, some of us, gathered for the Vatican Blogfest. Elizabeth Scalia, Katrina Fernandez, Rocco Palmo, Thomas Peters, and so many others…. brought together for the...
View ArticleOn the Feast of Blessed John Paul II: A Photo Montage from his Beatification
That was the week that was. Five days of inspiring encounters, amazing introductions, challenging conversations. In the first week of May 2011, it was my great privilege to be in Rome for the...
View ArticleSTANDING FOR THE FAITH: Blessed Antonio Primaldo, the Saint Who Stood to the End
On December 20, Pope Benedict XVI–amid a flurry of 23 decrees including the much-touted proclamation of Pope Paul VI as “venerable”—advanced the cause of canonization of Blessed Antonio Primaldo e...
View ArticleWill Blessed Pope John Paul II Be Canonized on October 22?
The medical council charged with reviewing a possible miraculous healing attributable to Pope John Paul II has ruled it “inexplicable” and has forwarded the file to the Vatican Congregation for the...
View ArticlePope Paul VI May Be Beatified Soon, After Healing of Child In Utero
Pope Paul VI, author of the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae (Of Human Life), will likely be beatified in the next few months, according to a report by Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli. Writing in the...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Privilege: The Day I Attended Mass with Pope John Paul II and...
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! It was September 2003, and I was leading a pilgrimage to Rome for a group of Catholic CEOs, members of Legatus. We were so busy–Every day of our...
View ArticlePope Paul VI To Be Beatified October 19
Giovanni Battista Montini, Pope Paul VI, will likely be beatified–the first step toward sainthood–on October 19, according to a report by Andrea Tornielli published today in Vatican Insider. Back in...
View ArticleBorn Into Slavery, Fr. Augustus Tolton May Become a Saint
On March 2, 2010, Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop of Chicago, announced that he was beginning an official investigation into Father Augustus Tolton’s life and virtues, with a view to opening the...
View ArticleBlessed Paul VI, Pray for Us
Today in Vatican City, Pope Francis has beatified his predecessor Pope Paul VI, who was pontiff from 1963 until his death in 1978. Beatification is the official recognition by the Church that the...
View ArticleBlessed George Napier, Priest and Martyr, Pray For Us
On November 8, 1610, a British cleric by the name of George Napier was executed in Oxford, England, for the crime of being a priest. George Napier [alternate spelling: George Napper] was born at...
View ArticleOn the Feast of Blessed John Paul II: A Photo Montage from his Beatification
That was the week that was. Five days of inspiring encounters, amazing introductions, challenging conversations. In the first week of May 2011, it was my great privilege to be in Rome for the...
View ArticleWill Father Emil Kapaun Be Beatified Soon? (UPDATED)
Father Emil Kapaun, a priest of the Diocese of Wichita, was a U.S. military chaplain and prisoner of war during the Korean War who has been called a “Shepherd in Combat Boots.” In 2013 he was honored...
View ArticleAn Unexpected Privilege: The Day I Attended Mass with Pope John Paul II and...
Talk about being in the right place at the right time! It was September 2003, and I was leading a pilgrimage to Rome for a group of Catholic CEOs, members of Legatus. We were so busy–Every day of our...
View ArticleBlessed Paul VI, Pray for Us
Today in Vatican City, Pope Francis has beatified his predecessor Pope Paul VI, who was pontiff from 1963 until his death in 1978. Beatification is the official recognition by the Church that the...
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