At Indy 500, The Roar of The Amens

In what's become an annual tradition at the "Greatest Spectacle in Racing" -- albeit one not shown on TV -- from the stands a...

In Buffalo, Moving Days

From Buffalo Chancery, Bishop Richard Malone's opening statement on his arrival in Western New York.... Via the local News, meanwhile, ...

From Denver, the First Word

Here from the Rockies, fullvid of this morning's presser re-introducing Archbishop-elect Samuel Aquila to his hometown church: Meanwhil...

Tuesday Morning High

And on this post-Memorial morning, a fitting start.... ...and as a Denver bonus for a homecome son, of course, "heaven" is Colorad...

The "Eagle" Returns -- Fargo's Aquila Headed Home to Denver

(The report below was formally announced by the Vatican at Roman Noon on Tuesday, May 29th.) Much as the shop was planning to hold for Roma...

The Tuesday Line

Fresh off the unofficial start of summer, the news-docket heats up in the morning as three major stories step into high gear.... First, tomo...

The Glorious Dead

"Freedom is a light, for which many men have died in darkness." --Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the Revolution Washington Square,...

In the Spirit's Descent, "The Feast of Human Unity"

Keeping his custom on this Pentecost Sunday, B16 celebrated morning Mass in St Peter's to mark the feast his homily termed "the bap...

For the Ordinariate, A Flock of Fathers

Much as Pentecost marks the "birthday" of the church, it's rare that this 50th Day of Easter actually lends itself to seeing a...

"Spirit of Life, Spirit of Pentecost...."

As the church's first and most important Novena wends into its home-stretch toward the birthday we all share, earlier today B16 -- who...

The Crux of The Suit

In the wake of Monday's filing of a nationwide civil suit by 43 church entities -- led by 13 (arch)dioceses and four universities -- s...

"If That's What It Says...."

File by daming file, case by brutal case. One after another after another. All told, four and a half hours of cross-examination today. And i...

In His Own Defense: At Philly Abuse Trial, The Secretary Takes the Stand

Not long after Msgr William Lynn became the first US church official to be charged with facilitating a cover-up of abuse cases, word swirle...

On Communications Day, "Silence and Word"

Before these pages go somewhat experimental to mark the occasion, lest anybody forgot, this Sunday -- now marked as Ascension Day in most of...

The Line Continues

River City, the Third Saturday of May.... In a tradition stretching back to 1853 and the hands of the nation's lone bishop-saint, that ...

"New Signs of Vitality and Hope": For US Church, The Pope's Last Word

Six months since its start, eight years since the last go-round, the ad limina visit of the US bishops to Rome -- the first of B16's po...

"Now We Must Be Loyal Americans By Being Bold and Courageous Catholics"

HOMILY OF THE MOST REVEREND WILLIAM E. LORI, DD, STD SIXTEENTH ARCHBISHOP OF BALTIMORE SOLEMN MASS OF INSTALLATION CATHEDRAL OF MARY OUR QUE...