In the 1976 classic satirical film “Network”, television anchorman Howard Beale (brilliantly played by Peter Finch in an Oscar winning performance) exhorts his viewing audience to lose their apathy and to get angry about the state of affairs in the country: “I want you to get up right now. Sit up. Go to your windows.…
Bishop Johan Bonny was back in the news last week following his selection by the Vatican as a participant at the upcoming Synod on the Family in Rome. Bishop Bonny, you may recall, said the following back in December: “We have to look inside the Church for a formal recognition of the kind of interpersonal…
In the Piazza del Gesù in Rome stands the mother church for the Society of Jesus, the Church of the Gesù. Inside one finds artist Pierre Le Gros’ classic marble relief, Religion Overthrowing Heresy and Hatred (pictured above). Long recognized by art historians as an archetypal image of the Church Triumphant, the Web Gallery of…
In Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, the new environmental encyclical by Pope Francis, the Holy Father speaks in part to the need for good stewardship of the earth, as well as the current generations obligation to the next: “The notion of the common good also extends to future generations. The global economic crises…
The following reflection on the Feast of Corpus Christi was written by Dom Gaspar Lefebvre O.S.B. for the 1945 Saint Andrew Daily Missal (published by St. Bonaventure Publications). As Dom Lefebvre (17 June 1880 – 16 April 1966) states within his brief meditation, “We should regard the Mass as the centre of all Eucharistic worship,…
The Very Reverend Charles Cimpl, also known as Fr. Chuck, is the pastor of Saint Michael’s in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Saint Michael’s is the largest parish in the diocese and many consider Fr. Chuck as the pastor par excellance in Sioux Falls. This month marks the 37th anniversary of Father’s ordination to the priesthood.…
The votes have been counted in the formerly Catholic country of Ireland. As reported by the BBC: The Republic of Ireland has voted overwhelmingly to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic referendum. More than 62% voted in favour of amending the country’s constitution to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry. It is the first…
Last month members of the Latin Mass community of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, Florida were stunned to receive a letter addressed to them by their local ordinary, Bishop Robert Lynch. Following years of the Extraordinary Form of the Mass being offered at two different diocesan parishes, the faithful of both St. Anthony of Padua…
An Orchestral Mass was offered in the Diocese of Charlotte, North Carolina this past Saturday at St. Thomas Aquinas Church. Mozart’s “Missa Brevis in B-flat Major” was sung by the Carolina Catholic Chorale, accompanied by chamber orchestra, under the direction of Mr. Thomas Savoy. The Missa Solemnis was offered by Fr. Matthew Kauth of the…
In my recent post, “What About the Rest of Bishop Finn’s Story”, I discussed the ideological and political dimensions of last week’s resignation of Bishop Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The motivation for the public relations campaign against Bishop Finn was clearly stated by former diocesan chancellor Jude Huntz when he…
Amid all of the coverage of Bishop Robert Finn’s resignation on Tuesday was a very telling quote from the former chancellor of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Jude Huntz, who was chancellor under Finn from 2011 until August 2014, when he left to become the Director of the Office for Peace and Justice in…
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